Prathamesh Mokal
Prathamesh Mokal (born 1 October 1983) is an Indian chess player. He is an International Master as well as FIDE Trainer. He is also a black belt (Sho Dan) in karate and koryū. He received the Shiv-Chhatrapati Award from Maharashtra government in 2004 for his achievements in Chess. He was a part of live web video commentary during the World Junior Chess Championship 2014. held in Pune. Prathamesh reviewed the latest version of the most popular professional chess software ChessBase13. He gives a trainer's perspective while explaining some of its fundamental functions. He also annotated the  games in the article written by Sagar Shah on Al Ain tournament. Coaching. Prathamesh was a Coach of Mumbai Movers team in the Maharashtra Chess League, held in Pune in June 2014. His student Saloni Sapale won silver in the World Amateur Chess Championship, (Women) held at Singapore in April–May 2014. She won the silver medal at World school Chess Championship in the Under-17 age group in 2015. She became an International Woman Master (IWM) in 2018 for which she won the State's prestigious award: The Shiv Chattrapati Award in 2019. His student Raahil Mullick won gold medal  at Commonwealth Chess Championship in the Under 10 age group in 2017. He became an International Master (IM) at the age of 12 in October 2019.