Odisha players bagged a total of four medals in the Western Asian Youth & Junior Chess Championships, which was held at Hotel Trivoli Grand Resort in New Delhi from 6 to 10 September, 2019. The four medals included two gold and two silver.
Woman Fide Master (WFM) Saina Salonika won one gold in U-16 girls blitz format and one silver medal in standard format. She won all of her nine games in blitz to emerge chapion.
In standard format, Bhubaneswar lass Saina finished with 6.5 points from nine games. The two medals at the Western Asian Youth & Junior Championships took the total number of international medals of Saina to 17.