FULL NAME: Sankalp Baliarsingh
NICK NAME: Omm
GENDER: Male
BORN: January 5, 2001 at Bhubaneswar
FAMILY: Father (Shankar Prasad Baliarsingh), mother (Pravat Nalini Devi).
PERMANENT ADDRESS: N-4/F-303, IRC Village, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Labanya Bhawan, Sasan Padia, Bhubaneswar-2, Odisha, India.
TELEPHONE NO: 9437355695, 9438504051 (Mobile).
E-MAIL: dev.nalini@rediffmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Standard VII student of St Xavier’s High School, Kedargouri, Bhubaneswar.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: A B Mohanty, Rajendra Sahu.
CAREER SPAN: From 2006
FIDE ID NO: 25008072
HOBBY: Watching cartoon and cricket in television
AMBITION IN LIFE: To become a world champion in chess.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won the boys’ title in the State Schools (under-17) Chess Championship, which was organised by Bhubaneswar Schools Sports Association at Unit-IX Govt Boys High School in Bhubaneswar from January 30 to 31, 2015.
*     Won the title in the open category of the Odisha State Under-13 Chess Championship, held at Rourkela from Oct 10 to 12, 2014.
*     Won the boys` title in the State Under-11 Chess Championship at Chandikhol on May 25, 2012.
*     Won the State under-7 chess title at Bhubaneswar.

NATIONAL:
*     Finished third in National u-7 championship at Nagpur.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Bagged a total of three medals in the under-12 open category of the Asian Youth Chess Championship, which was held at Hikkaduwa in Sri Lanka from June 25 to July 1, 2012. Medals included two gold (rapid and classical) in team event and one silver (rapid) in individual event.
*     Sixth position in Asian Youth (u-7) championship at New Delhi (2009).
*     Selected for World Youth (u-7) championship which was held at Turkey in Nov 2009.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     On June 18, 2014, Government of Odisha sanctioned in his favour a monetary incentive of Rs 15,000 for participation in the Asian Youth Chess Championship at New Delhi in 2009.
*     Financial constraint forced him miss the opportunity to participate in World Youth (U-7) Chess Championship at Turkey in 2009.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: September 26, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: February 6, 2015