20 Facts About Akshayraj Kore

Akshayraj Kore graduated in Bachelor of Engineering, Computer from Marathwada Mitramandal's College Of Engineering University of Pune.

Akshayraj Kore was initially coached by Narhar Venkatesh, a well known chess coach, known as Bhausaheb Padasalgikar.

Akshayraj Kore had previously coached Swati Ghate and Bhagyashree Sathe-Thipsay, well known Indian female chess players.

Akshayraj Kore won a state silver medal in the under 12 age category in 1999.

Akshayraj Kore represented India in the under 12 World Youth Chess Championship, 2000.

That year Akshayraj Kore won the bronze medal in the U-16 Sub-Junior National Chess Championship.

Akshayraj Kore played fewer games due to examinations, but in 2003, he won the U-16 Commonwealth Chess Championship and was a member of the team which won the bronze medal at The Youth Chess Olympiad held at Denizli, Turkey.

Akshayraj Kore gained his third and final norm in a tournament in Luhansk, Ukraine by winning the Invitational IM Norm Round Robin Chess Tournament, scoring 12 points in 16 games.

Akshayraj Kore received a special appreciation for his combination in the 5th round against Soshnikov Mikhail.

Akshayraj Kore played a blitz qualifier for National Rapid Knockout Chess Championship in July 2006 held at the Poona Club, Pune.

Akshayraj Kore won the tournament with a round to spare scoring 8 points in the first eight rounds.

Akshayraj Kore took a hiatus from chess concentrating on his Engineering studies but continued to play tournaments at irregular intervals.

Akshayraj Kore was awarded the "Grandmaster" title by FIDE in its congressional meeting in April 2013.

In Fall of 2013, Akshayraj Kore enrolled for Graduate Program in Computer Science at University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Akshayraj Kore was applauded for his originality and aggression in this game.

Later that year, Akshayraj Kore tied for first with Alexander Stripunsky at the Atlantic Open 2014.

Akshayraj Kore has had a similar success as a Chess Coach.

Akshayraj Kore has helped mentor young talent since he earned his IM title back in 2006.

Akshayraj Kore trained Abhimanyu Puranik, an upcoming Indian Chess player prior to the latter's U-10 World Chess Championship Tournament in 2010.

Akshayraj Kore worked with Advait Patel, an American junior chess player.