20-04-2019
Sahib Singh participated in the recently concluded Asian Youth chess championship 2019 held in Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka where players from 23 countries took part in the three different formats of Chess- Rapid, Blitz and Standard spread over 10 days. Sahib, playing in U12 open category, showed remarkable form in Rapid and blitz formats and defeated and drew with much higher rated opponents. He received an individual bronze medal in Blitz and was individually fifth in the Rapid event. His performance helped his team India to clinch the gold medals in team events of both Blitz and Rapid. So, he has got 2 team gold medals and an individual bronze. He even got featured in an article on Indian contingent's performance published in Chessbase, the biggest chess magazine.