Grand Master Abhimanyu Puranik
"Chess has taught me a lot of things, it improved my concentration, my ability to sit at one place and do my work, solving studies improved my out of box thinking."
He is a person who regularly indulges in outdoor games like football , badminton etc, this is how his journey in chess began.. His mother used to take tutions when one of her student taught Abhimanyu the basics of chess. Then he was enrolled in a chess class and soon he won the Under-7 world schools at Halkidiki , Greece with a score of 9/9 !
Then there was no looking back he went on performing well and made a steady progress winning bronze at Under-10 World youth . In 2012 he participated at the Prague Masters where his starting rank was 99 , he went on to finish 3rd to score his 1st IM Norm !
With great progress in chess he did not let his academics get affected and got 93% in 10th Grade.
In 2018 World Junior Chess Championship , Turkey , Abhimanyu won the Silver Medal scoring 8.5/11 This was his biggest achievement in chess.
Abhimanyu who is currently studying in 2nd Year of B.com , has set short term goals step by step starting with reaching 2600 then 2650 and one day becoming an elite player by crossing 2700.
Then there was no looking back he went on performing well and made a steady progress winning bronze at Under-10 World youth . In 2012 he participated at the Prague Masters where his starting rank was 99 , he went on to finish 3rd to score his 1st IM Norm !
With great progress in chess he did not let his academics get affected and got 93% in 10th Grade.
In 2018 World Junior Chess Championship , Turkey , Abhimanyu won the Silver Medal scoring 8.5/11 This was his biggest achievement in chess.
Abhimanyu who is currently studying in 2nd Year of B.com , has set short term goals step by step starting with reaching 2600 then 2650 and one day becoming an elite player by crossing 2700.
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