FULL NAME: Priyanka Routray
GENDER: Female
BORN: 3rd February 2004 (Source: All Odisha Chess Association)
PARENTS: Father (Jayant Kumar Routray), Mother (Sasmita Routray)
HOME ADDRESS: C-36, Sector-1, Rourkela, Odisha, India.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Pursuing BTech degree in Telecommunications Engineering at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Sambalpur. Earlier completed her 10th and 12th education at DPS, Rourkela.
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Not known
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Pabitra Mohan Mohanty was her first coach. Thereafter, received tips from differnet coaches.
AICF ID: 44565ORI2013
FIDE ID: 46623701
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Sundargarh District and Odisha State

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Crowned champion in the Girls category of the Odisha State Junior (Under-19) Chess Championship at JRD Hotel, Sundargarh on 20 August 2023.
*     Won the title in the girls category of the Odisha State U-15 Chess Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium, Rourkela from 15-17 June 2019,
*     Won the title in the girls category of the Odisha State U-15 Chess Championship, held at Sailabala Womens College, Cuttack from June 4 to 6, 2018.
*     Won the title in girls category of the Odisha State U-17 Chess Championship, held at Vedic International School, Sambalpur from 10-12 August 2018.
*     Finished runner-up in the 3rd Nalinikanta Mohanty Memorial Odisha State Women Chess Championship, held at Kendrapara on May 19 and 20, 2017.
*     Won the title in girls category of the Odisha State Sub-junior (U-15) Chess Championship, held in Puri from 25-27 August 2017.
*     Won the title in the girls category of the Odisha State U-13 Chess Championship, held at DAV Public School, Unit-VIII, Bhubaneswar from June 9 to 11, 2017.

NATIONAL:
*     Represented Odisha in National School Chess Championship twice in 2018 and 2019.
*     Finished first runner-up in the 7th Bhubaneswar All-India Fide Rating (Below 1600) Chess Tournament, held at Bhubaneswar from Sept 16-18, 2016.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Her father works as an executive at Rourkela Steel Plant.
*     Her interest in chess developed during the Annual Summer Coaching Camp organised by Rourkela Steel Plant in 2012.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 18 September 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 21 August 2023