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P V Nandhidhaa (Chess Player) Wiki, Biography, Awards, Family, Images

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August 2, 2022

P.V. Nandhidhaa is also called as the Pallathur Venkatachalam Nandhidhaa. She is an Indian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. Nandhidhaa is one of the strongest players in the 44th Chess Olympiad held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from 28 July to 10 August. She has a good peak rating performance, recently she defeated her strong Georgia opponent Grand Master Nino Batsiashvili.

Biography

Name	P V Nandhidhaa
Real Name	Pallathur Venkatachalam Nandhidhaa
Nickname	Nandhidhaa
Profession	Chess Player
Date of Birth	10 April 1996
Age (as of 2022)	26
Zodiac sign	Yet to be updated
Family	Father: Yet to be updated Mother: Yet to be updated
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	NA
Husband	Naveen Kumar
Children	NA
Religion	Hindu
Educational Qualification	Graduate
School	Yet to be updated
College	College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG), Anna University, Chennai
Hobbies	Listening to music, Playing Chess, Shopping
Birth Place	Sankagiri, Tamil Nadu, India
Hometown	Sankagiri, Tamil Nadu, India
Current City	Sankagiri, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian

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Interesting Facts

She married her childhood friend and college Mate Naveen Kumar who is an Indian Army Officer.
Nandhidhaa won the silver medal in the U-20 World Junior Chess Championship.

Achievements

Year	Peak Rating	National Ranking (Women)	Achievements
Mar-2022	2380	5	Achieved career best ranking of No 5 among active Indian women chess players
Jan-2022	2380	7	Participated 4 Chess tournaments in Europe between Dec'21 to Jan'22 and gained 63 ELO points. Got career high FIDE rating of 2380 and is now ranked No.7 among Indian women
Dec-2021	2318	12	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	2318	12	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	2365	7	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	2365	7	Won Gold in Asian Online Nations Cup
2019	2348	10	Became India's 17th Woman Grandmaster
2016	2251	14	34th World Junior Girls Chess Championship- Silver Medal
2015	2205	Data not available	Woman International Master title