Surat’s Sweety receives National Child Award for excellence in chess
Posted: Feb 06, 2009 at 0119 hrs IST
Surat: Sweety Patel, the young chess champion from Surat, received the prestigious National Child Award on Thursday at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.
Sweety, a Class VI student of P P Sawani School at Abrahma in Surat has won several national and international awards.
She was also honoured with the Junior Eklavya Award by Chief Minister Narendara Modi in 2008 for exhibiting overall excellence in chess.
“Her dream is to become the youngest international grandmaster,” said Sweety’s father Dr Navneet Patel.
He said she received good support from her teachers and her school.
Sweety had earlier won the World School Chess Championship (Under 9) held in Greece in 2007.
She had also won the Asian Youth Girls Chess Championship (Under 8) in Iran in 2006. In the same year, she won the World Youth Chess Championship (Under 8) held in Georgia.
The World Chess Federation has also awarded Sweety the Woman Candidate Master Title.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com
That’s mighty sweet 🙂
Ivana won the Under 8 World Youth in Georgia.