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Mr. Kapil Lohana is an International rated player of chess and National Instructor from India. He has won many events at Vidarbha Level during 2003 – 2005. After a successful performance at district, state, national & international level, He guided budding champions of Yavatmal district to improve in chess. His first coaching camp was held at BITS PILANI Institute, Rajasthan in the year 2005. In 2006, He decided to move to Pune to pursue his dream in chess. He started his journey in Pune by winning the most prestigious event known as “Buddhibal Jallosh” in the same year and joined Symbiosis Chess School to guide students for a diploma in chess. He worked in symbiosis school for 3 Years. He continued sharing his knowledge to budding champions from the city of Pune and soon his students started winning championships at various levels. He become one of the best chess coach in pune. He realized that the role of a coach is very important in the improvement of every player. As a result in the year 2013, he decided to start an organization with the name of “Victorious Chess Academy” to provide the platform for all chess enthusiasts to pursue their dream in chess. He visited South Africa for World Youth Chess Championship 2014 as coach of one of his pupil where he passed the trainers exam conducted by FIDE (World Chess Federation) to achieve the title of National Instructor (NI) from India. He is also a state arbiter (SA) from Maharashtra.

Mr. Kapil believes, atmosphere for the sport, quality of teaching and financial aspect plays an important role in the life of every sportsperson.

Under his supervision as a Founder & Director of Victorious Chess Academy, the organization is successfully running ten centers in Pune