Rameshbabu Vaishali (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian

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player from

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who holds the

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titles of

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(IM) and

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WGM).

Personal life

Vaishali Rameshbabu born in a

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family in Chennai. She is the elder sibling of Grandmaster

R Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned the international master title at the age of 10, the youngest at the time to do so, and the grandmaster title at age 12, the second-you ...

. Her father, Rameshbabu, works at

TNSC Bank The Tamil Nadu State Apex Co-operative Bank, also known as TNSC Bank, is an Indian cooperative banking company headquartered in Chennai. It was incorporated in 1905 as an urban cooperative bank. As of 2015, TNSC Bank had 46 branches in Chennai. ...

as a branch manager. Her mother, Nagalakshmi, is a homemaker.

Career

Vaishali won the Girls'

World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cade ...

for Under-12s in 2012 and Under-14s in 2015. In 2016, she received the

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WIM) title. , she is ranked second in India and World No.12 girl U16-player. At that time, she had an

Elo rating The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in zero-sum games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-American physics professor. The Elo system was invented as an improved ch ...

of 2300. She became a

(WGM) by completing her final norm in the

Riga Technical University Open Riga Technical University Open (also RTU Open) is international "open" chess festival, annually held in Riga, Latvia in August. It is the largest classical chess tournament in the Baltic states. Abstract The Riga Technical University Open is ...

chess tournament in Riga, Latvia on 12 August 2018. Vaishali was the part of the Gold medal-winning team at Online Olympiad 2020, where India won its first ever medal. She received her

(IM) title in 2021. In 2022, Vaishali won the 8th Fischer Memorial, scoring 7.0/9 and winning her second

Grandmaster norm A norm in chess is a high level of performance in a chess tournament. The level of performance is typically measured in tournament performance rating above a certain threshold (for instance, 2600 for GM norm), and there is a requirement on the leve ...

. Vaishali was invited to participate in the FIDE Women's Speed Chess Championship 2022, where she defeated the Women's World Blitz Chess Champion

Bibisara Assaubayeva Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kazakh language, Kazakh: Бибісара Асаубаева, Bibısara Asaubaeva; born 26 February 2004) is a Kazakhstan, Kazakh chess player. Assaubayeva holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She ...

in the round of 16, and compatriot

Harika Dronavalli Harika Dronavalli (born 12 January 1991) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). She has won three bronze medals in the Women's World Chess Championship, in 2012, 2015 and 2017. Dronavalli was honored with the ...

in the quarterfinals. Vaishali played on Board 3 in the Women's section at the

44th Chess Olympiad The 44th Chess Olympiad (also known as the Indian Chess Olympiad), was organised by the FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) in Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India from 28 July to 9 August 2022. It consisted of open ...

at Mamallapuram, Chennai, in July-Aug 2022. India Women team won the Team bronze medal, and Vaishali won individual bronze medal for Board 3.

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Vaishali wins Indian Women Challengers
2001 births Living people Indian female chess players Chess woman grandmasters Chess International Masters World Youth Chess Champions 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu Sportspeople from Chennai {{India-chess-bio-stub