26-Jun-2018
* Bronze medal in the main open category of the Commonwealth Chess Championship, held at the Leela Ambience Convention Hotel in Delhi, June 26-July 3, 2018.
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* Silver medal in KiiT Cup International Chess Tournament, held in Bhubaneswar, 2017.
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11-Aug-2015
* Won the bronze medal in the open rapid event of the Asian Continental Chess Championship, held at Al Ain in UAE on August 11, 2015.
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27-Jan-2015
* Held former world champion Vaselin Topalov (Bulgaria) to a creditable draw in the Masters category of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, held at Caleta Hotel in Gibralter (England) from January 27 to February 5, 2015.
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17-Nov-2011
* Bronze medal in U-18 boys category of the World Youth Chess Championship, held in Caldas Novas, Brazil, 17-27 November, 2011.
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* Gold medal in Asian Youth (U-18) Chess Championship, held in Philippines, 2011.
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18-May-2010
* Won a silver medal in the u-18 boys category of the Parsvanath Commonwealth Chess Championship at New Delhi on May 18, 2010.
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09-Jan-2010
* Became the third International Master of Orissa on January 9, 2010.
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24-Sep-2009
* Individual Gold (Board 2) and team Silver medal in the World Youth (U-16) Chess Olympiad, held at Akhisar Manisha in Turkey, Sept 24-Oct 3, 2009.
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* Bronze medalin Asian Youth (U-18) Chess Championship, held in New Delhi, 2009.
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15-Jul-2008
* Bronze medal in U-18 boys category of the Asian Youth Championship, held in Teheran, Iran, 15 to 22 July, 2008.
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28-Apr-2015
Gold medal in the Rapid National Chess Championship, held at Rourkela, Odisha, 28 April, 2015. |
28-May-2012
* Gold medal in the 50th National Challenger Chess Championship, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 28 May, 2012.
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11-Nov-2010
* Silver medal in the open category of the 21st National U-17 Chess Championship, held at Jammu, 11 November, 2010.
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02-Sep-2007
* Title win in U-15 boys category of an international rating tournament, held in Nagpur, 2-7 September, 2007.
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15-Jul-2006
* Emerged junior champion in the GH Raisoni international rating tournament, held in Nagpur, 15-22 July, 2006.,
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23-Jul-2005
* Title win U-15 boys category of the Fide rating tournament, held in Nagpur, 23-30 July, 2005.
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26-Sep-2003
* Adjudged best in U-10 boys category of the Saharanpur international rating tournament, held at Saharanpur (Punjab) from Sept 26 to Oct 1, 2003.
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04-Dec-2021
* Bagged the title in the G H Raisoni All India Fide Blitz Rating Chess Tournament, held in Nagpur on 4 and 5 December 2021.
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Received the Biju Patnaik Outsanding Sportsperson Award for the Year 2013 from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on 29 August, 2014. The award carried a cheque of Rs 2 lakh. |
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* Received Ekalabya Award (Main) for the year 2011-12 in Bhubaneswar on 26 December, 2012.
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* Secured International Master (IM) title at the Guwahati Open International Tournament in Guwahati, Assam, 2009.
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* Became Odisha’s 3rd International Master (IM) in 2010 and 1st Grandmaster (GM) in 2013.
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* Became eligible for the GM title and crossed the matical 2500 Elo rating points, beating Aniruddha Deshpande of Maharashtra in the 8th round of the National B Challenger Championship in Bhopal on 18 October, 2013.
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* KIIT founder Achyuta Samanta provided him financial support.
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* Became Odisha’s 3rd International Master (IM) in 2010 and 1st Grandmaster (GM) in 2013.
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* Brand Ambassador of OMFED from 2014 to 2016.
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* Received the Sportslogon Sportsperson of the Year Award and Rs 25,000 in Bhubaneswar on 14 July, 2014.
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* The State Government on 18 June, 2014 sanctioned a monetary incentive of Rs 6,50,000 for his international achievements during the period October 2008 to November 2011.
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* Received the Sportslogon Sportsperson of the Year Award and Rs 25,000 in Bhubaneswar on 14 July, 2014.
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* The State Government on 18 June, 2014 sanctioned a monetary incentive of Rs 6,50,000 for his international achievements during the period October 2008 to November 2011.
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* Secured 3rd and final Grandmaster norm at the A category of the Czech Open Grandmaster Tournament at Pardubice in Czech Republic on 27 July, 2013.
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* Secured 2nd Grandmaster norm at the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship at Dubai on 15 April, 2013.
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* Claimed 1st GM norm at the World Junior Championship in Athens, Greece, August, 2012.
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* Secured 1st International Master norm at the 6th Parsvanath International Open tournament, held in New Delhi, 12-20 January, 2008.
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* He uses chess software `Houdini-3`
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* Sees a movie once in every week and considers this as the best way to relax.
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* Aims to become an IAS officer after completing graduation.
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* He is very fond of non-veg food, chicken is his favourite, also likes brinjal fry and loves to cook in spare time.
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