Bhakti Kulkarni

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Bhakti Kulkarni
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Kulkarni in 2021
Personal information
Born (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 33)
Goa, India
Chess career
CountryIndia
Title
Peak rating 2429 (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 is a recipient of the Arjuna Award for her contribution to chess.

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Biography

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.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Women's Asian Chess Champion
2016		Succeeded by
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