The little chess champ of Bhilai, Ashutosh Bannerjee has won a cash prize of `1.20 lakh and the first runners-up Cup in Category C of '14th Parsvanath Delhi Grandmaster Open Chess Tournament' held from January 9 to 16, 2016.
He is also the youngest player to participate in the school nationals in the year 2014 and 2016 held at Tadepalligudem and Nalgonda respectively, a BSP Press release informed.
Ashutosh also has the record of being State Champion simultaneously and consecutively in age categories U-9, U-11 from the year 2012 to 2015 and is currently the under 13 State Champion and the runners-up of under 15 age category, thereby representing Chhattisgarh in seven National tournaments are some of his achievements.
His coach RP Singh who is a Senior Manager in the Bhilai Steel Plant and Rajesh Agrawal (Chess legend of Bhilai) along with well-wishers like Manoj Verma (Secretary BSP Chess Club), Shekhar Iyer (State Chess Secretary), all Chess fraternity of Bhilai and Chhattisgarh, his school teachers and parents greeted him for this achievement.
Ashutosh's father Rajat Bannerjee is working in Rail Mill of Bhilai Steel Plant and his mother Kavitya Bannerjee is Professor in Rungta College, Bhilai.