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Vaishali Rameshbabu

R. Vaishali

Bornt on 21 june 2001, R. Vaishali is an Indian chess player and an Indian woman grandmaster native to chennai. A winner of gold medals in under 11 and under 13 Indian national championships and the World Under-14 girls chess championship,she is the elder sister of prodigious Indian grand master R. Praggnanandhaa. Since 2016 she is a “Woman International Master (WIM)”.

Early childhood and Background of initiation:

At the age of six, her parents encouraged her to play chess.[1] Having a prodigious younger brother as her sparring partner at home to practice, helped her honing skills.

She won a gold medal at the Under-11 girls' national championship in 2012, which helped her to get selected to participate in the World Youth Chess Championship.

She went on to win the Under-12 Girls World Championship in Slovenia in 2012.Later, she went on to win the Indian woman grandmaster title. [1]

Her achievement in World girls Under-14 champion in 2015 is also remarkable and achieved her title of WIM norm.

Professional achievements: Participated in chess competition of: World Junior Championship (Girls), Qatar Masters, Asian Continental Championship(women) and so on she had made a remarkable victory in many of this. Gold medallist in the Under-11 national chess championship and the Under-13 girls' national chess championship in 2012, she also won a gold medal in the World Under-12 Girls World Championship the same year. She got victory and achieved gold medal at the Under-15 girls' national chess championship in 2014 too.[2] On her journey to make a continuous mark in this world,she in 2015 and 2016 won gold medals in consecutive years at the National Junior Girls Chess Championship. This performance of her made the base for the opportunity to represent India in the Asian Chess Championship and the World Youth Chess Championship in upcoming years.[2] She achieved a gold medal at the Under-14 Girls World Chess Championship in Greece in 2015. Vaishali made a major breakthrough of her career on June 2020 by defeating former world champion Antaoneta Stefanova in FIDE chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championships, through an online event.[3] .FIDE rated her 2376 for her performances.

Vaishali is a winner of gold medal in the Asian Individual Blitz Chess Championship in 2017. She also won title of an Indian Woman Grand Master [WGM] in 2018. She was part of the Indian team that won the joint gold medal along with Russia in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020.[2]

References:

1. https://www.bbc.com/hindi/sport-55814213 2. https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-indian-grandmaster-r-vaishali-defeats-former-world-chess-champion-antaoneta-stefanova/355391 3. https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/speed-chess-vaishali-online-praggnanandhaa-ushenina/article31957444.ece 4.https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=151571 Right Hand side box info:

Full Name: R. Vaishali Born : 21 June 2001 Place of Birth: Chennai, India Citizenship: India Sport : Chess

Representing India Medals: Gold Medal gold at Under 11 National Chess championship in 2012 Gold medal at Under 13 Girls National Chess Championship in 2012 Gold medal at Asian Individual Blitz Chess Championship in 2017 Gold medal at Under 15 Girls National Chess Championship in 2014 Gold medal at National Junior Girls Chess Championship 2015, 2016