D.Erdenebileg won the gold medal in the 5th Asian 10×10
Draughts Championship which finished Sunday in the Olympic House. A Grand
Master of the FMJD (World Draughts Federation), Erdenebileg won the title for
the fourth time when he defeated his opponent from Uzbekistan, A.Artikov. He
thus qualified to take part in the Draughts World Championship to be held in
May, 2011 in the Netherlands.
Another Mongolian R.Manlai won the bronze medal by
defeating G.Sarsekeyev of Kazakhstan.
The women”s gold and silver medals went to Uzbekistani players while 14
year-old
M.Nyamjargal of Mongolia won the bronze medal, and has gained a title
of FMJD master.
The Mongolian team had four men and four women. Altogether 10 countries with 30
players competed in the tournament.