Vaishali Rameshbabu

Vaishali Rameshbabu (born 2001) is an Indian chess player from Chennai.

In this Indian name, the name Rameshbabu is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Vaishali.
Vaishali Rameshbabu
CountryIndia
Born2001 (age 20–21)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
TitleInternational Master (2021)
Woman Grandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2411 (April 2022)
Peak rating2411 (September 2019)

She has won the Girls' World Youth Chess Championship for Under-14s and Under-12s.[1] In 2016, she received the Woman International Master (WIM) title. As of October 2016, she is 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.[2] She received her International Master (IM) title in 2021. She is a daughter of Rameshbabu (a branch manager at Tamil Nadu State Corporation Bank) and Nagalakshmi.[3]

She is the sibling of Praggnanandhaa R, the second youngest IM in history and the fifth youngest GM in history.

References
  1. "Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaaa celebrity xyz page". Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. "R. Vaishali becomes Grand Master". Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. "R. Praggnanandhaa - Indian Chess Player". Retrieved 5 March 2022.


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