Sanjana Vittal

Sanjana began playing chess at the age of eight and was immediately drawn to the game. At the age of ten, she qualified to represent the United States for the World Youth and has been selected every year since, for a total of three. Sanjana won her first title of WCM by winning the silver medal in the 2013 NAYCC in Toronto, Canada. She won the WFM title by winning gold in the 2015 Pan American Youth Chess Championships in Cali, Colombia. She also won silver in the 2015 NAYCC and 2017 North American Junior Chess Championships. She is a National Master with a WIM norm. Sanjana is the winner of the 2017 Susan Polgar World Open for Girls and she has also been the NJ state champion three years in a row. Sanjana is currently a freshman in high school pursuing STEM. She is also an avid reader and has been trained in classical dance for eight years.