Aditi Soondarsingh Explained

Aditi Soondarsingh
Country:Trinidad and Tobago
Birth Place:Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago
Woman Candidate Master (2014)
Rating:1687 (November 2018)
Peakrating:1867 (October 2008)

Aditi Soondarsingh (born 1988) is a women's chess player from Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago. Soondarsingh is the National Women's Chess Champion, having won the Women's half of Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship eight times.[1]

She holds the FIDE title of Woman Candidate Master and has represented Trinidad and Tobago as the Board 1 player at a number of World Chess Olympiads. In 2012, Soondarsinngh became the first women's chess player from Trinidad and Tobago and the second English caribbean speaking women's player to defeat a Women's International Master at a major team tournament.[2]

Soondarsingh has represented Trinidad and Tobago at the World Youth Championship in France.[3] She has also played in tournaments in El Salvador, Barbados,[4] Venezuela, and in India for the Commonwealth Games.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sondarsingh retains Women’s Crown a record eight times . https://archive.today/20130620041212/http://174.120.249.146/sport/2012-11-15/soondarsingh-retains-women%E2%80%99s-crown-eighth-time . dead . 2013-06-20 . 2012-11-16 . The Trinidad Guardian.
  2. Web site: Soondarsingh scores upset at Chess Olympiad . 2012-09-20 . Trinidad and Tobago Newsday . 2013-06-19 . https://archive.today/20130620041138/http://usportt.com/archives/25055 . 2013-06-20 . dead.
  3. Web site: Aditi Soondarsingh champion chess player . Nasser . Khan . 2012-10-21 . Trinidad and Tobago Guardian.
  4. Web site: Maria Thomas relegated to 2nd place in 2nd Margaret Prince Celebration Chess tourney . 2013-01-28 . Kaiteur News Online.