Vantika Agrawal

Vantika Agrawal
CountryIndia
Born (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 (age 22)
TitleInternational Master (2023)[1]
Woman Grandmaster (2021)
Peak rating2435 (September 2023)

Vantika Agrawal (born September 2002) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is a three-time gold medalist at the Chess Olympiad including two gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024 at Budapest.[2] She won a silver medal with the Indian Team at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. Agrawal's accolades also include medals in Commonwealth, World Youth, Asian Youth and National Championships.

Early life and education

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Vantika was born to Ashish and Sangeeta Agrawal on 28 September 2002 in Uttar Pradesh, India where she did her schooling from Amity International School, Noida. She started playing chess at a very young age of seven along with her elder brother, Vishesh. Vantika won her first major gold medal at the age of nine at the U-9 Asian Schools Championship, Delhi. Both of her parents are Chartered Accountants. She holds a B.Com (honours) degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.[3]

Chess career

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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the National Child Award to Vantika Agrawal, 2016

In 2016, Agrawal won bronze medal in World Youth Chess Championship U14 girls age group.[4]

In 2020 she, with the Indian national team, won FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020.[5]

In 2021, Vantika Agrawal won silver medal in Indian Junior Girls Online Chess Championship[6] and won gold medal in Indian Junior Senior Women Chess Championship.[7] At the same year she also won FIDE Binance Business Schools Supercup.[8]

In November 2021 in Riga, Vantika Agrawal ranked in 14th place in FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021.[9] She received the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 2021.[10]

In 2024, she was part of the gold winning women's team at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. She also won the individual gold playing on Board 4.[2]

Achievements

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2024

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  • Won the 45th Women's Chess Olympiad representing India, along with Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali R, Divya Deshmukh, and Tania Sachdev.
  • Won Individual Gold for Board 4 at the 45th Chess Olympiad.

2023

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  • Won silver medal at Asian Games 2022, Hangzhou representing India, along with Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali R and Savita Shri.
  • Became the 11th Woman in India to become an International Master.[11]
  • Gold in National Women's Team at Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Bronze in National Women at Kolhapur, India.
  • Gold in Women category at Biel Masters, Switzerland.
  • Gold in Women category at Menorca Open, Spain.
  • Gold in Women category at Fagernes Open, Norway.

2022

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  • Received 2nd IM Norm while playing for India-2 on first board in 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram, India.
  • Gold in Women's Speed Chess Qualifier.
  • Silver in Women Category Dubai Open.
  • Bronze in Women Category Abu Dhabi Masters.

2021

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  • Became the 21st Women Grand Master of India.
  • Gold in National Women Chess Championship, Online.
  • Silver in National Junior Chess Championship, Online.
  • Achieved 1st IM Norm at Women's Grand Swiss, Riga.
  • Gold in Women Category at Yerevan Open, Armenia.
  • Gold for SRCC College, FIDE Binance B-Schools Cup.
  • Silver in Women at Junior U-21 Round Table, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
  • Bronze in Women at Chess Mood Open, Armenia.

2020

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Gold Medal in Fide Online Chess Olympiad, Aug 2020. The 12-player team also included Viswanathan Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, Harikrishna, Humpy, Harika, Vaishali and Divya among others.

2019

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  • Silver Medal in National Women Championship at Karaikudi, India.
  • Silver Medal in World Youth U-18 Girls, Mumbai, India.
  • 2 Silver Medals in Asian Junior, Indonesia.
  • 2 Silver Medals in Western Asian Juniors at Delhi, India.

2018

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Bronze in National Juniors Delhi, India.

2016

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  • Tied for 2nd position in World Youth U-14 Girls at Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
  • Bronze in Asian Youth Blitz U-14, Mongolia.
  • Silver in National Sub Junior Chess Championship.

2015

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  • Bronze in World Youth U-14 Girls, Greece.
  • Silver in Commonwealth U-14 at Delhi, India.
  • Tied for Bronze Medal in Asian Youth, South Korea.
  • Bronze in National U-13 Girls at Gurgaon, India.

2014

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Silver in National U-13 Chess Championship at Jamshedpur, India.

2013

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Silver in National U-11 Chess Championship at Delhi, India

2011

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Gold in Asian Schools Championship U-9 Girls, Delhi, India.

Honours Received

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Vantika was honoured by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi for winning Double Gold in the 45th Chess Olympiad, Budapest in 2024. She was honoured by Hon'ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath as well.

For winning the silver medal in Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou, CM Shri Yogi Adityanath felicitated her in Lucknow.

For the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mahabalipuram, India 2022, Vantika carried the Olympiad torch through seven cities of Uttar Pradesh. The torch relay started from Agra, Kanpur then Lucknow followed by Prayagraj, Varanasi, then Gorakphur and finally ending in Ayodhya. [12]

Agrawal received National Child Award for exceptional achievement in Chess from Hon'ble President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in 2016.

For winning the gold medal at Asian School U-9 Championship in 2011, Vantika was felicitated by Shri Narendra Modi (the then Chief Minister of Gujarat).

References

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  1. ^ "International Master" (PDF). ratings.fide.com. 13 May 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b Burtasova, Anna (22 September 2024). "India triumphs at 45th Chess Olympiad, winning both Open and Women's competitions". www.fide.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  3. ^ "WGM Vantika Agarwal achieves career-high ranking, is India's No.3 woman chess player". The Times of India. 1 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  4. ^ "World Youth Chess Championships 2016 G14". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  5. ^ "The Triumph of the twelve brave Olympians". Chessbase.in. 30 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Savitha Shri wins AICF National Junior Girls Online 2021". Chessbase.in. August 2021. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Vantika Agrawal wins AICF National Senior Women Online 2021". Chessbase.in. 8 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  8. ^ "SRCC clinches FIDE Binance Business Schools Super Cup 2021". Chessbase.in. 15 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 FIDE Chess.com Women's Grand Swiss". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Vantika Agrawal becomes the 21st Woman Grandmaster of India". Chessbase.in. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Vantika Agrawal is the 11th Indian Woman to become an International Master - ChessBase India". 4 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Vantika Agrawal carries the Chess Olympiad Torch from Taj Mahal to Varanasi with Tejas Bakre - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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