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{{Infobox chess player<br />
| name = Dhyani Dave <br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|8|21|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gujarat]], India<br />
| title = [[Woman International Master]] (2013)<br />
| rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/5019834/chart 2065] (September 2018)<br />
| peakrating = 2205 (November 2010)<br />
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'''Dhyani Dave''' (born 21 August 1991 in [[Gujarat]]) is an Indian [[chess]] player who holds the [[FIDE title]] of Woman International Master.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5019834&title=WIM&pb=29 |title=FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO) |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref><br />
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She has won gold medals at the Under 14 [[Asian Chess Championship]] and the Under 16 [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]]. She is a silver medalist at the Under 10 Asian Championship and the Under 12 Commonwealth Championship. In August 2012, she played with 150 [[chess rating|rated]] chess players at [[Mahatma Mandir]], Gujarat and entered in [[Limca Book of Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-chess-in-gujarat-flourishing-viswanathan-anand-1733534 |title=Chess in Gujarat flourishing: Viswanathan Anand |first=dna |last=Correspondent |date=28 August 2012 |website=DNA India}}</ref><br />
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At the age of nine she played Bollywood star and chess enthusiast [[Aamir Khan]] on the set of the film ''[[Lagaan]].''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/dhyani-dave-and-aamir-khan |title=When a nine-year old beat Aamir Khan at chess |date=18 January 2017 |work=Chessbase India |accessdate=15 August 2020}}</ref><br />
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In 2018 she alleged that [[gender bias]] by the Gujarat state in denying her a government job had also impacted her chess career.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/sports/others/gujarats-first-female-international-chess-master-dhyani-dave-alleges-gender-bias-by-the-state-government/articleshow/65782267.cms |title=GUJARAT'S FIRST FEMALE INTERNATIONAL CHESS MASTER DHYANI DAVE ALLEGES GENDER BIAS BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT |date=12 September 2018 |work=Ahmedabad Mirror |accessdate=15 August 2020}}</ref><br />
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She is an owner of the Dhyan Chess Academy in [[Ahmedabad]] where she teaches. In 2019 she won in the Sports category of the {{Proper name|iWoman Global Awards}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iwomanglobalawards.org/users/winner/448 |title=iWGA Winners 2019 - Dhyani Dave |work=iWGA |accessdate=15 August 2020}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{FIDE|5019834}}<br />
* {{365Chess.com player|Dhyani_Dave}}<br />
* {{Chessgames.com player|136316}}<br />
* {{ChessTempo.com player|45746}}<br />
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[[Category:1991 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female chess players]]<br />
[[Category:Chess Woman International Masters]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarati sportspeople]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarati people]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]</div>MichaelWhite3