Vaishali Rameshbabu

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

Vaishali Rameshbabu
CountryIndia
Born2001 (age 19–20)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2376
Peak rating2411 (September 2019)
In this Indian name, the name Rameshbabu is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Vaishali.

She has won the Girls' World Youth Chess Championship for Under-14s and Under-12s.[1] Since 2016 she is a Woman International Master (WIM).

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 is the sibling of Praggnanandhaa R, the youngest IM in history and the fourth 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.


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