The ODISHA men and women team for the forthcoming 44th National Team Chess Championship 2025 and 22nd National Women Team Chess Championship 2025 which will be held from 5th – 11th March 2025 at GSC Bank, Sahakar Bhavan, Pallav Cross Road, 132 ft. Ring Road, Naranpura, Ahmedabad-380013, Gujarat will be finalised by All Odisha Chess Association with the following criteria.
- Players based on higher Rating as 01 Feb 2025.
- Minimum 4 players and maximum 5 players are required to constitute the team.
Players willing to participate in above National may contact Shri Bhabesh Mohanty, Jt. Secretary, AOCA (WhatsApp. 99378-86372) before 10:00 A.M. on 16 Feb 2025 with their details and T-Shirt size.
All Odisha Chess Association will pay the entry fee of official team with 3rd AC fare. However, players not selected for the official team are eligible to form their special team with their own cost. Players giving their consent to play in the said Championship will not be allowed to withdraw their participation without sufficient reason; such players will be debarred to represent Odisha team in future.
Shri Bhabesh Mohanty, Joint Secretary AOCA and Shri Suresh Chandra Sahoo, Web Admin, AOCA are requested to coordinate the entire process.
Final list of ODISHA for National Team
ODISHA A (Regular)
| 1 | IM Sambit Panda | 2383 |
| 2 | IM Sidhant Mohapatra | 2382 |
| 3 | FM Sriansh Das | 2286 |
| 4 | FM Rajesh Nayak | 2278 |
| 5 | Utkal Ranjan Sahoo | 2268 |
ODISHA B (Special Entry)
| 1 | FM Priansh Das | 2261 |
| 2 | CM Harshit Ranjan Sahu | 2147 |
| 3 | Nilsu Pattnayak | 2115 |
| 4 | Koustuv Dash | 2094 |
| 5 | Jyotshnav Talukdar | 2031 |
ODISHA C (Special Entry)
| 1 | Debi Prasad Nayak | 1729 |
| 2 | Ayashkanta Bhanja | 0 |
| 3 | Debashiss Debata | 0 |
| 4 | Jagamohan Dash | 0 |
Mr. Debi Prasad Nayak, will carry out the duties of Manager for ODISHA Team.
(Shri Satyaranjan Pattnaik)
President
All Odisha Chess Association
(Published on 13 Feb 2025.)