FULL NAME: Sambit Panda (Also known as Bubble)
GENDER: Male
BORN: April 16, 2004
FAMILY: Sambhu Prasad Panda (father), Bijay Laxmi Panda (mother).
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Ramachandrapur, Keonjhar, Odisha, India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: 2RA/29, Road-D, Unit-III, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
E-MAIL: bijaylaxmipanda7@gmail.com
EDUCATION: Standard two student of DAV Public School, Unit-VIII, Bhubaneswar.
HOME CLUB: S R Chess Centre, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Raj Santosh Panda
FIDE RATING: 1459 as on 1st July, 2011.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
STATE:
* Finished runner-up in the Odisha State U-20 Open Online Chess Championship on 18 July, 2021.
* Won the title in the All Odisha Open Chess Tournament, held at Sanskruti Bhavan in Puri on Nov 10-11, 2018.
* Won the title in the open category of Odisha State Junior (U-19) Chess Championship, held at Sanskruti Bhavan in Puri on Nov 12 and 13, 2018.
* Emerged champion in the 2nd IS All-India Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament, which was held at Sachin Tendulkar Indoor Hall, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from Dec 21 to 25, 2015.
* Won the title in the open category of the Odisha State Under-11 Chess Championship, held at East Coast Railway Institute in Cuttack from June 5 to 7, 2015.
* Won the title in the open category of the Odisha State Under-13 Chess Championship, held at Ajay Binay Institute of Technology in Cuttack from April 17 to 19, 2015.
* Finished runner-up in the 1st Dhenkanal Fide Rating (Below-1800) Chess Tournament at Synergy Engineering College in Dhenkanal on Dec 15, 2014.
* Finished first runner-up in the Puri Open All-Odisha School Chess Tournament, which concluded at Hotel Padma in Puri on Sept 28, 2014.
* Won the title in the open category of the Odisha State U-11 Chess Championship at Hotel Presidency in Bhubaneswar on July 21, 2013.
* Won the title in the open category of the Odisha State Under-9 Chess Championship at Pira Bazaar in Cuttack on June 5, 2013.
* Won the boys` title in the State Under-7 Chess Championship at Pira Bazar, Cuttack on June 13, 2011.
NATIONAL:
* Won the title in the open category of the National Under-7 Chess Championship at Pune on July 24, 2011.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
* Started playing competitive chess in 2011.
* In the 2011 State u-7 championship, a slap from his mother after defeat in the first round, helped Sambit win the title eventually (as reported in the media).
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 25 July, 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 21 July, 2021