Guwahati, July 1: Assam chess prodigy Shahil Dey brought laurels to the state yet again by clinching the gold in the under-8 category of the Commonwealth Chess Championship that concluded in New Delhi yesterday.

Six-year-old Shahil tallied 6.5 points from eight rounds to annex the championship title and, thus, justified his top seeding at the start of the event. Shahil is also the current national under-7 champion and will represent India in the Asian and World Youth Championship in South Korea and Greece respectively in August and October.

He was earlier the Asian under-5 champion in 2014.

The All Assam Chess Association has congratulated Shahil and conveyed its best wishes to him for the upcoming events.

Trials

Shillong Lajong FC will conduct open trials for boys from the Northeast from July 6 to 11 at Polo ground here. Only those born after January 1, 2001 will be eligible to participate. Cricket: Lion, Crocodile and Tiger clubs registered wins in their respective matches of the sixth City Premier League cricket tournament that got under way at Janata Bhawan ground in Guwahati today.