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Adding short description: "Indian chess player" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{short description|Indian chess player}}
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'''Malika Handa''' (born 20-03-1995)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=35061615|title=Malika, Handa FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers|website=ratings.fide.com|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> is a deaf Indian professional [[chess]] player and the first Indian [[woman]] to win a gold medal in the International Deaf and Dumb Chess Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/hearing-impaired-mallika-is-city-s-golden-girl-in-chess/371510.html|title=Hearing impaired, Mallika is city’s golden girl in chess|last=|first=|date=2 March 2017|website=The Tribune|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref> Since the year 2012, she has won the National Chess Championship of the Deaf six times.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/mallika-brings-home-gold-medal-in-national-chess-c-ship/694814.html|title=Mallika brings home gold medal in national chess c’ship|last=|first=|date=7 December 2018|website=The Tribune|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref> This championship is organised by the All India Sports Council of the Deaf.<ref name=":2" />

== Early life ==
Malika was born in [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/jalandhar-s-silent-girl-gives-city-reason-to-cheers/121565.html|title=Jalandhar’s ‘silent’ girl gives city reason to cheers|last=|first=|date=19 August 2015|website=The Tribune|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref> to Suresh and Renu Handa.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/city-girl-bags-silver-in-special-int-l-chess-meet/622922.html|title=City girl bags silver in special int’l chess meet|last=|first=|date=19 July 2018|website=The Tribune|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref> She was not born deaf but lost her hearing and speech when she was one year old. Now, she lives with a 90 per cent hearing disability.<ref name=":3" /> She was introduced to [[chess]] in 2010 by her father when he brought home a chessboard. She was still a student in school. Malika quickly developed an interest in this game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptcpunjabi.co.in/sirjanhaari-meet-indias-specially-abled-chess-champion-malika-handa/|title=Sirjanhaari: Meet India’s Specially Abled Chess Champion Malika Handa|last=N|first=Karan|last2=a|date=2018-11-02|website=PTC Punjabi|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/81678/malika-handa-make-huge-waves-world-chess/|title=How a 21-Year-Old Girl Overcame Disability & Govt Apathy to Become an International Chess Champion|date=2017-01-12|website=The Better India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> Her chess expertise helped her secure a seat in a mainstream college.<ref name=":1" />

== Professional life ==

Malika began to play chess when she was 15 years. She developed a passion for the game and she soon began to outplay her peers.<ref name=":02"/> She has won the national deaf chess championship six times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/punjab/jalandhar/news/mallika-handa-becomes-the-national-chess-champion-for-6th-time-032125-3364629.html|title=मल्लिका हांडा 6वीं बार बनी नेशनल चेस चैंपियन|date=2018-12-07|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> She has faced a lot of problems in her professional life and the biggest problem of all was the lack of aid from government. In the past nine years of playing, she has won more titles than those who have been playing for longer.<ref name=":02"/> She is the only woman from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] to have represented the state nine times in national championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newzhook.com/story/15559|title=Deaf chess champ Mallika Handa records 5th consecutive national win|website=Newz Hook|language=en|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> She has won one gold and two silvers in world deaf chess championship and as well as in Asian deaf chess championship.<ref name=":4" />

== Medals ==

=== International medals ===

* Silver - ICCD World Deaf Blitz Chess Championship (2018)<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://chessdeaf.org/18th-deaf-chess-olympiad-championship-in-manchester-england-results/|title=18th Deaf Chess Olympiad in Manchester, England {{!}} Results|last=akula|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>
* Silver - Asian Chess Championship for Disabled (2017)
* Gold - ICCD World Open Individual Deaf Chess Championship (2016)
* Silver - ICCD 4th World Individual Blitz Deaf Championship (Ladies) (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chessdeaf.org/4th-iccd-world-individuai-blitz-deaf-chess-championchip/|title=4th ICCD World Individuai Blitz Deaf Chess Championchip|last=akula|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>
* Gold - ICCD 3rd Asian Individual Chess Championship for Deaf (2015)
* Silver - ICCD 1st Asian Open Deaf Chess Blitz Championship (2015)

=== National medals ===

* Gold - 22nd National Chess Championship of the Deaf (2020)
* Gold - 21st National Chess Championship of the Deaf (2018)<ref>http://www.aiscd.org/per-reports-pdf/1.12.2018%20PERFORMANCE%20REPORT.pdf</ref>
* Gold - 20th National Chess Championship of the Deaf (2017)<ref><nowiki>http://www.aiscd.org/per-reports-pdf/Performance%20Report%20NCCD%2012-2017.pdf</nowiki></ref>
* Gold - 19th National Chess Championship of the Deaf (2017)<ref><nowiki>http://www.aiscd.org/per-reports-pdf/XIX%20NCCD%2021-25%20Feb%202017.pdf</nowiki></ref>
* Gold - 18th National Chess Championship of the Deaf (2016)
* Gold - 17th National Chess Championship of the Deaf (2013)
* Gold - National Chess Championship of the Deaf (2012)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* Malika Handa chess player - news clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_y2i1ECOcc
* Specially abled chess player - news clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMAy8WIh3uM&t=16s
* Jalandhar's chess player - Hindi news clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT0cNzN33bc

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[[Category:Indian female chess players]]
[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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