P. V. Nandhidhaa

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In this Indian name, the name Pallathur Venkatachalam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Nandhidhaa.
P. V. Nandhidhaa
Woman International Master (2015)[2][3][4]
  • 34th World Junior Girls Chess Championship- Silver Medal (2016) Bhubaneswar
    • , India [5]
  • Asian Chess Championship - Gold Medal (2022) New Delhi, India [6]
  • Asian Online Nations Cup- Gold Medal (2020)[7]
  • Asian Youth Chess Championship- Gold Medal (2011) Subic, Philippines[8]
  • Commonwealth Chess Championship- Junior Girls- Gold Medal (30 Jul to 7 Aug 2016) Wadduwa, Sri Lanka[9]
  • 47th La Roda International Open- Gold Medal (Dec 2021) La Roda, Spain[10]
    • Peak rating2380 (February 2022)
    Medal record
    INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
    World Junior Chess Championship
    Silver medal – second place 2016 Bhubaneswar (India) Under-20(G)
    World Youth Chess Championship
    Bronze medal – third place 2010
    Halkidiki (Greece
    )     		Under-14(G)
    COMMONWEALTH NATIONS EVENTS
    Commonwealth Chess Championship
    Gold medal – first place 2016 Sri Lanka Under-20(G)
    Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Under-18(G)
    Silver medal – second place 2012 Chennai Under-16(G)
    Silver medal – second place 2009 New Delhi Under-14(G)
    Bronze medal – third place 2024 Malaysia Women Category
    Bronze medal – third place 2015 New Delhi Under-20(G)
    Bronze medal – third place 2008 Nagpur Under-12(G)
    ASIAN EVENTS
    Asian Chess Championship
    Gold medal – first place 2022 (New Delhi) Women Category
    Asian Nations (Regions) Online Chess Championship- Team
    Gold medal – first place 2020 (
    Online
    )     		Women Category
    Asian Youth Chess Championship
    Gold medal – first place 2011 Subic (Philippines) Under-16(G)
    Silver medal – second place 2012 Hikkaduwa (Sri Lanka) Under-16(G)
    Asian School Chess Championship
    Silver medal – second place 2011 New Delhi (India) Under-16(G)
    Asian Junior Chess Championship
    Silver medal – second place 2016 New Delhi (India) Under-20(G)
    Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) Under-20(G)
    NATIONAL EVENTS
    National Level Chess Championship
    Gold medal – first place 2013 Dibrugarh (India) Under-17(G)
    Gold medal – first place 2010 New Delhi (India) Under-15(G)
    Gold medal – first place 2007
    Calicut
    (India)     		Under-11(G)
    National School Games Federation of India
    Gold medal – first place 2011-12 Jabalpur (India) Under-19(G)
    Gold medal – first place 2009-10
    Sindhudurg
    (India)     		Under-17(G)

    Pallathur Venkatachalam Nandhidhaa (

    International Master norms as on April 2024. 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. She has recently won an individual Gold in Asian Chess Championship held at New Delhi on 3 November 2022. 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 has won 7 medals each in Commonwealth Chess Championship
    and Asian level Chess Championship tournaments in different age categories. She also won 5 National level Chess Championship Gold medals in different age categories.

    Early childhood and education

    Nandhidhaa was born on 10 April 1996 in

    Tamilnadu. She is an alumnus of College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai.[11]
    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

    WGM Nandhidhaa PV with Asian Continental Women Chess Championship trophy- 2022

    Nandhidhaa P V started her professional career in 2005. She won the Gold medal at the National Level Chess Championship (Under 11 Girls) held at

    Halkidiki, Greece in 2010.[13]
    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.[14]

    As on March 2022, her

    Elo Rating is 2380 which is also her peak rating till date and is ranked 5th among Indian women chess players. In November 2022, she won the Gold medal at Asian Chess Championship held in New Delhi which qualified her for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023 in Baku
    .

    Achievements

    Year Achievements Ref.
    Apr 2024 Nandhidhaa P V secured Second position in the Women’s category of the highly competitive III Open International Chess Menorca A held in
    International Master
    norm
    Mar 2024 Nandhidhaa P V secured Second position in Women's category of the Fagerness Chess International 2024 held in
    International Master
    norm
    Feb 2024 Nandhidhaa P V won the Bronze medal in Women's category of the Commonwealth Chess Championship held in Malacca, Malaysia from 20 Feb 2024 to 27 Feb 2024. With this Bronze medal, Nandhidhaa PV has secured a total of 7 medals in different age categories of the Commonwealth Chess Championship till date [15]
    Jan 2024 Nandhidhaa P V was the highest finisher among female participants. She scored 6.5/10 to finish 15th at 2nd Indore International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2024 - GM Open held in Indore from 9 Jan 24 to 16 Jan 24. [16]
    Jan 2024 Felicitated by Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, TN & Pudhuchery, Thiru Sunil Mathur for excelling in the field of Chess on 01 Jan 2024
    Nov 2023 Won the Gold medal at 4th Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament held in
    International Master
    norm         		[17]
    Aug 2023 Felicitated by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin and Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Udhayanidhi Stalin for the Individual Gold performance in Asian Chess Championship 2022
    Mar 2023 Felicitated by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin and Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Udhayanidhi Stalin for the Team Gold performance in Asian Online Nations Cup 2020
    Dec 2022 – Jan 2023 Finished the 50th edition of the Rilton Cup as the best women Chess player. During the course of the tournament, she received her fifth
    International Master
    norm
    Oct–Nov 2022 Won the Gold medal at Asian Chess Championship held in New Delhi from 26 Oct 22 to 3 Nov 22. She remained undefeated throughout the tournament by securing 7.5 points from 9 rounds (6 wins and 3 draws). By securing the first position, she qualified for the 2023 Women Chess World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan [18]
    Aug 2022 Participated in 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai as part of Indian Women Team C. Scored 8.5 points out of 11 rounds. Finished the Olympiad with a commendable 5th position in Board II out of 160 countries participated
    Mar 2022 Achieved career best ranking of No 5 among active Indian women chess players
    Jan 2022 Participated 4 Chess tournaments in Europe between Dec'21 to Jan'22 and gained 63 ELO points. Had her career high FIDE rating of 2380 and is now ranked No.7 among Indian women
    Dec 2021 WGM Nandhidhaa P V makes a historic shared first place finish at 47th La Roda International Open held at La Roda, Spain in Dec 2021. In 46 editions of the tournament, no woman had ever shared first place or finished in top three of the event [19]
    Oct 2021 Felicitation for becoming "India's 17th
    Woman Grandmaster" by Hon'ble CM of Tamilnadu M. K. Stalin
    on 07 Oct 2021 at Tamilnadu Secretariat, Chennai         		[20]
    Feb 2021 Received "Best Sportsperson of the year" award from Hon'ble CM of Tamilnadu Edappadi K. Palaniswami on 09 Feb 2021 at Tamilnadu Secretariat, Chennai [21]
    2020 Won Gold in Asian Online Nations Cup [14]
    2019 Became India's 17th
    Woman Grandmaster
         		[22]
    2016 34th World Junior Girls Chess Championship- Silver Medal
    2015
    Woman International Master
    title
    2008 Felicitated and awarded cash prize by then Hon'ble CM of Tamilnadu
    J.Jayalalitha
    in Chennai

    Gallery

    References

    1. ^ "Nandhidhaa & Varshini, two new WGMs from Tamil Nadu". www.dtnext.in. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
    2. ^ "PV Nandhidhaa". Retrieved 23 November 2020.
    3. ^ "PV Nandhidhaa posts surprise win over R Praggnanandhaa in opening round of Gibraltar Chess Festival". 22 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
    4. ^ "Nandhidhaa stuns Praggnanandhaa at Gibraltar Chess". Retrieved 23 November 2020.
    5. ^ "TN Chief Minister honours Chess champion Nandhidhaa". www.dtnext.in. 1 August 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
    6. ^ "Asian Chess Championship: Praggnanandhaa, Nandhidhaa clinch titles". www.sportstar.thehindu.com. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
    7. ^ "Asian Online Chess: India women triumph, men settle for silver". www.thebridge.in. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
    8. ^ "Indians sweep titles in Asian Youth chess championship". www.thehindu.com. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
    9. ^ Kumar, Ajith (31 July 2017). "Nandhidhaa — making the right moves". thehindu.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
    10. ^ Ahmad, Shahid (9 December 2021). "Nandhidhaa P V makes a historic shared first place finish at 47th la Roda International Open 2021 - ChessBase India". www chessbaseindia.in. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
    11. ^ "Anna University (Men & Women) Teams - Inter University Achievements 2016-17". www.annauniv.edu. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
    12. ^ chess federation, all india (21 August 2016). "34th World Junior (U-20) Girls Chess Championship 2016". chess-results.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
    13. ^ "World Youth Chess Championships 2010 Open Under 18". wycc2010.chessdom.com. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
    14. ^ a b "Asian online team chess: India women triumph, men take silver". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
    15. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (28 February 2024). "Mitrabha Guha convincingly wins Gold at Commonwealth 2023-24, Rohith Silver and Deepan Bronze". Chessbase India. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
    16. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (20 January 2024). "Boris Savchenko wins 2nd Indore GM Open 2024, Ratnakaran third". Chessbase India. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
    17. ^ R, Anantharam (12 November 2023). "Nandhidhaa wins 4th Tamil Nadu IM-norm Closed Circuit 2023, Srihari L second". Chessbase India. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
    18. ^ Rao, Rakesh (3 November 2022). "Asian Chess Championship: Praggnanandhaa, Nandhidhaa clinch titles". www sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
    19. ^ Ahmad, Shahid (9 December 2021). "Nandhidhaa P V makes a historic shared first place finish at 47th la Roda International Open 2021 - ChessBase India". www chessbaseindia.in. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
    20. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (9 October 2021). "Tamil Nadu State Government felicitates players with 1 crore 98 lacs cash award". Chessbase India. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
    21. ^ "Adhiban, Sethuraman, Gukesh, Laxman and Nandhidhaa receive Outstanding Sportsperson award by Tamil Nadu government". Chessbase India. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
    22. ^ "India's latest WGM". Chessbase India. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2019.

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