Prathamesh Mokal

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Prathamesh Sunil Mokal
Born (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 42)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
OccupationChess Player, FIDE trainer
CountryIndia
TitleInternational Master Chess (2003)
Shiv Chhatrapati Award (2005)[1]
FIDE rating2393

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]

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[edit | edit source]

  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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ https://sports.maharashtra.gov.in/sportsmh/english/awards.html [dead link]
  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".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Indian clean sweep at Asian juniors chess". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20140724090756/http://limcabookofrecords.in/sportsAC/87.aspx. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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. 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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