FULL NAME: Rakesh Kumar Nayak
NICK NAME: Raka
BORN: August 17, 1997
GENDER: Male
FAMILY: Son of Harish Chandra Nayak (father), Susama Nayak (mother), Rakesh has two elder brothers (Rajiv and Rajesh).
CONTACT ADDRESS: Plot No 2999, Mahavir Bhawan, Friends Colony, Gada Gopinath Prasad, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar-751025.
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 0674-2370390
E-MAIL ID: rakesh.chess@gmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Eighth class student of Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Gada Gopinath Prasad, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar.
HOBBIES: Playing chess, Cricket, watching cartoons, specially pokemon.
AMBITION: To become a Grandmaster at an early age and glorify INDIA.
FIDE RATING: 2039 by February 2011.
FIDE ID NO: 5066328
COACH: Rajendra Kumar Sahu

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Finished second runner-up at the 60th Odisha State Senior Open Chess Championship, held in Balasore from 1-5 Oct, 2019.
*     Finished runner-up in the Odisha State Under-25 Chess Championship, held at Bhubaneswar from August 3 to 5, 2018.
*     Won the title in the 56th State Senior Chess Championship at Gopabandhu Ayurved Mahavidyalaya in Puri on April 12, 2015.
*     Finished runner-up in the 55th Odisha State Senior Fide Rating Chess Championship at Modern Engineering & Management Studies campus in Balasore on April 27, 2014.
*     Finished runner-up in the 12th Sundargarh Open All-Odisha Chess Tournament, held at Jay Durga Club, Rangadhipa, Sundargarh on Dec 27, 2013.
*     Finished runner-up in the boys category of the State U-17 Chess Championship at Dhenkanal on Oct 15, 2010.
*    Won the State State Sub-junior title at Angul on August 1, 2010.
*    Won the title in the State under-11 chess championship in 2008.
*    Won the title in the 22nd Bhubaneswar championship in 2008.
*    Champion in the All-Orissa open chess tournament, organised by Tata Refractories Club at Belpahar in 2006.
*    Runner-up in the all-Orissa open chess tournament at Puri in 2007.
*    Runner-up in the 8th all-Orissa open chess tournament at Puri in 2006.
*    Title winner in the State under-11 chess championship in 2006.
*    Runner-up in the State under-9 boys’ chess championship in 2006.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the title 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 title in the 1st Berhampur All-India Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament at Sankalp Senior Secondary High School in Berhampur on Jan 2, 2015.
*    Participated in the XVI National under-7 chess championship at Calicut in 2004.
*    Participated in the 19th National boys & girls chess championship at Tamil Nadu in 2005.
*    Participated in the 20th under-11 National chess championship at Tamil Nadu in 2006.
*    Participated in the 20th under-9 National chess championship at Solapur in 2006.
*    Participated in the XVIII National under-17 chess championship at Puri in 2007.
*    Participated in the 45th National ‘B’ chess championship at Tamil Nadu in 2007.
*    Finished tenth in the XXIII National under-11 chess championship at Ahmedabad in 2008.
*    Bagged bronze medal in the open category of the 24th National Under-13 Chess Championship at Puducherry on July 4, 2010.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 28 February, 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 6 October, 2019