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	'''Rohini Khadilkar''' (born 1 April 1963 in [[Mumbai]]) is a [[chess]] player holding the title of [[International Master#Woman International Master .28WIM.29\|Woman International Master]] (WIM). She has won the [[Indian Chess Championship\|Indian women's championship]] five times and the [[Asian Chess Championship\|Asian women's championship]] twice.<ref name="HT2012">		'''Rohini Khadilkar''' (born 1 April 1963 in [[Mumbai]]) is a [[chess]] player holding the title of [[International Master#Woman International Master .28WIM.29\|Woman International Master]] (WIM). She has won the [[Indian Chess Championship\|Indian women's championship]] five times and the [[Asian Chess Championship\|Asian women's championship]] twice.<ref name="HT2012">
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	She was the first female chess player to receive the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1980.		She was the first female chess player to receive the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1980.

	She is the youngest of the three Khadilkar sisters - named Vasanti, Jayashri, and Rohini - all of whom excelled at chess. Their father, Nilkanth Khadilkar (1934-2019), was a famous journalist in Marathi language based near Mumbai, and all three sisters were helping run the newspaper 'Nava Kal' founded by their father at the time of his death. The family's association with literature goes all the way back to Marathi playwright Krishnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar (1872-1948), who was the great-grandfather to the sisters. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/senior-journalist-nilkanth-khadilkar-dies-at-86-778714.html\|title=Senior journalist Nilkanth Khadilkar dies at 86\|date=22 November 2019}}</ref>		She is the youngest of the three Khadilkar sisters - named Vasanti, Jayashri, and Rohini - all of whom excelled at chess. Their father, Nilkanth Khadilkar (1934-2019), was a famous journalist in Marathi language based near Mumbai, and all three sisters were helping run the newspaper 'Nava Kal' founded by their father at the time of his death. The family's association with literature goes all the way back to Marathi playwright Krishnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar (1872-1948), who was the great-grandfather to the sisters.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/senior-journalist-nilkanth-khadilkar-dies-at-86-778714.html\|title=Senior journalist Nilkanth Khadilkar dies at 86\|date=22 November 2019}}</ref>

	==Chess career==		==Chess career==

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| name = Rohini Khadilkar
| image = Rohini Khadilkar 1982 Luzern.jpg
| caption =Rohini Khadilkar, Luzern 1982
| country = [[India]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1963|4|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]]
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| title = [[Woman International Master]] (1981)
| rating = 2215 [inactive]
| peakrating = 2220 (July 1987)<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Khadilkar,%20Rohini.html Khadilkar, Rohini] FIDE rating history, 1979-2001 at OlimpBase.org</ref>
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'''Rohini Khadilkar''' (born 1 April 1963 in [[Mumbai]]) is a [[chess]] player holding the title of [[International Master#Woman International Master .28WIM.29|Woman International Master]] (WIM). She has won the [[Indian Chess Championship|Indian women's championship]] five times and the [[Asian Chess Championship|Asian women's championship]] twice.<ref name="HT2012">
{{cite news
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|title = Anand's win fires former chess whiz from Girgaon
|newspaper = [[Hindustan Times]]
|location = [[Mumbai]]
|date = 3 June 2012
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|accessdate = 5 August 2014
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She was the first female chess player to receive the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1980.

She is the youngest of the three Khadilkar sisters - named Vasanti, Jayashri, and Rohini - all of whom excelled at chess. Their father, Nilkanth Khadilkar (1934-2019), was a famous journalist in Marathi language based near Mumbai, and all three sisters were helping run the newspaper 'Nava Kal' founded by their father at the time of his death. The family's association with literature goes all the way back to Marathi playwright Krishnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar (1872-1948), who was the great-grandfather to the sisters. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/senior-journalist-nilkanth-khadilkar-dies-at-86-778714.html|title=Senior journalist Nilkanth Khadilkar dies at 86|date=22 November 2019}}</ref>

==Chess career==

===Women's competitions===
Khadilkar became national women's chess champion in 1976 at the age of 13 and was the first to win that championship in three consecutive years. She has held the title on five occasions:
* November 1976, at [[Kottayam]], Kerala
* December 1977, at [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]
* March 1979, at [[Madras]]
* February 1981, at [[New Delhi]]
* December 1983, at New Delhi.

In 1981, Khadilkar also became the Asian women's chess champion when the competition was held at Hyderabad. She was unbeaten in that competition and scored 11.5 out of a possible 12 points. In the same year, she became a Woman International Master and in November 1983, she again won the Asian women's title when the competition was held at [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia.

===Men's competitions===
Khadilkar became the first female to compete in the Indian Men's Championship when she participated in 1976. Her involvement in a male competition caused a furore that necessitated a successful appeal to the High Court and caused the [[FIDE|World Chess Federation]] president, [[Max Euwe]], to rule that women cannot be barred from national and international championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/03/stories/1303140j.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Checkmating him|date=2001-08-03|access-date=2016-04-06}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> She beat three state champions - Gaurang Mehta of [[Gujarat]], [[Abdul Jabbar]] of [[Maharashtra]] and A. K. Ghosh of [[West Bengal]] - in the competition.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

===Other competitions===
[[File:Khaldikar Schwestern 1980 Malta.JPG|thumb|The Khaldikar sisters at Valletta, [[24th Chess Olympiad|Chess Olympiad 1980]]]]
Khadilkar participated in the [[Chess Olympiad]] in [[Buenos Aires]] (1978), [[Valletta]] (1980), [[Lucerne]] (1982), [[Thessaloniki]] (1984), and [[Dubai]] (1986).

Khadilkar won the Zonal Championships twice, in Dubai and Malaysia, and became the World No.8 player. She was also the first Asian player to beat a chess computer, in London in 1989.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://corneredzone.com/fame/sports/cornered-sports-at-the-age-of-13-this-indian-was-the-first-female-in-the-world-to-compete-in-the-mens-chess-championship/|title=Cornered Sports: At The Age Of 13, This Indian Was The First Female In The World To Compete In The Men's Chess Championship|website=Cornered Zone|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>

On one occasion{{when|date=August 2014}}, she played 113 opponents simultaneously, winning 111 of the games and drawing two.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

===Chess Ambassador===

Rohini has travelled abroad to represent India on 56 occasions, visiting numerous countries. On each occasion, she was sponsored by the Government of India as a Chess Ambassador. Her visits included trips to the then-Communist countries of Poland, USSR and Yugoslavia, which were encouraged by [[Indira Gandhi]], the prime minister at that time.

==Newspaper career==
In 1993, Rohini retired from chess and enrolled as a student at the Printing Technology Institute. She came first in her cohort, earning a Gold Medal, and was given Printing Diploma by [[Agfa-Gevaert]].<ref name=":0" />

Rohini became the first female editor of an evening newspaper in Maharashtra. She is the assistant editor of ''Navakal'' and has been editor of ''Sandhyakal'' since 16 December 1998.

==Recognition==

In 1977, Rohini won the Chhatrapati Award for outstanding performance in chess. Subsequently, she has been awarded India's highest honour in sports, the [[Arjuna award]]. She has also been declared ''Maharashtra Kanya'' for her chess exploits.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{chessgames player|id=59779}}
*[http://www.365chess.com/players/Rohini_Khadilkar Rohini Khadilkar] chess games at 365Chess.com

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