Prathamesh Mokal

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
Born (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)Chess Player, FIDE trainer
CountryIndia
TitleInternational Master Chess (2003)
Shiv Chhatrapati Award (2005)[1]
FIDE rating2393

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]

Chess career
  • FIDE Trainer – 2012 (Unprecedented 100% score in exam)
  1. 3rd place at Thailand Open Chess 2010.[9]
  2. 1 Grandmaster (GM) norm – 2009[10][11]
  3. National Challengers Champion – 2007
  4. 6 times National Premier Qualifier – 2002 to 2010
  5. 7 times State Champion in various age groups – 1992 to 2002
  6. International Master (IM)- 2003[12][13][14]
  7. Commonwealth Junior Bronze medalist Commonwealth Chess Championship - 2003[15]
  8. Asian Junior Joint Champion – 2003[13][14]
  9. Bronze at U-14 Nationals (Both Classical and Rapid) Silver at U-18 Nationals[16]

Coaching

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]

References
  1. https://sports.maharashtra.gov.in/sportsmh/english/awards.html
  2. https://sports.maharashtra.gov.in/sportsmh/english/awards.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "AppMarket" (PDF).
  4. "World Junior Chess Championship 2014 - Pune - India". Worldjuniorchess2014.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  5. "WJCC 2014 - News". Worldjuniorchess2014.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  6. "World Junior 2014 in Pune starts on Monday". Chess News. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  7. "ChessBase 13 from a club trainer's perspective (1)". Chess News. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  8. "Ukrainians lead Al-Ain after three rounds". Chess News. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  9. "Mokal finishes third in Thailand Open chess tournament". Archive.indiaexpress.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  10. "Ganguly wins 7th Parsvnath Open in New Delhi". Chess News. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  11. "Ganguly wins Parsvnath chess title". Ia.rediff.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  12. "Mokal siblings achieve new high". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014.
  13. "Indian clean sweep at Asian juniors chess". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  14. "Empowering Women". Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  15. "Nguyen Anh Dung keeps his date with destiny". The Hindu. 28 April 2003. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  16. "Nguyen Anh Dung corners glory". Sportstaronnet.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  17. Maharashtra Chess Association
  18. "MCL Chess". Mcl.chess.me. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  19. "Abhijit Kunte, Vidit Gujarathi richest picks in 2nd Maharashtra Chess League". Sportskeeda.com. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  20. "Jalgaon Battlers win Maharashtra Chess League". Chess News. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  21. "FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2014". Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  22. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Amateur Chess Championships 2014 - WOMEN". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  23. "This city lass loves the game of 64 squares". Dnasyndication.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  24. "Sakshi Chitlange is World Amateur Chess Champion - Drinks Break". Drinks Break. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  25. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Amateur Chess Championships 2014 - WOMEN". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  26. "FIDE World School Championships 2015". Chess News. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  27. "Barbera Del Valles 2018: Iniyan finishes clear second, CBIP groups gains 1355 Elo points! - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  28. Saple, Saloni (17 February 2019). "Uday Deshpande, Smriti Mandhana, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Saloni Sapale bag Shiv Chhatrapati awards". Mumbai Mirror.
  29. "New Titles Approved by FIDE in Batumi". Chess Daily News. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  30. "Meet Raahil Mullick, 10-Year-Old Chess Champion Gearing Up To Become India's Future Grandmaster". IndiaTimes. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  31. "Raahil Mullick becomes an IM at the age of 12 years and 5 months - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  32. "Meet 12-Year-Old Raahil Mullick, An International Chess Master Who Is Looking To Rule The Board". IndiaTimes. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  33. "Raahil Mullick who has become India's latest International Master". The Knowledge Review. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  34. PhoenixMedia. "Raahil Mullick who has become India's latest International Master (IM) at the age of 12". Phoenix Media. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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