Sweety Patel on Thursday (5th February) received the prestigious National Child Award for excellence in chess. The young chess champion from Surat, was presented with the award at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. Sweety is a Class VI student of P. P. Sawani School at Abrahma in Surat. She has won several national and international awards.

 

In 2008 she was honoured with the Junior Eklavya Award by Chief Minister Narendara Modi. She got the award for exhibiting overall excellence in chess. Talking to media on the occasion, Sweety's father Dr Navneet Patel said that, her daughter dreams to become the youngest international grandmaster. He also added that, she received good support from her teachers and her school.

 

Sweety had won the World School Chess Championship (Under 9) held in Greece in 2007. In 2006, she had won the Asian Youth Girls Chess Championship (Under 8) in Iran. In the same year, she won the World Youth Chess Championship (Under 8) held in Georgia.She also has been awarded with the Woman Candidate Master Title by the World Chess Federation.