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'''Rameshbabu Vaishali''' (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=West (NM_Vanessa) |first=Vanessa |date=2023-12-02 |title=Vaishali Achieves GM Title |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/vaishali-achieves-gm-title |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US}}</ref> |
'''Rameshbabu Vaishali''' (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]]. She is the third woman in India to have achieved the grandmaster title.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=West (NM_Vanessa) |first=Vanessa |date=2023-12-02 |title=Vaishali Achieves GM Title |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/vaishali-achieves-gm-title |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
Revision as of 21:52, 2 December 2023
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Full name | Rameshbabu Vaishali | |||||||||||
Country | India | |||||||||||
Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | 21 June 2001|||||||||||
Title | Grandmaster (2023) | |||||||||||
FIDE rating | 2506 (August 2024) | |||||||||||
Peak rating | 2497 (December 2023) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Rameshbabu Vaishali (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess grandmaster. She is the third woman in India to have achieved the grandmaster title.[1]
Personal life
Vaishali was born in a Tamil family in Chennai. She is the elder sibling of Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa. Her father, Rameshbabu, works at TNSC Bank as a branch manager. Her mother, Nagalakshmi, is a homemaker.
Career
Vaishali won the Girls' World Youth Chess Championship for Under-12s in 2012 and Under-14s in 2015.[2] In 2013, at age 12, she defeated future World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in a simul competition that Carlsen held while in her hometown of Chennai for the World Chess Championship 2013.[3][4]
In 2016, she received the Woman International Master (WIM) title, and in October 2016, she was ranked second in India and World No.12 girl U16-player. At that time, she had an Elo rating of 2300.
She became a Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by completing her final norm in the Riga Technical University Open chess tournament in Riga, Latvia on 12 August 2018.[5]
Vaishali was the part of the Gold medal-winning team[6] at Online Olympiad 2020, where India won its first ever medal.[7]
She received her International Master (IM) title in 2021. In 2022, Vaishali won the 8th Fischer Memorial, scoring 7.0/9 and winning her second Grandmaster norm.[8][9][10][11]
Vaishali was invited to participate in the FIDE Women's Speed Chess Championship 2022,[12] where she defeated the Women's World Blitz Chess Champion Bibisara Assaubayeva in the round of 16,[13] and compatriot Harika Dronavalli in the quarterfinals.[14][15]
Vaishali played on Board 3 in the Women's section at the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mamallapuram, Chennai, in July-Aug 2022. India Women team won the Team bronze medal, and Vaishali won individual bronze medal for Board 3.
Vaishali played in the Tata Steel Challengers 2023, scoring 4.5/14 and beating two 2600 rated GMs, Luis Paulo Supi and Jerguš Pecháč. She finished twelfth in the standings overall.[16]
In the Qatar Masters Open 2023, Vaishali received her final GM norm after finishing with 5/9 and a performance rating of 2609.[17]She also won the top women's prize in the tournament, after finishing with better tiebreaks (performance rating) than compatriot Divya Deshmukh.[17]
Vaishali won the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2023 held in the Isle of Man by not losing a single game and scoring 8.5/11, thereby qualifying to compete in the Women's Candidates Tournament to be held in Toronto, Canada in 2024.[18][19] She and her younger brother Praggnanandhaa became the first sister-brother duo ever to qualify for the respective Candidates.[19]
In December, at the IV El Llobregat Open Tournament 2023 in Spain, Vaishali crossed the 2500 Elo rating threshold, earning her Grandmaster title and becoming the third woman and 84th grandmaster in India.[1][20] She and her younger brother Praggnanandhaa thereby became the world's first sister-brother grandmaster duo.[20]
References
- ^ a b West (NM_Vanessa), Vanessa (2 December 2023). "Vaishali Achieves GM Title". Chess.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaaa celebrity xyz page". Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ The girl who defeated Magnus at the age of 12 | Vaishali Rameshbabu, retrieved 16 October 2023
- ^ "Carlsen happy with arrangements for World Championship match". The Times of India. 19 August 2013. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "R. Vaishali becomes Grand Master". 13 August 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "The entire Gold medal winning Indian team from Online Olympiad 2020 interviewed by ChessBase India - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "The Triumph of the twelve brave Olympians - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Asian champ Vaishali sets her sight at Grand Master title". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Rao, Rakesh (4 May 2022). "Fischer Memorial: Vaishali makes second GM norm, wins title". Sportstar. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ News9 Staff (4 May 2022). "Indian woman grandmaster R Vaishali secures 2nd GM norm by winning Greek chess event". NEWS9LIVE. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Vaishali triumphs at 8th Fischer Memorial 2022, scores her second GM-norm - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Vaishali Rameshbabu Wins Women's Speed Chess Championship Qualifier #2, retrieved 27 September 2023
- ^ "FIDE WSCC 2022 Round of 16: Vaishali eliminates World Blitz Women champion Bibisara Assaubayeva - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Vaishali R eliminates Dronavalli to reach semifinals". www.fide.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ West (NM_Vanessa), Vanessa. "Rising Star Knocks Out Experienced Compatriot". Chess.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Challengers standings". Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Nodirbek Yakubboev wins Qatar Masters in blitz tiebreaks". Chess News. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Vaishali Wins Women's Grand Swiss, Vidit Also Gets Close To Title Triumph". News18. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ a b Sportstar, Team (5 November 2023). "Vaishali draws last round to win FIDE Women Grand Prix 2023". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ a b "R Vaishali becomes grandmaster, joins R Praggnanandhaa to become world's first brother-sister GM duo". India Today. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
External links
- Vaishali Rameshbabu rating card at FIDE
- Vaishali Rameshbabu player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Vaishali wins Indian Women Challengers
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Indian female chess players
- Indian chess players
- Chess woman grandmasters
- Chess International Masters
- World Youth Chess Champions
- Tamil sportspeople
- Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu
- Sportspeople from Chennai
- Chess players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in chess
- Indian chess biography stubs