Odisha’s international chess player Aparajita Gochhikar won bronze in the Asian Amateur Chess Championship-Women held in Thailand recently. She secured seven points out of nine rounds with six wins, two draws and one loss.
Expressing happiness, Aparajita gave credit to her parents as well as to Dr Achyuta Samanta, founder of KIIT and KISS, for their continued support and encouragement to her.
She is currently working in the KIIT University as administration manager.
Players of 23 countries participated in the tournament where as among six Indian players, Aparajita and Sandhya brought laurel for the country by winning bronze and silver medal.