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{{Short description|Indian para chess player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox chess player
| country = [[India]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|12|13}}
| birth_place = [[Odisha]], India
| peakrating = 1924 (March 2024)
}}
'''Soundarya Kumar Pradhan''' (born 13 December 1999)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Orisports.com |url=https://www.orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=NzE4 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.orisports.com}}</ref> is an Indian para chess player from [[Odisha]]. The visually challenged chess player was selected for the Indian team that took part in the [[2022 Asian Para Games|2022 Hangzhou Asian Para Games]]. He won the Men's Team Rapid VI-B1 gold medal on 28 October 2023 along with [[Darpan Inani]] and [[Ashwin Makwana]]. He also won a silver medal in the individual event.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2023-11-04 |title=Odisha CM Naveen felicitates Asian Para-Games medalists Pramod, Soundarya |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2023/Nov/04/odisha-cm-naveen-felicitates-asian-para-games-medalists-pramod-soundarya-2629989.html |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-28 |title=Odisha chess player Soundarya Pradhan wins silver, gold at Asian Para Games |url=https://sambadenglish.com/odisha-chess-player-soundarya-pradhan-wins-silver-gold-at-asian-para-games/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ANI |date=2023-11-03 |title=Asian Para Games medalist Soundarya receives warm welcome in Bhubaneswar |url=https://www.dtnext.in/news/sports/asian-para-games-medalist-soundarya-receives-warm-welcome-in-bhubaneswar-745883 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.dtnext.in |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Pradhan was born in Boden, [[Nuapada district]], [[Odisha]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Barik |first=Satyasundar |date=2020-09-26 |title=Visually-challenged brothers from Odisha's Boden teach chess online |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/visually-challenged-brothers-from-boden-teach-chess-online/article32703562.ece |access-date=2024-01-18 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He is born to Rabi Ranjan Pradhan and Jayanthi Pradhan. After his schooling at the Boden Government High School, he studied at the Biju Patnaik College, where his father works as a lecturer.<ref name=":0" /> Currently, he is studying B.Tech. in computer science at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), [[Jamshedpur]]. He has Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), a rare inherited eye disorder, from birth. He also teaches online chess to students in USA<ref name=":2" /> and is a coach at the Lucknow-based Chess Club Black and White (CCBW).<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=NewzHook |date=2020-10-02 |title=Visually impaired chess champion Soundarya Pradhan teaching the game online during lockdown |url=https://thebridge.in/chess/visually-impaired-chess-champion-soundarya-pradhan-teaching-game-online-lockdown/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref> He was felicitated by the chief minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik with a cash award of Rs.1.5 crore.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2023-11-03 |title=Odisha CM felicitates para-athletes Pramod Bhagat, Soundarya Kumar Pradhan |url=https://theprint.in/india/odisha-cm-felicitates-para-athletes-pramod-bhagat-soundarya-kumar-pradhan/1831265/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref> His brother Prachurya is also a visually challenged chess player. He learnt his basics from his uncle Keshranjan, a former National B chess player.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2022-04-10 |title=Odisha's Pradhan dethrones Gangolli for National crown |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/odishas-pradhan-dethrones-gangolli-for-national-crown/articleshow/90753871.cms |access-date=2024-01-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Career ==
Pradhan was also part of the Indian team that won silver medal in the Men's Rapid Team Chess in the [[2018 Asian Para Games]] held in [[Jakarta]].<ref name=":2" /> In April 2022, he won the National Chess Championship for the visually challenged and made it to the Indian team for the [[World Team Chess Championship|World Team Championship]]. He won a gold at the 9th IBCA World Team Chess Championship for the Blind and Visually Impaired 2022 held at [[Ohrid]], [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]] in June 2022.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=9th World Team Chess Championship, 2022 |url=https://www.aicfb.in/9th-world-team-chess-championship-2022/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=AICFB – All India Chess Federation for the Blind |language=en-US}}</ref> In one of his first tournaments at the Junior National Chess Championship for Blind in January 2012 at [[Mumbai]], he finished at the best under-13 player.<ref name=":0" /> In the 16th [[AICFB]] National Chess Championship for Visually Challenged in March 2023, he finished third.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Final standings and prize distribution of 16th AICFB National Chess Championship for Visually Challenged 2023 |url=https://www.aicfb.in/final-standings-and-prize-distribution-of-16th-aicfb-national-chess-championship-for-visually-challenged-2023/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=AICFB – All India Chess Federation for the Blind |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Odisha]]
[[Category:Indian blind people]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]

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