Praggnanandhaa with Vaishali (Credit: Twitter)
The 22-12 months previous Chennai-based Vaishali crossed the 2500 mark on the match in Spain the place she defeated Turkish FM Tamer Tarik Selbes within the second spherical.
Indian chess ace R Vaishali joined youthful sibling R Praggnanandhaa to grow to be the world’s first-ever brother-sister Grandmasters duo and solely the third girl from the nation to earn the GM title, on the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain.
Vaishali achieved the feat after crossing 2500 ELO score factors on Friday. She is the nation’s 84th GM.
The 22-12 months previous Chennai-based Vaishali crossed the 2500 mark on the match in Spain the place she defeated Turkish FM Tamer Tarik Selbes within the second spherical.
She obtained her third GM norm on the Qatar Masters match in October and wanted to extend her ELO score.
Congratulations to Vaishali Rameshbabu on changing into India’s 84th Grandmaster.She is barely the third Indian girl grandmaster.
Vaishali and her youthful brother, chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, have grow to be the primary-ever Grandmaster brother-sister pair in historical past. pic.twitter.com/WsRcqeQvbs
— India Wants To Know: India’s First Panel Quiz Show (@IWTKQuiz) December 2, 2023
The 22-12 months previous Chennai-based Vaishali crossed the 2500 mark on the match in Spain the place she defeated Turkish FM Tamer Tarik Selbes within the second spherical.
They additionally grew to become the primary-ever brother-sister duo to make the Candidates, the qualifying occasion for the World Championship match. The Candidates will likely be held in Toronto in April.
Her youthful brother Praggnanandhaa had received the GM title in 2018, when he was simply 12.
Koneru Humpy and D Harika are the 2 different girls GMs from India.
Humpy was the world’s youngest feminine participant ever, when she grew to become a GM in 2002, on the age of 15.
Chess legend Viswanathan Anand congratulated Vaishali on social networking platform ‘X’.
Congratulations to @chessvaishali for changing into a GM.She labored very laborious the previous few months and this augurs effectively as she will get prepared for the candidates. Her dad and mom and simply possibly the competitors at house ought to be congratulated.@Rameshchess & Aarthie for being her rock.
— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) December 2, 2023
“She worked very hard the last few months and this augurs well as she gets ready for the candidates. Her parents and just maybe the competition at home should be congratulated.
@Rameshchess & Aarthie for being her rock,” Anand wrote.
Vaishali was launched to chess by her father, Rameshbabu, who himself was a chess participant.
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