FULL NAME: Manish Kumar
GENDER: Male
BORN: 13th February, 2006 (Source: All Odisha Chess Association)
HOME ADDRESS: 155-B, NR Mangala Mandir, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
FAMILY: Father (Biswajit Pradhan), Mother (Sanghamitra Pradhan)
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Class X student of DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar.
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Not known
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: GM Swayams Mishra
FIDE ID: 46605649

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won the title in open category of the Odisha State U-19 Chess Championship at Srusti Academy of Management in Bhubaneswar on 13 June 2022.
*     Won the title in the open category of the Odisha State U-17 Chess Championships at Srusti Academy of Management in Bhubaneswar on 10 June 2022.
*     Won the title in the open category of the Odisha State U-16 Online Chess Championship, held on 7-8 June, 2021.
*     Finished runner-up in the open category of the Odisha State U-18 Online Chess Championships, held on 4 and 5 June, 2021.
*     Won the title in the open category Odisha State U-13 Chess Championship, held at Sailabala Women’s College, Cuttack from May 11-13, 2018.
*     Won the title in the open category of the Odisha State Under-11 Chess Championship, held at Ravenshaw University Convention Centre in Cuttack from October 2 to 4, 2017.
*     Finished runner-up in the open category of the Odisha State U-13 Chess Championship, held at DAV Public School, Unit-VIII, Bhubaneswar from June 9 to 11, 2017.
*     Won the title in the open category of State Under-9 Chess Championship at Srusti Academy of Management in Bhubaneswar on April 5, 2015.
*     Finished runner-up in the open category of the State Under-7 Chess Championships at Bhubaneswar on April 6, 2013.

NATIONAL:
*     Won his maiden National title in the National U-18 Open Online Chess Championship on 12th June, 2021.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won the bronze medal in the U-12 open category of the Commonwealth Chess Championship, held at the Leela Ambience Convention Hotel in Delhi from June 26 to July 3, 2018.

PROFILE FIRST HOSTED: 6 July 2013
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 14 June 2022