FULL NAME: Rajesh Kumar Nayak (also known as Raz)
GENDER: Male
BORN: February 17, 1993
PRESENT ADDRESS: Plot No 2999, Friends Colony, Gada Gopinath Prasad, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar-751025, Odisha, India.
TELEPHONE NO: 0674-2370390 (Res), 9778638816 (Mobile)
E-MAIL ID: Rajesh.nayak99@gmail.com / Rajesh_nayak56@yahoo.co.in
FAMILY: Son of Harish Chandra Nayak (Father) and Susama Nayak (Mother), Rajesh has two brothers _ Rajiv Lochan (Elder) and Rakesh Kumar (Younger).
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Plus Two 2nd year science student of NIIS Junior College, Bhubaneswar.
COACH: Rajendra Kumar Sahu
FIDE ID NO: 5066310
HOBBIES: Music, photo to chips, chatting in Orkut, playing cricket.
IDOL IN CHESS: Viswanathan Anand
AMBITION IN LIFE: To achieve Grand Master (GM) title and be a successful person.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Finished runner-up in the 1st Macaulay All-India Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament, held at Subas Institute of Technology, Barang, Bhubaneswar from July 26 to 31, 2016.
*     Won the boys’ individual title, representing SCS College (Puri) in the Plus Two Inter-College Chess Tournament held at JKBK College in Cuttack on Sept 26, 2013.
*     Runner-up in State Schools Autumn Chess Championship, 2005.
*     Runner-up in Bhubaneswar School Chess Championship, 2007.

NATIONAL:
*     Participated in the 18th National Under-17 Chess Championship, 2007-08.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Champion in under-15 age group of the 2nd International Fide Rating Tournament at Chakradharpur, Jharkhand in 2008.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Started imparting coaching while being an active player.
*     As a coach he helped Anwesha Mishra achiev international success.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: June 6, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: June 20, 2017