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{{Infobox chess player<br />
|name = Srija Seshadri<br />
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|08|15|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
|title =[[Woman grandmaster]] (2019)<br />
|rating = 2219 (January 2021)<br />
|peakrating = 2306 (July 2019)<br />
|FideID = 5055903<br />
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'''Srija Seshadri''' (born 15 August 1997), is an [[India]]n female [[chess]] player. [[FIDE]] awarded her the title of [[woman grandmaster]] in July 2019.<br />
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==Chess career==<br />
Seshadri became an [[woman international master]] (WIM) in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Title Application |url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main225683.pdf |website=fide.com |publisher=FIDE |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> Se attained her first [[Norm (chess)|woman grandmaster norm]] at the 2nd Mumbai International Chess Tournament in [[Mumbai]] in December 2016. Next at the Masters International Chess Championship in [[Sharjah]] in March 2017, she earned her second woman Grandmaster norm. Seshadri achieved her third and final norm in June 2019 at the Mayor's Cup International Open Chess Tournament in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Sagar |title=10 things that made last day of Goa GM International 2019 special |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Samvel-Ter-Sahakyan-wins-2nd-Goa-GM-2019 |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=ChessBase India |date=28 June 2019}}</ref> She was officially awarded the title of woman grandmaster (WGM) in July 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Title Application |url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main227927.pdf |website=fide.com |publisher=FIDE |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref><br />
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Seshadri finished third at the women grandmaster chess championship at the Acres Club in Mumbai in June 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mongolia’s Batkhuyag Munguntuul wins women’s chess championship, Srija Seshadri finishes third|url=https://scroll.in/field/883280/mongolias-batkhuyag-munguntuul-wins-womens-chess-championship-srija-seshadri-finishes-third |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=Scroll India |date=19 June 2018}}</ref> She picked an [[international master]] (IM) norm at Mayor Club chess tournament in Mumbai in June 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=GM Amonatov emerges champion in Mayor Club chess tournament |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gm-amonatov-emerges-champion-in-mayor-club-chess-tournament-119061700568_1.html |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=Business Standard |agency=Press Trust of India |date=17 June 2019}}</ref> She finished sixth at the [[Indian Chess Championship|46th National Women Chess Championship]] held at [[Karaikudi]], Tamil Nadu in July 2019 scoring a total of eight points in the eleven rounds.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bhakti Kulkarni retains national chess title |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/bhakti-kulkarni-retains-national-chess-title/article28732294.ece |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=Sportstar Hindu |agency=Press Trust of India |date=27 July 2019}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Indian chess players#Woman Grandmasters|List of Indian chess players § Woman Grandmasters]]<br />
* [[Chess in India]]<br />
==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{fide|id=5055903|name=Srija Seshadri}}<br />
* {{Chessgames player|151574|Srija Seshadri}}<br />
* [https://www.365chess.com/players/Seshadri_Srija Srija Seshadri] chess games at 365Chess.com<br />
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