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Prathamesh Mokal

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Prathamesh Mokal
Full namePrathamesh Sunil Mokal
CountryIndia
Born (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 41)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
TitleInternational Master (2003)
Peak rating2411 (May 2010)

Prathamesh Mokal (born 1 October 1983) is an Indian chess player. He is an International Master as well as FIDE Trainer, and won the Shiv Chhatrapati Award (2005).[1] He is also a black belt (Sho Dan) in karate and koryū. He received the Shiv-Chhatrapati Award from Maharashtra government in 2004 for his achievements in Chess.[1][2]

He was a part of live web video commentary during the World Junior Chess Championship 2014.[3][4][5] held in Pune.

Prathamesh reviewed the latest version of the most popular professional chess software ChessBase13.[6] He gives a trainer's perspective while explaining some of its fundamental functions. He also annotated the games in the article written by Sagar Shah on Al Ain tournament.[7]

Chess career

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  1. 3rd place at Thailand Open Chess 2010.[8]
  2. 1 Grandmaster (GM) norm – 2009[9][10]
  3. National Challengers Champion – 2007
  4. 6 times National Premier Qualifier – 2002 to 2010
  5. 7 times State Champion in various age groups – 1992 to 2002
  6. International Master (IM)- 2003[11][12][13]
  7. Commonwealth Junior Bronze medalist Commonwealth Chess Championship - 2003[14]
  8. Asian Junior Joint Champion – 2003[12][13]
  9. Bronze at U-14 Nationals (Both Classical and Rapid) Silver at U-18 Nationals[15]

Coaching

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Prathamesh was a Coach of Mumbai Movers team in the Maharashtra Chess League,[16][17] held in Pune in June 2014.[18][19]

His student Saloni Sapale won silver in the World Amateur Chess Championship,[20] (Women) held at Singapore in April–May 2014.[21][22][23][24] She won the silver medal at World school Chess Championship in the Under-17 age group in 2015.[25] She became an International Woman Master (IWM) in 2018 [26] for which she won the State's prestigious award: The Shiv Chattrapati Award in 2019.[27][28]

His student Raahil Mullick won gold medal at Commonwealth Chess Championship in the Under 10 age group in 2017.[29] He became an International Master (IM) at the age of 12 in October 2019.[30][31][32][33]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Maharashtra Government". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014.
  2. ^ "AppMarket" (PDF).
  3. ^ "World Junior Chess Championship 2014 - Pune - India". Worldjuniorchess2014.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. ^ "WJCC 2014 - News". Worldjuniorchess2014.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  5. ^ "World Junior 2014 in Pune starts on Monday". Chess News. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  6. ^ "ChessBase 13 from a club trainer's perspective (1)". Chess News. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Ukrainians lead Al-Ain after three rounds". Chess News. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Mokal finishes third in Thailand Open chess tournament". Archive.indiaexpress.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Ganguly wins 7th Parsvnath Open in New Delhi". Chess News. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Ganguly wins Parsvnath chess title". Ia.rediff.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Mokal siblings achieve new high". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014.
  12. ^ a b "Indian clean sweep at Asian juniors chess". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Empowering Women". Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  14. ^ "Nguyen Anh Dung keeps his date with destiny". The Hindu. 28 April 2003. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Nguyen Anh Dung corners glory". Sportstaronnet.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  16. ^ Maharashtra Chess Association
  17. ^ "MCL Chess". Mcl.chess.me. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  18. ^ "Abhijit Kunte, Vidit Gujarathi richest picks in 2nd Maharashtra Chess League". Sportskeeda.com. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  19. ^ "Jalgaon Battlers win Maharashtra Chess League". Chess News. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  20. ^ "FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2014". Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  21. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Amateur Chess Championships 2014 - WOMEN". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  22. ^ "This city lass loves the game of 64 squares". Dnasyndication.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  23. ^ "Sakshi Chitlange is World Amateur Chess Champion - Drinks Break". Drinks Break. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  24. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Amateur Chess Championships 2014 - WOMEN". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  25. ^ "FIDE World School Championships 2015". Chess News. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  26. ^ "Barbera Del Valles 2018: Iniyan finishes clear second, CBIP groups gains 1355 Elo points! - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  27. ^ Saple, Saloni (17 February 2019). "Uday Deshpande, Smriti Mandhana, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Saloni Sapale bag Shiv Chhatrapati awards". Mumbai Mirror.
  28. ^ "New Titles Approved by FIDE in Batumi". Chess Daily News. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  29. ^ "Meet Raahil Mullick, 10-Year-Old Chess Champion Gearing Up To Become India's Future Grandmaster". IndiaTimes. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  30. ^ "Raahil Mullick becomes an IM at the age of 12 years and 5 months - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  31. ^ "Meet 12-Year-Old Raahil Mullick, An International Chess Master Who Is Looking To Rule The Board". IndiaTimes. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  32. ^ "Raahil Mullick who has become India's latest International Master". The Knowledge Review. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  33. ^ PhoenixMedia. "Raahil Mullick who has become India's latest International Master (IM) at the age of 12". Phoenix Media. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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