Neev Kodarapu is the Co-founder and Vice-President of Operations for Puddletown Chess. He is currently a 7th grader at Stoller Middle School. He has been playing chess since 1st grade and has played chess competitively ever since. He competed in many tournaments since then, including the OSCF, Chess for Success, National and North American Championships.
He is one of the top players for his grade and he always enjoyed playing in team events. He played for Jacob Wismer Elementary and Stoller Middle schools on the OSCF State team Championships. He was the team captain of Jacob Wismer for the year 2022 and helped the team secure 1st place. He would love be part of building a strong chess community in Oregon by teaching young chess players.
Besides chess, he enjoys swimming, tennis, math, Robotics and Coding and music.