Vaishali Rameshbabu Explained

R Vaishali
Full Name:Rameshbabu Vaishali
Country:India
Birth Date:21 June 2001
Birth Place:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Grandmaster (2024)
Peakrating:2506 (August 2024)
Fideid:5091756

Rameshbabu Vaishali (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess grandmaster.[1] [2] Vaishali and Praggnanandhaa are the first brother and sister to earn GM titles. They are also the first brother and sister to qualify for the Candidates Tournament.[3]

Personal life

Vaishali was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 21 June 2001. Her father, Rameshbabu, works as a branch manager at TNSC Bank, and her mother, Nagalakshmi, is a homemaker. Her younger brother R Praggnanandhaa is also a chess grandmaster.

Career

Vaishali won the Girls' World Youth Chess Championship for Under-12s in 2012 and Under-14s in 2015.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Vaishali was the part of the gold medal-winning team[7] at Online Olympiad 2020, where India won its first ever medal.[8]

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.[9] [10] [11] [12]

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 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. The India women's team won the team bronze medal, and Vaishali won individual bronze 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.

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 to qualify for the respective Candidates.

In December, at the IV El Llobregat Open Tournament 2023 in Spain, Vaishali crossed the 2500 Elo rating threshold, thereby fulfilling all of the requirements for the Grandmaster title and becoming the third woman and 84th person in India to do so.[20]

On January 21, 2024, the India Chess Federation submitted a Grandmaster Title Application on behalf of Vaishali to the FIDE Qualification Committee, which administers FIDE titles.[21]

Awards

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vaishali, Rameshbabu . 2024-04-09 . ratings.fide.com.
  2. Web site: FIDE Title Application (GM).
  3. Web site: 2023-12-02 . Vaishali and Praggnanandhaa make history as the first-ever brother-sister duo to become Grandmasters . 2023-12-04 . The Indian Express . en.
  4. Web site: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaaa celebrity xyz page . 29 December 2019.
  5. News: 2013-08-19 . Carlsen happy with arrangements for World Championship match . The Times of India . 2023-10-21 . 0971-8257.
  6. Web site: R. Vaishali becomes Grand Master . 13 August 2018 . 29 December 2019.
  7. Web site: 2020-09-18 . The entire Gold medal winning Indian team from Online Olympiad 2020 interviewed by ChessBase India - ChessBase India . 2022-06-04 . www.chessbase.in.
  8. Web site: 2020-08-30 . The Triumph of the twelve brave Olympians - ChessBase India . 2022-06-04 . www.chessbase.in.
  9. News: Press Trust of India . 2017-05-24 . Asian champ Vaishali sets her sight at Grand Master title . Business Standard India . 2022-05-06.
  10. Web site: Rao . Rakesh . Fischer Memorial: Vaishali makes second GM norm, wins title . 2022-05-06 . Sportstar . 4 May 2022 . en.
  11. Web site: News9 Staff . 2022-05-04 . Indian woman grandmaster R Vaishali secures 2nd GM norm by winning Greek chess event . 2022-05-06 . NEWS9LIVE . en . 6 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220506132409/https://www.news9live.com/sports/indian-woman-grandmaster-r-vaishali-secures-2nd-gm-norm-by-winning-greek-chess-event-168151 . dead .
  12. Web site: 2022-05-04 . Vaishali triumphs at 8th Fischer Memorial 2022, scores her second GM-norm - ChessBase India . 2022-05-06 . www.chessbase.in.
  13. Web site: 2022-06-14 . FIDE WSCC 2022 Round of 16: Vaishali eliminates World Blitz Women champion Bibisara Assaubayeva - ChessBase India . 2022-07-25 . www.chessbase.in.
  14. Web site: Vaishali R eliminates Dronavalli to reach semifinals . 2022-07-25 . www.fide.com . en.
  15. Web site: West (NM_Vanessa) . Vanessa . Rising Star Knocks Out Experienced Compatriot . 2022-07-25 . Chess.com . 21 July 2022 . en-US.
  16. Web site: Challengers standings . 2023-03-23 . Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023 . en-US . 25 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125073345/https://tatasteelchess.com/standings-challengers/ . dead .
  17. Web site: 2023-10-20 . Nodirbek Yakubboev wins Qatar Masters in blitz tiebreaks . 2023-10-21 . Chess News . en.
  18. Web site: 2023-11-06 . Vaishali Wins Women's Grand Swiss, Vidit Also Gets Close To Title Triumph . 2023-11-05 . News18 . en.
  19. Web site: Sportstar . Team . 2023-11-05 . Vaishali draws last round to win FIDE Women Grand Prix 2023 . 2023-11-05 . Sportstar . en.
  20. Web site: R Vaishali becomes grandmaster, joins R Praggnanandhaa to become world's first brother-sister GM duo . 2023-12-02 . India Today . en.
  21. Web site: FIDE TITLE REGULATIONS . 2024-04-09 . International Chess Federation (FIDE) . en.
  22. Web site: 2023-12-20 . Sports Ministry confirms Arjuna award for Mohammed Shami; Khel Ratna to Satwik and Chirag - Check full list of winners . 2024-01-09 . Hindustan Times . en.
  23. Web site: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports . 2024-01-09 . pib.gov.in . en.