FULL NAME: Anwesha Mishra
GENDER: Female
BORN: 4th December, 2002
HOME ADDRESS: Jagannath Ballav, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
FAMILY: Prakash Kumar Mishra (Father), Reena Mishra (Mother), Adweta Mishra (Younger sister).
FIDE-ID: 35002767
FIDE RATING: 1583 as on August 1, 2011
EDUCATION: Student of St Joseph`s School, Cuttack
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Rajesh Nayak

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Finished second runner-up in the Puri Open All-Odisha School Chess Tournament, which concluded at Hotel Padma in Puri on Sept 28, 2014.
*     Finished runner-up in the open category of the Odisha State U-11 Chess Championship at Hotel Presidency in Bhubaneswar on July 21, 2013.
*     Won the girls title in the State Under-9 Chess Championship at Pira Bazar, Cuttack on June 16, 2011.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the silver medal in girls category of the 29th National Under-13 Chess Championship at Gurgaon in Haryana on Sept 7, 2015.
*     Won the bronze medal in the girls category of the National Under-11 Chess Championship, held at Delhi from Sept 2 to 10, 2013.
*     Finished runner-up in the girls’ categoriy of the 25th National Under-9 Chess Championship at Bhubaneswar on August 14, 2011.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Represented India in the U-16 Girls category of the Asian Youth Chess Championship, held at Tashkent in Uzbekistan from March 31 to April 9, 2017.
*     Won the under-14 girls title in the Asian Youth Chess Championship, held at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia from April 6 to 14, 2016.
*     Bagged two gold medals (team rapid and blitz) in u-10 girls category of the Asian Youth Chess Championship, which was held at Hikkaduwa in Sri Lanka from June 25 to July 1, 2012.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Became a Fide Master (FM) by virtue of winning the under-14 girls title in the Asian Yout Chess Championship in April, 2016.
*     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.
*     Her father is an Odisha Finance Service officer.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: August 22, 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: April 10, 2017