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[23] [24] Female rated players are 3,534 in number forming 10.7% of the total rated players of India. [25] The first titled player of India was Manuel Aaron, when he became the first IM of India in 1961. Viswanathan Anand became India's first GM in 1988. [12] [26]
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) was established in 1924 as the governing body of competitive chess. At the time, the term "grandmaster" was already being informally used to describe the world's leading chess players since the players competing in the Championship section of the Ostend 1907 chess tournament were referred to as "grandmasters" in reference to them all having previously ...
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (born 25 March 1979) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM), the first female player in her country to achieve these titles. [1] She has won more medals than any other player for India in the Chess Olympiads. She has won almost all national age group ...
This list of female chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia. It includes the preceding lists of Grandmasters and International Masters. FIDE title abbreviations: GM – grandmaster; IM – International Master; FM – FIDE Master; WGM – Woman Grandmaster
Her brother, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, became one of the youngest grandmasters in history in 2018 at the age of 12. Together, the siblings have now become the first brother and sister duo to ...
The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess.The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE.Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or fraud.
Chess player Vaishali Rameshbabu followed in the family tradition by becoming a grandmaster on Friday. Indian chess siblings become first brother and sister duo to earn grandmaster title Skip to ...
[1] [2] In 2002, she became the youngest woman ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster aged 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, a record only since surpassed by Hou Yifan. [3] Humpy is a gold medalist at the Olympiad, Asian Games, and Asian Championship. [4] She is also the first Indian female grandmaster. [5]