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Bhakti Kulkarni

Indian chess player (born 1992)

International Master (2019)
Woman Grandmaster (2012)

Peak rating2429 (August 2019)

Bhakti Kulkarni (born 19 May 1992)^[1] is an Indian chess player. She received the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2012^[2]^[3] and International Master (IM) in 2019. She is the recipient of Arjuna Award for her contribution to chess

Biography

In 2011, she won the Asian Junior Chess Championship.^[4] In 2013, she was the first at the international women's chess tournament in Czech Republic — Open Vysočina.^[5] In 2016, she won the Asian Chess Women Championship.^[6]

Played for Indian team in the Women's Asian Team Chess Championship, in which she participated twice (2009, 2016). In the individual competition won the bronze (2009) medal.^[7]

References

^ "Bhakti is Goa's first Woman Grandmaster - Rediff.com Sports". rediff.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
^ "Title Applications - 83rd FIDE Congress 2012 - Woman Grandmaster (WGM) - Kulkarni Bhakti". FIDE.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
^ "List of titles approved by the 83rd FIDE Congress (1-9 September 2012)". FIDE.com. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ Herzog, Heinz. "Asian Junior Girls Chess Championships 2011". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
^ Herzog, Heinz. "Open Vysočina 2013 - A". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
^ "Interview with Asian Women's Champion Bhakti Kulkarni - ChessBase India". chessbase.in. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Kulkarni Bhakti". OlimpBase.org. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.