Padmini Rout of Odisha has won the Asian Continental Chess Championship-2018 in Philippines. The International Master and Woman Grandmaster won the gold medal by securing 7 points from a total of 9 rounds in the tournament. She also qualified for…
Reign of India’s chess Queen Padmini of Odisha continues : won National women’s premier championship for 4th successive year
One of Padmini Rout’s favourite films is Queen. Little wonder, perhaps. She is very much the queen in India’s domestic chess; she won the National women’s premier championship for the fourth successive year at Surat a few days ago. And she…
Awesome to see Padmini Rout of Odisha win National Women’s Chess this year, making it 4 times in a row
Padmini Rout of Odisha has just won her fourth title in a row and she won it in most dramatic of fashions. The day had dawned with the possibilities of Cyclone Ockhi hitting this coastal city and with four players…
Saina Salonika of Odisha wins Gold in Under-14 Girl Category of Commonwealth Chess Championship
Women Fide Master Saina Salonika of Odisha got gold medal in the Under-14 Girl Category of Commonwealth Chess Championship which concluded at New Delhi on Monday. Saina won five games and drew two games in the 7the round tournament and…
Meet Aparajita Gochhikar of Odisha : India’s youngest Chess Coach to represent the country in Asian Youth Chess Championship
Odisha’s chess star Aparajita Gochhikar has become India’s youngest national coach to represent the country in Asian Youth Chess Championship-2017. According to Sports Authority of India (SAI) ,Candidate Master (CM) and National Instructor (NI) title holder Aparajita will be coaching the team…
Do vote for Padmini Rout of Odisha in Chess Category for TOI Awards #CelebrateOurChamps
Padmini Rout of Odisha recorded hat-trick of titles at national women chess. Go to This Link to Vote for Padmini What is TOISA? Few things can lift a nation and send its spirit soaring like a proud…
Padmini Rout of Odisha creates history, advances to the last-16 stage of World Women’s Chess Championship
According to this report from Hindustan Times Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika and International Master Padmini Rout won the tiebreaks of the second round and advanced to the last-16 stage of World Women’s Chess Championship. It was a harder task for Padmini as…
Padmini Rout Pride of Odisha Beats Armenia’s GM Danielian and reaches 2nd round of 2017 World Championship
Before the Women’s World Championship 2017 began, everybody was of the opinion that Harika Dronavalli stands the best chance to become the first Indian women’s world champion. Mathematically, this may be true but chess is not academics, it is a…
Padmini Rout of Odisha scores a hat-trick in National Women Premier Chess Championship
International Master Padmini Rout played out a hard fought draw with her PSPB teammate Eesha Karavade that helped her to secure a hat-trick of title wins in the National Women Premier Chess Championship on Monday. Ending her tally with eight…
World Junior Chess Championship starts in Bhubaneswar from August 7-22
FIDE World Junior Chess Championship 2016 (for boys & girls under 20) will be held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, INDIA from 7th August (arrival) to 22nd August (departure) 2016. The Championship will be organized and conducted by All Odisha Chess Association…