Anupama Gokhale (born Anupama Abhyankar; 17 May 1969) is an Indian

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player. She won the Indian Women's Championship five times (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1997) and the Asian Women's Championship twice (1985 and 1987). In 1985 she was also joint winner, with Malaysian player Audrey Wong, of the Asian Junior Girls' Championship in

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. This achievement automatically earned both players the title of

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(WIM). She played for the Indian national team in three

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s (1988, 1990 and 1992) and two Women's

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s (2003 and 2005), winning the team silver medal in the latter event in 2005. Gokhale was the recipient of the

Padma Shri Award The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

in 1986 and the

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in 1990. She is the youngest Padma Shri awardee, being only 16 years old when she received it. She is married to

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winner Raghunandan Gokhale, a chess player himself. She works for

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* * * (1988-1990) * 1969 births Living people Chess Woman International Masters Indian chess players Indian female chess players Sportswomen from Maharashtra Chess Olympiad competitors Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Recipients of the Arjuna Award Chess players from Mumbai Marathi sportspeople 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people {{India-chess-bio-stub