Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi: Difference between revisions

| name = Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi

| image = Vijayalakshmi,Subbaraman 2018 Karlsruhe.jpg

| country = {{IND}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|3|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = [[Chennai|Madras]]

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| title = [[International Master]] (2001)<br />[[Woman Grandmaster]] (2001)

| worldchampion =  

| womensworldchampion =  

| rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/5004098/chart 2332] (March 2020)

| peakrating = 2485 (October 2005)

 

'''Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi''' (born 25 March 1979) is an Indian [[chess]] player who holds the [[FIDE titles]] of [[International Master]] (IM) and [[Woman Grandmaster]] (GM), the first female player in her country to achieve these titles.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sagar Shah |title=Vijayalakshmi, India’s first WGM |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/vijayalakshmi-india-s-first-wgm |publisher=ChessBase |accessdate=6 November 2015 |date=25 March 2015}}</ref> She has won more medals than any other player for India in the [[Chess Olympiad]]s. She has won almost all national age group titles, including the senior title.

Her first tournament was the [[Mikhail Tal|Tal]] Chess Open in 1986. In 1988 and in 1989 she won the Indian championship in the U10 girls category. Also in the U12 category she won twice.

In the Zone tournament in Madras (1995) she finished second. She won the Asian Zone tournament in 1997 in [[Teheran]], and also in 1999 in [[Mumbai]]. In 1996 in [[Kolkata]] she became [[Commonwealth Chess Championship|Commonwealth women's champion]], a title she won again in 2003 in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crowther |first1=Mark |title=TWIC 442: Commonwealth Chess Championships |url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic442.html#8 |publisher=The Week in Chess |accessdate=22 February 2016 |date=28 April 2003}}</ref> Vijayalakshmi won the [[Indian Chess Championship|Indian Women's Championship]] in 1995 (Madras), 1996 (Kolkata), 1999 ([[Kozhikode]]), 2000 (Mumbai), 2001 ([[New Delhi]]) and 2002 ([[Lakhnau]]). She took part in the Women's [[Chess Olympiad]] with the Indian national team in 1998. At the [[34th Chess Olympiad]] in 2000 in [[Istanbul]] she received a silver medal for her performance at board 1, which she repeated in [[Bled]] 2002. In 2007, she won the Leonardo di Bona Memorial in [[Cutro]], Italy.

In 1996 she was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title thanks to her result at the [[FIDE]] Zonal tournament in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Arvind Aaron |title=Steering women's chess to the fast lane |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/07/29/stories/0729020i.htm |accessdate=22 February 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 July 2000}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 2001, she became the first Indian to achieve the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She also holds the title of International Master (IM), thanks to her results at the Chess Olympiad 2000. She is the first female Indian player to become IM. In 2006 in [[Kalamaria]] she achieved a Grandmaster norm, and also in 2007 for her victory in Cutro.

In July 2005 she played in the [[Biel]] Accentus Ladies Tournament, where she came second with 6½ points, which was the same score as to [[Almira Skripchenko]] who beat Vijayalakshmi in the [[tie-breaking in Swiss-system tournaments|tie-break]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Volokitin, Gelfand win Biel GM Tournament |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/volokitin-gelfand-win-biel-gm-tournament |publisher=ChessBase |accessdate=6 November 2015 |date=28 July 2005}}</ref> In Germany she took part in the LGA Open in 2006 in [[Nuremberg]] and in 2006/2007 she played for the ''Brackweder SC'' in the [[North Rhine-Westphalia|NRW]] competition.

In 2016 Vijayalakshmi tied for 2nd–3rd with Russian grandmaster [[Boris Grachev]] in the 8th Chennai Open.<ref>{{cite web |title=8th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2016 |url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/9373-8th-chennai-open-international-grandmaster-chess-tournament-2016.html |publisher=FIDE |date=27 January 2016}}</ref>

In 2001 the Indian government gave her the [[Arjuna Award]].

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* [http://www.chathurangam.com/chennaichamps/vijayalakshmi.asp Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi] at Chathurangam (All About Indian Chess)