P. V. Nandhidhaa

In this Indian name, the name Pallathur Venkatachalam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Nandhidhaa.

P. V. Nandhidhaa
P. V. Nandhidhaa in 2022
Personal information
Born (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996
Sankagiri, Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India
Chess career
CountryIndia
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2019)[1]
Peak rating2380 (February 2022)

Pallathur Venkatachalam Nandhidhaa (Tamil: பள்ளத்தூர் வெங்கடாசலம் நந்திதா) (born 10 April 1996) is an Indian chess player from the state of Tamil Nadu, 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 9 International Master norms as of December 2025. She is the runner-up in World Junior Chess Championship in 2016. She won the women's edition of National Premier Chess Championship in both 2024 and 2025 consecutively.[2]

Nandhidhaa won an individual Gold in Asian Chess Championship held at New Delhi on 3 November 2022, making her only the 9th Indian Women to clinch the Asian Gold. 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 won 7 medals each in Commonwealth Chess Championship and Asian level Chess Championship tournaments in different age categories. She also has 7 National level Chess Championship titles in different age categories. She had participated in Women's Chess World Cup 2023 and 2025. In the latest Women's Chess World Cup 2025 held in Georgia in July 2025, she lost her second round match vs GM Dronavalli Harika and got eliminated. She secured her spot in the upcoming Women's Chess World Cup 2027 by winning the 51st National Women's Chess Championship 2025 held at Durgapur in West Bengal.[3]

Career

Nandhidhaa won silver medal in the U-20 World Junior Chess Championship, in 2016 held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.[5] She won bronze medal in U-14 World Youth Chess Championship held at Halkidiki, Greece in 2010.[6] 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.[7] She had participated in both Women's Chess World Cup 2023 and Women's Chess World Cup 2025. She was part of the Indian Women's team along with her compatriots Padmini Rout, Srija Seshadri, Savitha Shri Baskar and Sarayu Velpula in the World Team Chess Championship 2025 held in Linares, Spain from 17–24 November 2025.[8]

Achievements

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

  • Shared First place finish at 47th La Roda International Open held at La Roda, Spain in Dec 2021. No woman had previously shared first place or finished in top three of the event[22]
  • Received "Best Sportsperson of the year" award from CM of Tamilnadu Edappadi K. Palaniswami on 9 Feb 2021 [23]

2020

  • Gold Medal at Asian Nations (Regions) Online Chess Championship in Oct 2020 [24][25]

2019

2016

2015

  • Bronze Medal at Asian Junior Chess Championship- 2015 held at Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan from 3 Oct 2015 to 11 Oct 2015 [31][32]
  • Bronze Medal at Commonwealth Chess Championship- 2015 held in New Delhi from 23 June 2015 to 30 June 2015 [33]

2014

  • Silver Medal at Commonwealth Chess Championship- 2014 held at Glasgow in Scotland from 30 June 2014 to 8 July 2014[34]

2013

2012

  • Silver Medal at Asian Youth Chess Championship (Under-16 Girls category) held at Hikkaduwa in Sri Lanka in 2012.[36]

2011

  • Gold Medal at Asian Youth Chess Championship (Under-16 Girls category) 2011 held at Subic in Philippines from 15 May 2011 to 21 May 2011.[37][38]

2010

2007

Honours received

References

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