Ghaziabad: Shubhi Gupta (12), a resident of GH7 Society, Crossings Republik, Ghaziabad, brought home the gold medal in the under 12 categories of the FIDA World Cadets Chess 2022 championship. The event was held from September 15 to September 27, 2022, in Batumi Georgia. She bagged the first prize after scoring 8.5 points out of a possible 11 in the competition.
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Shubhi Gupta, the daughter of Pradeep and Urmila Gupta, is currently a student in eighth grade at Indirapuram Public School. She has won several national and international level chess competitions earlier as well. After her recent win has added to the pride and joy of her coach, Pansenjit Dutta, and her parents.
Shubhi's father, Pradeep Gupta, an IT professional, "I am proud to be a father to a daughter like her. I have seen her working very hard for this competition. With this, I hope she will find the strength to achieve her goals and bring honour to herself and her country."
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Shubhi is playing chess for as long as she can remember, with her father on the opposite end of the board. She was just 8 when she competed in her first inter-school competition and secured the third rank. Just like her inspiration, the legendary chess player Viswanathan Anand and Arjun Erigaisi, Shubhi now dreams of achieving great heights as a chess player and bringing accolades and glory to India.
Every day, Shubhi dedicates four to five hours to chess, even while she is not preparing for any competitions. However, when any competition is near, she spends more time in her chess coaching to practice. Shubhi has also mastered how to balance her school homework and chess. She tells us, "I try to finish my homework in the school itself with the help of my teachers so I can dedicate more hours to my chess practice." For Shubhi, chess is something that brings her joy. She says, "I really enjoy playing chess. Not even a single days go by that I don't play it. I think it's one of the best parts of my life."
