SALONIKA SAINA

Date of Birth : 2003-08-05
Gender : Female
Father : Ganeswar Jena
Mother : Babita Jena
Address : Sulan village, Hatadihi block, Keonjhar district, Odisha.
Present Address : Qrs No VIB-5/2, Unit-III, Bhubaneswar-751001.
Education : : Studied at KIIT International School, Bhubaneswar.
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Coaching From : S R Patnaik, Arghya Arpan Parida.
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Description :

GALLERY

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL

29-Jun-2019
* Won the silver medal in girls category of the 30th National U-17 Chess Championship, held in Ernakulam, Kerala from 29 June-7 July, 2019.
14-Feb-0018
* Won the gold medal in the U-16 girls’ rapid competition of the Asian Youth Chess Championship at Chiangmai in Thailand on April 1, 2018.
01-Apr-2018
* Won the gold medal in the U-16 girls’ rapid competition of the Asian Youth Chess Championship at Chiangmai in Thailand on April 1, 2018.
20-Jul-2021
* Finished runner-up in the Odisha State U-20 Girls Online Chess Championship on 20 July, 2021.
18-Jul-2021
* Won the title in the Odisha State Women Online Chess Championship on 18 July, 2021.
17-Apr-2015
* Won the girls title in the Odisha State Under-13 Chess Championship, held at Ajay Binay Institute of Technology in Cuttack from April 17 to 19, 2015.
08-Jun-2014
* Won the title in the girls category of the Odisha State Under-11 Chess Championship at Synergy Institute of Engineering and Technology in Dhenkanal on June 8, 2014.
16-Aug-2010
* Finished third in the State Under-9 Girls Chess Championship at Cuttack August 16, 2010.
08-Nov-2010
* Won the State under-7 girls chess title at Dhenkanal on November 8, 2010.
02-Sep-2012
* Emerged champion in the girls category of the Odisha State Under-9 Chess Championship at Ratna Mandap in Dhenkanal on Sept 2, 2012.
01-Oct-2017
* Won the bronze medal in the girls’ category of the 34th National U-15 Chess Championship, held at Rajpath Club, Ahmedabad, Gujarat from Oct 1 to 9, 2017.
06-Aug-2017
* She was part of the KIIT University that lifted the trophy in the 18th National Cities Team Chess Championship, held at Kalarabanka village in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha from August 6 to 9, 2017.
22-Jul-2016
* Finished runner-up in the girls’ category of the 30th National U-13 Girls Chess Championship, held at Rajpath Club in Ahmedabad from July 22 to 30, 2016.
24-Jul-2014
* Finished third in the girls category of the 28th National U-11 Chess Championship, held at Puri from July 24 to August 1, 2014.
24-Dec-2009
* Finished fifth in the National Under-7 Girl Chess Championship at Ahmedabad on Dec 24, 2009.
30-Nov-2010
* Won the girls title in the 24th National Under-7 Chess Championship at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand on November 30, 2010.
15-Jun-2011
* Emerged champion in 1200-1400 rating category of the 3rd BCA FIDE Rating (Below 2000) Tournament at Kolkata from on June 15, 2011.
27-Oct-2012
* Won the title in under-9 girls category of the National Schools Chess Championship, held at New Delhi from October to 27 to 29, 2012.
22-Oct-2021
* Bagged silver medal in U-18 category of the Asian Youth Online Girls Chess Championship held on Tornelo Platform from 22-24 October 2021.
20-Sep-2021
* Won individual silver medal and team gold medal in under-18 girls category of the Western Asian Youth Online Chess Championship on 20 September 2021.
08-Dec-2019
* Scored her 2nd WIM Norm at IM Round Robin, Orbis-3 2019 Paracin, Serbia on 8 Dec, 2019.
04-Jun-2022
Clinched the Woman International Master (WIM) title by securing her 3rd and final norm in a series of three IM Mix Tournaments, which concluded in Novi Sad, Serbia on 4 June 2022.
08-Jun-2015
* Achieved a treble by winning three gold medals in girls-12 category of the 16th ASEAN Age Group Chess Championship, held at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore from June 8 to 16, 2015. She pocketed one individual gold in blitz event and two team gold in standard and rapid events.
17-Dec-2013
* Won the under-10 girls` gold medal in the World Youth Chess Championship, held at Al-Alin in United Arab Emirates from Dec 17 to 28, 2013.
15-Dec-2012
* Bagged a gold medal each in under-9 girls` standard and blitz categories of 8th Asian Schools Chess Championship held at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from Dec 15 to 19, 2012.
17-Nov-2011
* Bagged the bronze medal in under-8 girls` category of the World Youth Chess Championship held at Caldas Novas in Brazil from Nov 17 to 27, 2011.
05-Jun-2011
* Won the best U-8 girl prize in 3rd Odisha GM International Open Chess Tournament held at Bhubaneswar on June 5, 2011.
15-May-2011
* Represented India in the under-8 girls category of the Asian Youth Chess Championship, held at Subic in Philippines from May 15 to 21, 2011. She finished fourth among a total of 20 competitors.
12-Dec-2010
* Won gold medal in (U-7) Girls Asian School Chess Festival at Colombo, Srilanka in December 12, 2010.
30-Oct-2010
* Finished 21st in under-8 girls category of the World Youth Chess Championship at Halkidiki in Greece on October 30, 2010.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA

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* Completed her CBSE Grade-XII exam from KIIT International School, scoring 97.4 per cent marks in September 2021.
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* Secured her maiden Woman International Master norm at the 2nd Goa International Open GM Chess Tournament (Category-A) on 25 June, 2019.
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* Secured 97.4% marks in her 10th grade CBSE examinations in 2019.
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* All India Chess Federation on Dec 12, 2015 felicitated Saina with a memento, shawl and cash award of Rs 30,000 at Russian Center of Science and Culture in Delhi for winning U-12 girls bronze medal in World Youth Chess Championship, held at Halkidiki, Greece from Oct 24 to Nov 6, 2015.
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* On June 18, 2014, Government Odisha sanctioned in her favour a monetary incentive of Rs 1,15,000, which included Rs 15,000 for participation in the 2011 Asian Youth Chess Championship at Subic in Philippines and Rs 1 lakh for winning a bronze medal in the 2011 World Youth Chess Championship at Caldas Novas in Brazil.
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* Received a cash incentive of Rs 30,000 at the 6th annual felicitation ceremony of All Odisha Chess Association in Bhubaneswar on March 16, 2014.
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* Received a cash incentive of Rs 30,000 at the 6th annual felicitation ceremony of All Odisha Chess Association in Bhubaneswar on March 16, 2014.
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* On Dec 31, 2013, KIIT announced to provide her free education KIIT International School.
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* KIIT provided a financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to enable her participate in the World Youth Chess Championship at UAE, where she won the u-10 girls’ title on Dec 28, 2013.
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* Became the youngest FIDE rated girl of Odisha with initial rating of 1342 at the age of six years and 10 months on July 1, 2010.
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* Felicitated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on May 17, 2012 for becoming the youngest Odia girl to get the Women Candidate Master (WCM) title.

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