| Rakshitta Ravi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country | India |
| Born | 24 April 2005 Chennai, India |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2023) |
| Peak rating | 2322 (August 2019) |
Rakshitta Ravi (born 24 April 2005) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
| Rakshitta Ravi | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Country | India |
| Born | 24 April 2005 Chennai, India |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2023) |
| Peak rating | 2322 (August 2019) |
Rakshitta Ravi (born 24 April 2005) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Rakshitta was born to TS Ravi and Saimeera Ravi. Both her parents are Indian Chess Players who hold titles, her mother Saimeera is a Women International Master (WIM) and her father is an International Master (IM). She is studying at Velammal Vidyalaya, a school in Chennai. Her father works as a Senior Manager at Indian Oil Corporation Limited. She started playing chess at a very young age and achieved her Woman International Master title at 13. [1] She made her first WGM norm at 14 [2] and she has got her WGM title at 17 [3]
She is a recipient of 'National Child Award for Exceptional Achievements' in 2016 from the then Honorable President of India, Pranab Mukharjee.
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