Soundarya Pradhan of Padampur, Odisha won Bronze in Asian Chess Championship for the visually challenged 2017 organised by IBCA (International Braille Chess Association) in collaboration with AICFB at Manipal University campus from 23rd to 31st March.
The Indian players were on top in the 8 round championships as Kishan Ganguli of Karnataka scored 7 points to win Gold. Aswin Makwana of Gujrat and Soundarya Kumar Pradhan of Odisha had 6 points each but Aswin bagged the silver with a better tie breaker.
Soundarya, recently, had made us proud by making it to the National team for the forthcoming World Olympiad to be held in Macedonia says his uncle Prof Kesha Ranjan Pradhan on his Facebook post.
The medal is special. All your blessings and best wishes have given it a special shape, he added.