Rakshitta Ravi
Rakshitta Ravi (born 24 April 2005) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
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Country | India |
Born | Chennai, India | 24 April 2005
Title | Woman Grandmaster |
FIDE rating | 2264 (March 2023) |
Peak rating | 2322 (August 2019) |
Personal Life
Rakshitta was born to Saimeera Ravi and TS Ravi. Both her parents are Indian Chess Players who hold titles, her mother Saimeera is a Women International Master (WIM) and her father is an International Master (IM). She is studying at Velammal Vidyalaya, Chennai. Her father works as a Senior Manager at Indian Oil Corporation Limited. She started playing chess at a very young age and achieved her Woman International Master title at 13.[1] She made her first WGM norm at 14 [2] and she has got her WGM title at 17[3]
Career
- Gold Medal at World Under-16 2020 [4]
- Gold Medal at World Under-10 Greece 2015 [5]
- Gold Medal at World Under-8 Blitz Dubai 2013 [6]
- Gold Medal at World School Team Chess Championship Russia in years 2017, 2018 and 2019
- Bronze Medal at World Under-14 Mumbai India 2019[7]
- Silver Medal at Asian Junior Chess Championship Philippines 2022[8]
- Silver Medal at Asian Youth Chess Championship Uzbekistan 2017[9]
- Bronze Medal at Asian Youth Chess Championship South Korea 2015 [10]
- Bronze Medal at Asian Youth Chess Championship Iran 2013 [11]
- Bronze Medal at Asian Youth Chess Championship Sri Lanka 2012[12]
- Bronze Medal at Commonwealth Under-10 2015 [13]
- Gold at National Junior Chess Championship Pune 2022[14]
- Gold at National Team Chess Championship Ahmedabad 2020 [15]
- Gold Medal at National Under-9 Chess Championship Pondicherry 2014 [16]

She is a recipient of 'National Child Award for Exceptional Achievements' in 2016 from the then Honorable President of India, Pranab Mukharjee.
References
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/new-wim-rakshitta-ravi-keeps-family-flag-flying/articleshow/66405164.cms Woman International Master title at 13
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pkDJ60Iv7c
- https://twitter.com/ChessbaseIndia/status/1644561478333394944
- https://chess-results.com/tnr539205.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 World Under-16 in year 2020
- http://chess-results.com/tnr187423.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 World Under-10 Greece in year 2015
- http://chess-results.com/tnr119894.aspx?lan=1&art=1&fed=MAS&flag=30 World Under-8 Blitz Dubai 2013
- https://chess-results.com/tnr470706.aspx?lan=1 World Under-14 Mumbai India 2019
- https://chess-results.com/tnr688992.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30 Asian Junior Chess Championship Philippines 2022
- http://chess-results.com/tnr270989.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 Asian Youth Chess Championship Uzbekistan 2017
- http://chess-results.com/tnr182641.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30 Asian Youth Chess Championship South Korea 2015
- https://aicf.in/indians-wins-10-gold-4-silver-5-bronze/ Asian Youth Chess Championship Iran 2013
- http://chess-results.com/tnr75204.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=yes&flag=30 Asian Youth Chess Championship Sri Lanka 2012
- https://chess-results.com/tnr178525.aspx?lan=6&art=1 Commonwealth Under-10 2015
- https://chess-results.com/tnr654313.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=11 National Junior Chess Championship Pune 2022
- http://chess-results.com/tnr509729.aspx?lan=1&art=0 National Team Chess Championship Ahmedabad 2020
- http://chess-results.com/tnr134918.aspx?lan=3&art=1 National Under-9 Chess Championship Pondicherry 2014