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Eesha Karavade (born 21 November 1987) is an Indian
chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...
player from
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. She holds the titles of
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(IM) and
Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...
(WGM). She played for India in the
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s of 2010, 2012 and 2014.


Achievements

*won the Shiv Chhatrapati Award conferred by Govt. of Maharashtra in 2004. *in 2011: first runner-up, with 8 points out of 11 rounds, in the 38th National Women's Premier Chess Championship at
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, which was won by Mary Ann Gomes. *Gold Medalist Commonwealth Chess Championship 2011 in
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. *Bronze medalist Asian Individual Women Chess Championship 2011 in
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. *part of the women chess team that ranked 4th at the 40th Chess Olympiad 2012 in
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. *part of the women chess team that won a gold medal in the Blitz format and a silver medal in the Rapid and Standard format at the Asian Nations Cup 2014 at
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.


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* * 1987 births Living people Indian female chess players Chess International Masters Chess Woman Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Indian chess players Sportswomen from Maharashtra 21st-century Indian women Asian Games competitors for India {{India-chess-bio-stub