R Vaishali
Full nameRameshbabu Vaishali
CountryIndia
Born (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Title
FIDE rating2467 (November 2023)
Peak rating2497 (December 2023)
Medal record
Representing  India
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouWomen's team

Rameshbabu Vaishali (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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.[1] 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.[2][3]

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.[4]

Vaishali was the part of the Gold medal-winning team[5] at Online Olympiad 2020, where India won its first ever medal.[6]

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.[7][8][9][10]

Vaishali was invited to participate in the FIDE Women's Speed Chess Championship 2022,[11] where she defeated the Women's World Blitz Chess Champion Bibisara Assaubayeva in the round of 16,[12] and compatriot Harika Dronavalli in the quarterfinals.[13][14]

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.[15]

In the Qatar Masters Open 2023, Vaishali received her final GM norm after finishing with 5/9 and a performance rating of 2609.[16]She also won the top women's prize in the tournament, after finishing with better tiebreaks (performance rating) than compatriot Divya Deshmukh.[16]

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.[17][18] Her Live rating at the end of the tournament was less than 3 points short of the 2500 necessary for the GM title.[18] She and her younger brother Praggnanandhaa are the first sister-brother duo ever to qualify for the respective Candidates.[18][19][20]

References

  1. ↑ "Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaaa celebrity xyz page". Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ↑ The girl who defeated Magnus at the age of 12 | Vaishali Rameshbabu, retrieved 16 October 2023
  3. ↑ "Carlsen happy with arrangements for World Championship match". The Times of India. 19 August 2013. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "R. Vaishali becomes Grand Master". 13 August 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "The Triumph of the twelve brave Olympians - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Asian champ Vaishali sets her sight at Grand Master title". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Rao, Rakesh (4 May 2022). "Fischer Memorial: Vaishali makes second GM norm, wins title". Sportstar. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  9. ↑ 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)
  10. ↑ "Vaishali triumphs at 8th Fischer Memorial 2022, scores her second GM-norm - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  11. ↑ Vaishali Rameshbabu Wins Women's Speed Chess Championship Qualifier #2, retrieved 27 September 2023
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "Vaishali R eliminates Dronavalli to reach semifinals". www.fide.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  14. ↑ West (NM_Vanessa), Vanessa. "Rising Star Knocks Out Experienced Compatriot". Chess.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Challengers standings". Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  16. 1 2 "Nodirbek Yakubboev wins Qatar Masters in blitz tiebreaks". Chess News. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  17. ↑ "Vaishali Wins Women's Grand Swiss, Vidit Also Gets Close To Title Triumph". News18. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  18. 1 2 3 Sportstar, Team (5 November 2023). "Vaishali draws last round to win FIDE Women Grand Prix 2023". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Results & Standings - FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2023". Chess.com. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  20. ↑ Gupta, Nikita. "Meet The First Sibling Duo To Qualify As FIDE Chess Candidates". www.shethepeople.tv. Retrieved 12 November 2023.


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