Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman (born 25 March 1979) is a chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 player of international repute from India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Vijayalakshmi is currently ranked 20th amongst women chess players in the world. She is the first Woman Grandmaster (WGM) from India and is a six-time national champion

Indian Chess Championship

The Indian Chess Championship is a yearly national chess championship of India. It was established in 1955 by the Andhra State Chess Association as a two-yearly event, but since 1971 it has been played yearly. The first edition was held in Eluru from May 15-May 28 and was jointly won by Ramchandra...

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She has won more medals than any other player for India in the Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad

The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...

s. She has won almost all national age group titles, including the senior title, for record times.

Her current FIDE rating is 2464.

External links

• Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi at Chathurangam (All About Indian Chess)