Odisha Candidate Master (CM) Sattwik Swain made the State proud by winning three medals for India in the Commonwealth Youth Chess Championship, which was held in Kalutara in Sri Lanka from 17 to 25 May 2026. The three medals featured one silver and two bronze.
Sattwik won the silver medal by finishing runner-up in the U-10 Open standard competition with 8.5 points from nine nine rounds. The Odisha boy, in fact, tied for the top spot with fellow Indian Tamizh Amudhan S. However, the latter was awarded the gold medal via tie-break system.
Besides the silver medal, Sattwik earned a phenomenal +51.6 ELO rating points, which catapulted his international standing to new heights. He started his campaign in the Commonwealth Youth Championship with a rating of 2002.
Bhubaneswar boy Sattwik won one bronze medal each in the U-10 open rapid and blitz events of the Commonwealth Youth Championship. He garnered 5.5 points out of a possible seven in the rapid and five points out of seven in blitz.