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R Vaishali

2001 - Today

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Vaishali Rameshbabu (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess grandmaster. She notably became a two-time champion of the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament in 2023 and 2025, securing qualification for two editions of the Women's Candidates Tournament in 2024 and 2026 respectively. She also won the bronze medal at Women's World Blitz Chess Championship 2024. She is the elder sister of chess grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). R Vaishali is the 307th most popular chess player (up from 370th in 2024), the 1,224th most popular biography from India (up from 1,428th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, R Vaishali ranks 307 out of 461. Before her are Vidit Gujrathi, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Ilya Smirin, Karen Asrian, Sergei Rublevsky, and Atousa Pourkashiyan. After her are Elina Danielian, Alexander Moiseenko, Alberto David, Vasil Spasov, Hans Niemann, and Aleksej Aleksandrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2001, R Vaishali ranks 57. Before her are Álex Baena, Anatoliy Trubin, Malick Thiaw, Folarin Balogun, Noa Kirel, and Anastasia Potapova. After her are Manuel Ugarte, Xolo Maridueña, Jiří Lehečka, Billy Gilmour, Jurriën Timber, and Amanda Anisimova.

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In India

Among people born in India, R Vaishali ranks 1,224 out of 1,861. Before her are K. L. Rahul (1992), Laxmirani Majhi (1989), Sohrab Modi (1897), Sohail Khan (1970), Rohan Bopanna (1980), and Salabat Jung (1718). After her are Devendra Fadnavis (1970), Ravi Shankar Prasad (1954), Sonu Nigam (1973), Ila Arun (1929), Vinesh Phogat (1994), and Jasodhara Bagchi (1937).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In India

Among chess players born in India, R Vaishali ranks 7. Before her are Viswanathan Anand (1969), Humpy Koneru (1987), Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2005), Pentala Harikrishna (1986), Harika Dronavalli (1991), and Vidit Gujrathi (1994). After her are Gukesh D (2006), Tania Sachdev (1986), Krishnan Sasikiran (1981), Yuzvendra Chahal (1990), Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (1979), and Parimarjan Negi (1993).

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