FULL NAME: Rutumbara Bidhar (also known as Sonali)
GENDER: Female
BORN: February 5, 2001 at Bhubaneswar
FAMILY: Grandfather (Late Prananath Bidhar), Elder father (Susanta Kumar Bidhar, SE Electrical), Father (Prasanta Kumar Bidhar), mother (Mamata Bidhar), elder brother (Gurudutta Bidhar).
PERMANENT ADDRESS: At/PO- Gadamatiapada, PS- Kanas, Dist- Puri, Odisha, India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: At- Palasuni, PO- GGP Colony, Bhubaneswar-25, Odisha.
TELEPHONE: 9668742525, 9938499619 (Mobiles)
E-MAIL: soma.ruttu@gmail.com
EDUCATION: Standard VII student of Delhi Public School, Kalinga, Nakhara, Cuttack.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Rajendra Kumar Sahu, Pravat Kumar Nath
HOBBY: Dancing, debate
IDOL: Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
STATE:
* Finished third runner-up at the 60th Odisha State Senior Open Chess Championship, held in Balasore from 1-5 Oct, 2019.
* Won the girls title in the State Schools Chess Championship (U-17 Boys & Girls), held at Janakalyan High School, Chandikhole, Jajpur on Sept 19 and 20, 2015.
* Won the title in girls category of the Odisha State Sub-junior (U-15) Chess Championship, held at D S Law College in Kendrapara from June 12 to 14, 2015.
* Finished runner-up in the State Women Chess Championship, held at D S Law College in Kendrapara from June 9 to 11, 2015.
* Finished runner-up in the girls category of the Odisha State Under-17 Chess Championship, held at Srusti Academy of Management, Bhubaneswar from May 17 to 19, 2015.
* Won the title in the girls category of the Odisha State Sub-junior (U-15) Chess Championship at Vibaha Mandap in Baripada on June 15, 2014.
* Finished runner-up in girls category of the State Under-7 Chess Championship at Bhubaneswar on March 24, 2008.
* Finished ninth in the State Women`s Chess Championship at Bhubaneswar on August 24, 2009.
* Finished ninth in the State Under-9 Chess Championship at Cuttack in 2009.
* Won the title in the girls category of the State Under-15 Chess Championship at Keonjhar on Sept 2, 2012.
* Finished runner-up girls category of the State Under-13 Chess Championship at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sept 17, 2012.
NATIONAL:
* Won the gold medal in U-17 girls category of the 7th National School Chess Championship, held at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar from Jan 28 to Feb 1, 2018.
* Bagged the bronze medal in the girls category of the 27th National Under-13 Chess Championship at Puducherry on July 8, 2013.
* Secured a silver medal in under-11 girls group of the National Schools Chess Championship, held at New Delhi from October to 27 to 29, 2012.
* Won silver medal in the girls category of the 24th National Under-9 Chess Championship at Ahmedabad on October 9, 2010.
* Won a cash prize of Rs 5,000 for her impressive performance as youngest participant of the 36th National Women`s `B` Chess Championship at Nagpur on September 15, 2009.
* Secured her first rating point in the 6th GH Raisoni Memorial Fide Rating Tournament at Natpur on July 24, 2009.
* Finished ninth in the 22nd National Under-9 Chess Championship at Nagpur on January 1, 2009.
INTERNATIONAL:
* Finished third in the 1600 to 2000 category of the Woman Grandmaster Open Chess Tournament, held at Chennai from Nov 5 to 14, 2013.
* Bagged a bronze medal in under-11 girls’ standard category of 8th Asian Schools Chess Championship held at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from Dec 15 to 19, 2012.
* Bagged one gold (team blitz) and one silver (individual rapid) medals in u-12 girls category of the Asian Youth Chess Championship, which was held at Hikkaduwa in Sri Lanka from June 25 to July 1, 2012.
* Finished 8th in under-10 girls` category of the World Youth Chess Championship held at Caldas Novas in Brazil from Nov 17 to 27, 2011.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
* Received a cash incentive of Rs 10,000 at the 6th annual felicitation ceremony of All Odisha Chess Association in Bhubaneswar on March 16, 2014.
* Secured the certificate of Prarambhik Part-II in Odissi dance at Chandigarh on 29th September 2007.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 28 November, 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 6 October, 2019