Vasanti Khadilkar
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Vasanti Khadilkar Unni ( mr, वासंती खाडिलकर उन्नी; born 1 April 1961) is an Indian
chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...
player holding the title of
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). She won in 1974 the inaugural Indian Women's Championship. The three Khadilkar sisters, Jayshree, Vasanti, and Rohini, dominated the Indian women's chess championships, winning all the titles in its first decade. In 1984 Vasanti jointly won the British Ladies' Championship with Bhagyashree Sathe in
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khadilkar, Vasanti 1961 births Living people Indian female chess players Chess Woman International Masters Sportswomen from Maharashtra Marathi people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people Khadilkar sisters