R Vaishali is 84th Grandmaster of India

R Vaishali became India’s 84th chess grandmaster. Her full name is Vaishali Rameshbabu. Vaishali Rameshbabu is only the third female Grandmaster from India after Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli.

R Vaishali had received her third GM norm during the Qatar Masters tournament in October and she just had to increase her Elo rating. Vaishali Rameshbabu crossed 2500 Elo points to earn the grandmaster title at the 2023 Elllobregat Open in Spain. She is the sister of Indian chess grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa. They are world’s first brother-sister grandmasters in chess.

List of Indian Chess Grandmasters