Chess helps Satara's Aryan score 95.4% in SSC
Aryan Pardeshi
excel in academics. A student of Satara's Annasaheb Kalyani Vidyalay semi-English medium school, Aryan secured 95.4% in SSC."I
have been playing chess since the age of 5. I started taking chess seriously in Class VIII.
However, I have never compromised with my studies. The game helps me stay focused for hours, which helps me in my studies as well," said Aryan, who runs a YouTube channel featuring Rubik's cube solutions.A senior clerk's son, he aspires to study engineering at IIT while advancing his chess career. Every day, he dedicates at least one to two hours to chess. His FIDE international chess ranking stands at 1,534. He has also claimed the district chess championship title for three years running and excelled in zonal competitions. In Satara district's Bahule village, another Aryan has overcome daily challenges to excel in the crucial exam. Aryan Panaskar, who has a disabled mother and a father who works in Mumbai as a worker, scored 87%, powered solely by his grit and determination.
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