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P. V. Nandhidhaa

In this Indian name, the name Pallathur Venkatachalam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Nandhidhaa.

Pallathur Venkatachalam Nandhidhaa (Tamil: பள்ளத்தூர் வெங்கடாசலம் நந்திதா) (born 10 April 1996) is an Indian chess player from the state of Tamilnadu, who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and Woman International Master (WIM). She is the 17th Woman Grandmaster of India. Her peak FIDE ELO rating is 2380 and she is holding 8 International Master norms as of April 2024. She is the reigning Nationals Women Chess Champion in 2024.

P. V. Nandhidhaa
P. V. Nandhidhaa in 2022
Born (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 28)
Sankagiri, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materCollege of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, India
OccupationChess Player
CountryIndia
Title
Peak rating2380 (February 2022)

Nandhidhaa won an individual Gold in Asian Chess Championship held at New Delhi on 3 November 2022, making her only the 9th Indian Women to clinch the Asian Gold. She scored an unbeaten and impressive 7.5/9 to clinch the title, thereby also qualifying for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023. She won 7 medals each in Commonwealth Chess Championship and Asian level Chess Championship tournaments in different age categories. She won 6 National level Chess Championship Gold medals in different age categories. She has recently won the Gold medal in the 50th edition of the National Women Chess Championship 2024 in Karaikudi and qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2025 to be held in Georgia in July 2025.

Early childhood and education

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Nandhidhaa was born on 10 April 1996 in Sankagiri in the Indian state of Tamilnadu. Her father, Venkatachalam, works as a Contractor and her mother, Sumathi, is a branch manager at TNSC Bank, Sankari, Salem. She is an alumnus of College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai.[5] She earned her Engineering seat by topping the sports quota. She holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering (2013–17). On 20 Aug 2021, she married her childhood friend, Naveenkumar Selvaraj, a serving Indian Army Major.

Career

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Nandhidhaa P V started her professional career in 2005 at an young age of 9. She won the Gold medal at the National Level Chess Championship (Under 11 Girls) held at Calicut in 2007. She won silver medal in the U-20 World Junior Chess Championship, in 2016 held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.[6] She won bronze medal in U-14 World Youth Chess Championship held at Halkidiki, Greece in 2010.[7] In October 2020, she was part of the Indian women chess team along with Vaishali Rameshbabu, Padmini Rout, Bhakti Kulkarni, Mary Ann Gomes which won the Asian Nations (Regions) Online Chess Championship 2020 organised by FIDE. The team won the gold medal for India out of 31 Asian countries participated.[8] She was part of the 30 member Indian Chess Olympiad team which participated in 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu, India from 28 July to 9 August 2022.

Nandhidhaa is the Asian Continental Chess Champion in 2022 and National Women Chess Champion in 2024. She is only the third player from the state of Tamilnadu to win the Indian Chess Championship title after Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi and Aarthie Ramaswamy. Her peak Elo Rating is 2380 and her best Indian Women ranking is 5th. She is holding 8 International Master norms as on Nov 2024. She participated in the Women's Chess World Cup 2023 in Baku and will be part of the Women's Chess World Cup 2025 in Georgia.

Achievements

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2024

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  • Silver Medal in the Women’s category of III Open International Chess Menorca A held in Menorca, Spain from 2 Apr 2024 to 7 Apr 2024. She has secured 6 points in 9 rounds with the performance rating of 2502 and gained 48 ELO ratings. During the course of the tournament, she received her Eighth International Master norm [10]
  • Silver Medal in Women's category of the Fagerness Chess International 2024 held in Fagernes, Norway from 24 Mar 2024 to 31 Mar 2024. She has secured 5 points in 9 rounds with the performance rating of 2424 and gained 32 ELO ratings. During the course of the tournament, she received her Seventh International Master norm
  • Gold Medal at 2nd Indore International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2024 - GM Open (Women Category) held in Indore[13]

2023

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2022

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  • Gold Medal in the Women category at the 50th edition of the Rilton Cup. Best women Chess player. During the course of the tournament, she received her fifth International Master norm [15]
  • 5th position in Board II at 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai. She was part of Indian Women Team C and scored 8.5 points out of 11 rounds [17] [18]

2021

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  • Shared First place finish at 47th La Roda International Open held at La Roda, Spain in Dec 2021. No woman had previously shared first place or finished in top three of the event[19]

2020

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  • Gold Medal at Asian Nations (Regions) Online Chess Championship in Oct 2020 [21] [22]

2019

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2016

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  • Silver Medal at Asian Junior Chess Championship- 2016 held in New Delhi from 4 May 2016 to 11 May 2016 [27]

2015

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  • Bronze Medal at Commonwealth Chess Championship- 2015 held in New Delhi from 23 June 2015 to 30 June 2015 [30]

2014

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  • Silver Medal at Commonwealth Chess Championship- 2014 held at Glasgow in Scotland from 30 June 2014 to 8 July 2014 [31]

2013

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2012

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  • Silver Medal at Asian Youth Chess Championship (Under-16 Girls category) held at Hikkaduwa in Srilanka in 2012. [33]

2011

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  • Gold Medal at Asian Youth Chess Championship (Under-16 Girls category) 2011 held at Subic in Philippines from 15 May 2011 to 21 May 2011. [34] [35]

2010

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  • Gold Medal at National Chess Championship- 2010 (Under-15 Girls category) held at New Delhi in India

2009

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  • Gold Medal at National School Games Federation of India (Under-17 Girls category) in 2009-10 held at Sindhudurg, Maharashtra in India

2008

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  • Bronze Medal at Commonwealth Chess Championship- 2008 (Under-12 Girls category) held at Nagpur, Maharashtra in India

2007

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  • Gold Medal at National Chess Championship- 2007 (Under-11 Girls category) held at Calicut, Kerala in India

Honours Received

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Nandhidhaa in August 2023 when felicitated by Tamilnadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and Sports minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for the Individual Gold medal performance in Asian Chess Championship 2022
  • For becoming "India's 17th Woman Grandmaster", Nandhidhaa was felicitated by Hon'ble CM of Tamilnadu M. K. Stalin on 07 Oct 2021 at Tamilnadu Secretariat, Chennai. [37]
  • Nandhidhaa received "Best Sportsperson of the year" award from Hon'ble CM of Tamilnadu Edappadi K. Palaniswami on 09 Feb 2021 at Tamilnadu Secretariat, Chennai. [20]

References

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  38. ^ https://www.dtnext.in/tamilnadu/2017/07/31/tn-chief-minister-honours-chess-champion-nandhidhaa
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Women's Asian Chess Champion
2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by National Women Chess Champion
2024 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


   

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