Padmini Rout

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{{short description|Indian chess woman grandmaster}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Padmini Rout
| image = Rout Padmini 2009.jpg
| caption = Padmini Rout, Vlissingen 2009
| country = India
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|1|5}}
| birth_place = Barambagarh, [[Odisha]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| title = [[International Master]] (2015) <br>[[Woman Grandmaster]] (2007)
| worldchampion =
| womensworldchampion =
| rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/5029295/chart 2345] (December 2021)
| peakrating = 2454 (March 2015)
}}

'''Padmini Rout''' (born 5 January 1994) is an Indian [[chess]] player. She holds the titles of [[International Master]] (IM)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=5029295 |title=Rout Padmini chess games and profile - Chess-DB.com |website=chess-db.com |access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref> and [[Woman Grandmaster]] (WGM).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/02/01/chess-grandmaster-padmini-rout/ |title=Did You know About Chess Grandmaster Padmini Rout? |last=Bhattacharya |first=Rimli |date=2018-01-31 |website=Feminism In India |language=en-US |access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref> She is a four-time National Women's Premier title holder consecutively from 2014-2017<ref name="chessbase.in">{{Cite web |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Indian-Chess-Queen-Padmini-Rout-25th-birthday |title=The 'Indian Chess Queen' Padmini Rout turns 25 - ChessBase India |website=www.chessbase.in |access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref> and was the Asian women's champion of 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chessbase.in/news/Padmini-Rout-Asian-Champion |title=How Padmini "Routed' the competition and became the Asian Champion 2018 |lang=en |website=chessbase.in |publisher=ChessBase India |date=2018-12-28 |access-date=2021-07-26 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Rout was honoured with the Biju Patnaik Sports Award for the year 2007 and the [[Ekalavya Award]] in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/Nov/engpdf/9-17.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820094900/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/Nov/engpdf/9-17.pdf |archive-date=20 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
In 2005 Rout won her first national title, under-11 girls at Nagpur. In 2006, she was both the Indian under-13 girls champion and the Asian under-12 girls champion.<ref name=orisports>[http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=Mw== Personalities: Padmini Rout]. ''Orisports.com''</ref> Rout won the U14 girls' section of both Asian<ref>{{cite web |last=Akbarinia |first=Arash |title=Asian Youth Championship in Teheran |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/asian-youth-championship-in-teheran/368 |publisher=ChessBase |accessdate=22 February 2016 |date=2008-07-24}}</ref> and [[World Youth Chess Championship]]s in 2008. The following year she finished first in the Asian Junior (Under-20) Girls Championship.<ref>[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr23503.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 Asian Junior Girls Chess Championship 2009]. ''chess-results.com''.</ref> In 2010, she won the Indian junior (U19) girls championship<ref name=orisports/> and took the bronze medal at both Asian<ref>[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr35148.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 Asian Junior Girls Chess Championship 2010]. ''chess-results.com''.</ref> and [[World Junior Chess Championship|World Junior Girls Championship]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/Negi-disappoints-but-Padmini-wins-bronze/articleshow/6322267.cms |title=Negi disappoints but Padmini wins bronze - Times of India |date=2010-08-17 |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref><ref>[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr37179.aspx?lan=1&art=1&wi=821 World Junior Girls Championship 2010]. ''chess-results.com''.</ref>

In the [[Asian Chess Championship|Asian Individual Women's Championship]] 2011 she tied for 2nd–6th places<ref>[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr49119.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=1&wi=1000 Asian Individual Women Chess Championship 2011]. ''chess-results.com''.</ref> and won it in 2018.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr397825.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30 |title=17th Asian Continental Chess Championships (2nd Manny Pacquiao Cup) |website=chess-results.com |access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> Rout won the [[Indian Chess Championship|Indian Women's Championship]] in 2014,<ref>[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr149511.aspx?lan=1&art=1&wi=821 41st National Women Premier Chess Championship-2014]. ''chess-results.com''.</ref> 2015, 2016 and 2017. In 2015, she also became the [[Commonwealth Chess Championship|Commonwealth women's champion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Abhijeet Gupta wins Commonwealth Chess Championship |url=http://ww2.delhichess.com/2015/06/30/439/ |publisher=Delhi Chess Association |accessdate=22 February 2016 |date=2015-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034952/http://ww2.delhichess.com/2015/06/30/439/ |archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref>

Rout played for the Indian national team at [[Women's Chess Olympiad]], Women's [[World Team Chess Championship]] and Women's Asian Team Chess Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://aicf.in/asian-nations-cup-team-india-bags-four-medals/ |title=Asian Nations Cup: Team India bags four medals! – All India Chess Federation {{!}} Official Website|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref>
She won an individual gold medal playing on the reserve board at the [[2014 Chess Olympiad|2014 Women's Chess Olympiad]] in [[Tromsø]], Norway.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/kimk6yqd.html Women's Chess Olympiads: Rout Padmini]. OlimpBase.</ref> She has been part of the Indian women's team in the subsequent Chess Olympiads in 2016 at Baku, Azerbaijan<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bakuchessolympiad.com/content/54 |title=Women |website=www.bakuchessolympiad.com |access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> and 2018 at Batumi, Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://batumi2018.fide.com/en/teams/india/Woman |title=India - The 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi 2018 Georgia |website=batumi2018.fide.com |language=en |access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Born in [[Cuttack district|Barambagarh]], [[Odisha]],<ref>[https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5029295&title=WIM&pb=17 WIM title application]. FIDE.</ref><ref>[https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main221033.pdf IM title application]. FIDE.</ref> Padmini started playing chess at the age of 9 (2003) because of her father Dr. Ashok Kumar Rout's passion for the game. She did her schooling from [[D.A.V. Public School, Chandrasekharpur]] and graduated in Commerce from [[Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College|BJB College]] in [[Bhubaneswar]].

== Achievements ==

# Won her first National under-11 girls in 2005 at Nagpur and also won National under-13 girls in Kolkata.
# Individual Gold medal for reserve board in Women's in Tromso Olympiad 2014
# Gold medal in Asian Continental Women 2018
# Four-times consecutive National Women's Premier Champion (2014-2017)
# Gold in Blitz, Silver in both Rapid and Classical format in Asian Nations Cup 2014 for Team India
# Gold in Blitz, Silver in Rapid and Bronze in Classical format in Asian Nations Cup 2018 for Team India
# Gold in Asian under-12 girls and under-14 girls in 2006 and 2008 respectively.
# Gold in Asian Junior (under-20) girls in 2009 and Bronze in 2010.
# Gold in Commonwealth Women's in 2015.
# Gold in World Youth under-14 in 2008.
# Bronze in World Junior 2010.
# Bronze in Asian Continental Women's Blitz in 2017.
# Bronze in Asian Indoor Games in Rapid for Team India in 2017.
# Won National Junior girls in 2010.
# Biju Patnaik Sports Award for the year 2007.
# Winner of Eklavya Award in 2009.<ref name="chessbase.in"/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Padmini Rout}}
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* {{365Chess.com player|Rout_Padmini|Padmini Rout}}
* {{Chessgames player|113330}}

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| title = [[Asian Chess Championship#Women's winners|Women's Asian Chess Champion]]
| years = 2018
| before = [[Vo Thi Kim Phung]]
| after = [[Dinara Saduakassova]]
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{{Indian woman grandmasters}}

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[[Category:Chess International Masters]]
[[Category:Chess woman grandmasters]]
[[Category:Indian female chess players]]
[[Category:World Youth Chess Champions]]
[[Category:Chess Olympiad competitors]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Odisha]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekalavya Award]]
[[Category:People from Cuttack district]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]

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