Bhakti Kulkarni

Bhakti Kulkarni
Kulkarni in 2021
Personal information
Born (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992
Goa, India
Chess career
CountryIndia
Title
Peak rating2429 (August 2019)

Bhakti Kulkarni (born 19 May 1992)[1] is an Indian chess player. She received the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2012[2][3] and International Master (IM) in 2019. She won the women's edition of National Premier Chess Championship in both 2018 and 2019 consecutively. She is a recipient of the Arjuna Award for her contribution to chess.

Biography

She won the National Junior Girls Chess Championship (India) twice in 2007 and 2009. In 2011, she won the Asian Junior Chess Championship.[4] In 2013, she finished first at the international women's chess tournament in Czech Republic — Open Vysočina.[5] In 2016, she won the Asian Chess Women Championship.[6]

She played for the Indian team in the Women's Asian Team Chess Championship, in which she participated twice (2009, 2016). In the individual competition she won the bronze medal (2009).[7]

References

  1. ^ "Bhakti is Goa's first Woman Grandmaster - Rediff.com Sports". rediff.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Title Applications - 83rd FIDE Congress 2012 - Woman Grandmaster (WGM) - Kulkarni Bhakti". FIDE.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ^ "List of titles approved by the 83rd FIDE Congress (1-9 September 2012)". FIDE.com. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ Herzog, Heinz. "Asian Junior Girls Chess Championships 2011". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. ^ Herzog, Heinz. "Open Vysočina 2013 - A". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Interview with Asian Women's Champion Bhakti Kulkarni - ChessBase India". chessbase.in. 20 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  7. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Kulkarni Bhakti". OlimpBase.org. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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