Woman Fide Master (WFM) Saina Salonika of Odisha got a silver medal in the National Under 17 Girl's Chess Championship held at Kochi on Saturday.
Samriddha Ghosh of West Bengal became Champion by scoring 8.5 points and B Kalyani of Andhra Pradesh got the Bronze.
Saina secured 8 points by winning five games and drawing six games.
By securing first runners up position, she is now selected to represent India in the World Youth Chess Championship to be held at Romania.
Notably, Saina has got medals in all age-group national championships starting from Under 7.
Saina, a Class XI student of the KIIT International School Bhubaneswar, belongs to Sulan village in Keonjhar district.