AICF has nominated Abhijeet Gupta & Vishal Sareen for highly prestigious awards - Googly Mania

		
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
								
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
							
				
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
				
		
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        

	
        

        
        

        
        

	
        

        
        
		














		

    

    
        
        
        

AICF has nominated Abhijeet Gupta & Vishal Sareen for highly prestigious awards

It has been reported that Grandmaster and reigning Commonwealth champion Abhijeet Gupta has been nominated for the highly esteemed Arjuna award. In addition, his long time trainer Vishal Sareen has been selected by All India Chess Federation (AICF) as a nominee for Dronacharya award this year.

Recently, Gupta won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Championship extending his long haul of medals for the country which also includes a bronze in the Asian continental championship. Notably, the 23-year-old had won an individual silver in the Chess Olympiad too for his brilliant individual performance.

Remarkably, Gupta is the only Indian next to world champion Viswanathan Anand and P Harikrishna to have won the World Junior Chess Championship. Actually, he was a member of the Indian team that won silver medal in the Asian team chess championship in China last year.

International Master Vishal Sareen was selected for the Dronacharya due to the excellent results accomplished by his students. Both Tania Sachdev and Parimarjan Negi were the last two Arjuna awardees in Chess whom Sareen had trained.

In fact, Abhijeet Gupta has been his protege for more than 7 years along with young Grandmasters Akshayraj Kore and Sahaj Grover. CEO, AICF Bharat Singh Chauhan declared that the AICF had gone through the best possible candidates both for Arjuna and Dronacharya awards. Both Gupta and Sareen are the excellent selections that they have currently.

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