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P. V. Nandhidhaa
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P. V. Nandhidhaa in 2016
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| Born | 10 April 1996 Sankagiri, Tamil Nadu, India
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| Alma mater | College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Chess Player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Peak rating | 2380 (February 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Pallathur Venkatachalam Nandhidhaa (Tamil: பள்ளத்தூர் வெங்கடாசலம் நந்திதா) (born 10 April 1996) is an Indian chess player from the state of Tamilnadu, who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and Woman International Master (WIM). She is the 17th Woman Grandmaster of India. Her peak FIDE ELO rating is 2380 and she is holding 8 International Master norms as on April 2024. She was part of the 30 member Indian Chess Olympiad team which participated in 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu, India from 28 July to 9 August 2022. She has recently won an individual Gold in Asian Chess Championship held at New Delhi on 3 November 2022. She scored an unbeaten and impressive 7.5/9 to clinch the title, thereby also qualifying for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023. She has won 7 medals each in Commonwealth Chess Championship and Asian level Chess Championship tournaments in different age categories. She also won 5 National level Chess Championship Gold medals in different age categories.
Early childhood and education
Nandhidhaa was born on 10 April 1996 in Sankagiri in the Indian state of Tamilnadu. She is an alumnus of College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai. She earned her Engineering seat by topping the sports quota. She holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering (2013–17). On 20 Aug 2021, she married her childhood friend, Naveenkumar Selvaraj, a serving Indian Army Major.
Career
Nandhidhaa P V started her professional career in 2005. She won the Gold medal at the National Level Chess Championship (Under 11 Girls) held at Calicut in 2007. She won silver medal in the U-20 World Junior Chess Championship, in 2016 held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. She won bronze medal in U-14 World Youth Chess Championship held at Halkidiki, Greece in 2010. In October 2020, she was part of the Indian women chess team along with Vaishali Rameshbabu, Padmini Rout , Bhakti Kulkarni, Mary Ann Gomes which won the Asian Nations (Regions) Online Chess Championship 2020 organised by FIDE. The team won the gold medal for India out of 31 Asian countries participated.
As on March 2022, her Elo Rating is 2380 which is also her peak rating till date and is ranked 5th among Indian women chess players. In November 2022, she won the Gold medal at Asian Chess Championship held in New Delhi which qualified her for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023 in Baku.
Achievements
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| Apr 2024 | Nandhidhaa P V secured Second position in the Women’s category of the highly competitive III Open International Chess Menorca A held in Menorca, Spain from 2 Apr 2024 to 7 Apr 2024. She has secured 6 points in 9 rounds with the performance rating of 2502 and gained 48 ELO ratings. During the course of the tournament, she received her Eighth International Master norm | |
| Mar 2024 | Nandhidhaa P V secured Second position in Women's category of the Fagerness Chess International 2024 held in Fagernes, Norway from 24 Mar 2024 to 31 Mar 2024. She has secured 5 points in 9 rounds with the performance rating of 2424 and gained 32 ELO ratings. During the course of the tournament, she received her Seventh International Master norm | |
| Feb 2024 | Nandhidhaa P V won the Bronze medal in Women's category of the Commonwealth Chess Championship held in Malacca, Malaysia from 20 Feb 2024 to 27 Feb 2024. With this Bronze medal, Nandhidhaa PV has secured a total of 7 medals in different age categories of the Commonwealth Chess Championship till date | |
| Jan 2024 | Nandhidhaa P V was the highest finisher among female participants. She scored 6.5/10 to finish 15th at 2nd Indore International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2024 - GM Open held in Indore from 9 Jan 24 to 16 Jan 24. | |
| Jan 2024 | Felicitated by Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, TN & Pudhuchery, Thiru Sunil Mathur for excelling in the field of Chess on 01 Jan 2024 | |
| Nov 2023 | Won the Gold medal at 4th Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament held in Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu from 6 Nov 23 to 11 Nov 23. During the course of the tournament, she received her Sixth International Master norm | |
| Aug 2023 | Felicitated by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin and Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Udhayanidhi Stalin for the Individual Gold performance in Asian Chess Championship 2022 | |
| Mar 2023 | Felicitated by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin and Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Udhayanidhi Stalin for the Team Gold performance in Asian Online Nations Cup 2020 | |
| Dec 2022 – Jan 2023 | Finished the 50th edition of the Rilton Cup as the best women Chess player. During the course of the tournament, she received her fifth International Master norm | |
| Oct–Nov 2022 | Won the Gold medal at Asian Chess Championship held in New Delhi from 26 Oct 22 to 3 Nov 22. She remained undefeated throughout the tournament by securing 7.5 points from 9 rounds (6 wins and 3 draws). By securing the first position, she qualified for the 2023 Women Chess World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan | |
| Aug 2022 | Participated in 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai as part of Indian Women Team C. Scored 8.5 points out of 11 rounds. Finished the Olympiad with a commendable 5th position in Board II out of 160 countries participated | |
| Mar 2022 | Achieved career best ranking of No 5 among active Indian women chess players | |
| Jan 2022 | Participated 4 Chess tournaments in Europe between Dec'21 to Jan'22 and gained 63 ELO points. Had her career high FIDE rating of 2380 and is now ranked No.7 among Indian women | |
| Dec 2021 | WGM Nandhidhaa P V makes a historic shared first place finish at 47th La Roda International Open held at La Roda, Spain in Dec 2021. In 46 editions of the tournament, no woman had ever shared first place or finished in top three of the event | |
| Oct 2021 | Felicitation for becoming "India's 17th Woman Grandmaster" by Hon'ble CM of Tamilnadu M. K. Stalin on 07 Oct 2021 at Tamilnadu Secretariat, Chennai | |
| Feb 2021 | Received "Best Sportsperson of the year" award from Hon'ble CM of Tamilnadu Edappadi K. Palaniswami on 09 Feb 2021 at Tamilnadu Secretariat, Chennai | |
| 2020 | Won Gold in Asian Online Nations Cup | |
| 2019 | Became India's 17th Woman Grandmaster | |
| 2016 | 34th World Junior Girls Chess Championship- Silver Medal | |
| 2015 | Woman International Master title | |
| 2008 | Felicitated and awarded cash prize by then Hon'ble CM of Tamilnadu J.Jayalalitha in Chennai |
Gallery
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P. V. Nandhidhaa with her prized Chess trophies at her residence in 2020
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Nandhidhaa in August 2023 when felicitated by Tamilnadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and Sports minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for the Individual Gold medal performance in Asian Chess Championship 2022
