Nutakki Priyanka

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Nutakki Priyanka
Country India
Born (2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 23)
Kanuru, Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Title Woman Grandmaster (2022)
Peak rating 2355 (May 2024)

Nutakki Priyanka (born 1 June 2002 [1] ) is an Indian chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2022. [2]

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Biography

Nutakki Priyanka is winner of Indian Youth Chess Championships in different girl's age groups: U9 (2011), [3] U11 (2013), [4] and U13 (2015). [5] [6] In 2012, she won the Asian Youth Chess Championship for girls in the U10 age group [7] and World Youth Chess Championship for girls in the U10 age group. [8]

In August 2018, she was the best among women in the "Riga Technical University Open" tournament "A". [9]

In 2022, she was expelled from the World Junior Chess Championship for accidentally carrying earbuds into the playing hall. [10]

She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023, where she defeated Marina Brunello in the first round, before being defeated by compatriot Koneru Humpy. [11]

References

  1. GmbH, ChessBase. "Nutakki Priyanka player profile". ChessBase Players. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. "Title Applications - 2022 1st FIDE Council - Woman Grandmaster (WGM) - Priyanka Nutakki". FIDE.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. "National U-9 Girls Chess Championship-2011". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. "National Under-11 Girls Chess Championship-2013". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. "29th National Under-13 Girls Chess Championship-2015". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. "Neelash Saha & Priyanka Nutakki are U-13 Champions". Haryana Chess Association. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  7. "Asian Youth Chess Championship 2012 Under 10 Girls". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  8. "World Youth Championships 2012 - U10 Girls". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  9. "Riga Technical University Open 2018 - Tournament A". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  10. "Priyanka expelled from World Junior Chess Championship". Hindustan Times. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  11. "FIDE World Cup 2023 R2.1: Pragg sizzles, Karthik defies Nakamura, Gukesh now World no.10 - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2025.