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'''Tania Sachdev''' (born 20 August 1986<ref name="redbull"/>) is an Indian [[chess]] player, who holds the [[FIDE titles]] of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is also a chess presenter and commentator.

==Early years==
Born in [[Delhi]], Sachdev was introduced to the game by her mother, Anju, at the age of 6.<ref name="redbull"/> Her parents provided her with professional training. She achieved her first international title when she was eight. She was coached by K.C. Joshi during her early years. As a child, Tania Sachdev won multiple events. Her career successes are under-12 Indian champion,<ref name="chessdom1">{{cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/tania-sachdev-joins-the-chessdom-commentators-team/ |title=Tania Sachdev joins the Chessdom commentators team |website=Chessdom |date=6 November 2013 |access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> Asian U14 girls' champion in 2000<ref>
* {{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/young-champions-are-back/article28009903.ece |title=Young champions are back |date=4 April 2000 |website=[[The Hindu]] |url-access=subscription |language=en |location=New Delhi}}
* {{cite news |title=Young champions are back |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/04/04/stories/0704020b.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225062410/https://www.thehindu.com/2000/04/04/stories/0704020b.htm |archive-date=25 December 2018 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=4 April 2000 |location=New Delhi}}</ref> and bronze medalist at the 1998 [[World Youth Chess Championship]]s in the Girls U12 division.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://old.chess.gr/tourn/1998/wrld_u18/index.html |title=World Championship in U18 categories. 25/10-7/11/1998 |website=chess.gr |access-date=28 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226050153/http://old.chess.gr/tourn/1998/wrld_u18/index.html |archive-date=26 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In 2002, she won the [[Asian Junior Chess Championship|Asian Junior Girls Championship]] in [[Marawila]].<ref>{{cite web |website=25th Asian Juniors 2002, Sri Lanka |title=Deepan and Tania Champs, India sweeps all the titles |url=http://asianjuniors02.tripod.com/main/id3.html |via=[[Tripod (web hosting)|Tripod]] |access-date=7 November 2015 |location=Colombo |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Tania Sachdev (IND).jpg|thumb|left|Sachdev in 2014]]

==National and international acclaim==
In 2005, Sachdev became the eighth Indian player to be awarded the Woman Grandmaster title. She won India's [[Indian Chess Championship|National Women's Premier Chess Championship]] in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, she also won the Women's [[Asian Chess Championship]] with 6½ points out of nine rounds in [[Tehran]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr7855.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30&wi=821 |title=12th Asian Women Indevidual [sic] Chess Championship |website=Chess-Results.com |access-date=14 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref> She was conferred with the [[Arjuna Award]] in 2009. In 2016, Sachdev won the best woman's prize at the [[Reykjavik Open]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/indian-success-in-iceland |title=Indian success in Iceland |last=Ramirez |first=Alejandro |author-link=Alejandro Ramírez (chess player) |date=20 March 2016 |publisher=[[ChessBase]] |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/Abhijeet-wins-Reykjavik-Open-Tania-makes-Grandmaster-norm/articleshow/51441690.cms |title=Abhijeet wins Reykjavik Open; Tania makes Grandmaster norm |date=17 March 2016 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2016-08-31 |language=en}}</ref> and won the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] women's champion title in [[Kalutara]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2016/08/19/sports/90797 |title=Gupta and Sachdev overall champions of Commonwealth Open Chess |first=Narayanaswamy |last=Jayaratnam |date=19 August 2016 |newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]] |access-date=31 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

She has played for the Indian national team in the [[Women's Chess Olympiad]]s since 2008, the Women's [[World Team Chess Championship]] in 2009 and 2011, the Women's [[Asian Team Chess Championship]] since 2003, the [[2006 Asian Games]], and the [[Chess at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|2009 Asian Indoor Games]]. Sachdev won the individual bronze medal for board 3 at the [[40th Chess Olympiad|2012 Women's Chess Olympiad]] in [[Istanbul]], four team silver medals (in 2008, 2009, 2012, and 2014) and four individual ones (three silver and one bronze) at the Women's Asian Team Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/bltbfbze.html |title=OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Sachdev Tania |access-date=14 June 2021 |website=OlimpBase |language=en}}</ref>

In 2015, Sachdev won a silver medal in the Asian Continental Women's Rapid Chess Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Aug 12|first1=PTI / Updated|last2=2015|last3=Ist|first3=21:12|title=Tania Sachdev wins silver in rapid chess {{!}} Chess News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/tania-sachdev-wins-silver-in-rapid-chess/articleshow/48456709.cms|access-date=2021-07-03|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

Sachdev has presented a Fritztrainer Strategy DVD for [[Chessbase]] and was a member of the official commentary team for the 2013 (Chennai) [[World Chess Championship 2013|World Championship Match]] between [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Viswanathan Anand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/improve-your-chess-with-tania-sachdev|title=Improve Your Chess With Tania Sachdev |last=Shah |first=Sagar |date=4 July 2014 |website=Chess News |publisher=[[ChessBase]] |access-date=5 September 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
'''2019''' ''Commonwealth Women's Champion'' (Defended her title).

==Personal life==
Sachdev completed her schooling at Modern School in Vasant Vihar in Delhi and did her graduation at Sri Venkateswara College.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}

She is sponsored by [[Red Bull]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Don't mind being called a chess hottie: Tania Sachdev |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/dont-mind-being-called-a-chess-hottie-tania-sachdev/15362167 |first=Sundari |last=Iyer |website=[[Mid-Day]] |date=8 June 2014 |language=en}}</ref> She married Delhi-based architect Viraj Kataria in November 2014.<ref name="redbull">{{Cite web |url=https://www.redbull.com/in-en/athlete/tania-sachdev |title=Tania Sachdev |website=[[Red Bull]] |language=en |access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/delhi/Chess-champ-Tania-Sachdev-ties-knot-with-Viraj-Kataria-in-Delhi/articleshow/45023792.cms |title=Chess champ Tania Sachdev ties knot with Viraj Kataria in Delhi |website=[[The Times of India]] |last=Bhalla |first=Ankita |date=4 November 2014 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.365chess.com/players/Sachdev_Tania Tania Sachdev] chess games at 365Chess.com
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