Prathamesh Mokal (born 1 October 1983) is an Indian chess player. He is an International Master as well as FIDE Trainer. He is also a black belt (Sho Dan) in karate and koryū. He received the Shiv-Chhatrapati Award from Maharashtra government in 2004 for his achievements in Chess.[2][3]
Prathamesh Sunil Mokal | |
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Born | (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 39) Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Occupation | Chess Player, FIDE trainer |
Country | India |
Title | International Master Chess (2003) Shiv Chhatrapati Award (2005)[1] |
FIDE rating | 2393 |
He was a part of live web video commentary during the World Junior Chess Championship 2014.[4][5][6] held in Pune.
Prathamesh reviewed the latest version of the most popular professional chess software ChessBase13.[7] He gives a trainer's perspective while explaining some of its fundamental functions. He also annotated the games in the article written by Sagar Shah on Al Ain tournament.[8]
Prathamesh was a Coach of Mumbai Movers team in the Maharashtra Chess League,[17][18] held in Pune in June 2014.[19][20]
His student Saloni Sapale won silver in the World Amateur Chess Championship,[21] (Women) held at Singapore in April–May 2014.[22][23][24][25] She won the silver medal at World school Chess Championship in the Under-17 age group in 2015.[26] She became an International Woman Master (IWM) in 2018 [27] for which she won the State's prestigious award: The Shiv Chattrapati Award in 2019.[28][29]
His student Raahil Mullick won gold medal at Commonwealth Chess Championship in the Under 10 age group in 2017.[30] He became an International Master (IM) at the age of 12 in October 2019.[31][32][33][34]
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