Vasanti_Khadilkar

Vasanti Khadilkar

Vasanti Khadilkar

Indian chess player

Vasanti Khadilkar Unni (Marathi: वासंती खाडिलकर उन्नी; born 1 April 1961) is an Indian chess player holding the title of Woman International Master (WIM). She won in 1974 the inaugural Indian Women's Championship.[3]

The Khaldikar sisters at Valletta, Chess Olympiad 1980

Quick Facts Country, Born ...

The three Khadilkar sisters, Jayshree, Vasanti, and Rohini, dominated the Indian women's chess championships, winning all the titles in its first decade.[3]

In 1984 Vasanti jointly won the British Ladies' Championship with Bhagyashree Sathe in Brighton.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Khadilkar, Vasanthi FIDE rating history, 1979-1984 at OlimpBase.org
  2. [2]
    Unni, Vasanti FIDE rating history, 1985-2001 at OlimpBase.org
  3. [3]
    Menon, Ajay (3 June 2012). "Anand's win fires former chess whiz from Girgaon". Hindustan Times. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Barua Finishes Third". ChessMate. October 1991. Archived from the original on 24 November 2004. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  5. [5]
    "British Champions 1904 – present". BritBase. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Vasanti_Khadilkar, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.