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Malika Handa (born 1995)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=35061615|title=Malika, Handa FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers|website=ratings.fide.com|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> is a hearing-impaired Indian professional chess player and the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the International Deaf and Dumb Chess Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/hearing-impaired-mallika-is-city-s-golden-girl-in-chess/371510.html|title=Hearing impaired, Mallika is city’s golden girl in chess|last=|first=|date=March 2 2017|website=The Tribune|archive-url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/hearing-impaired-mallika-is-city-s-golden-girl-in-chess/371510.html|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 25 2019}}</ref> Since the year 2012, she has won the National Chess Championship of the Deaf six times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/mallika-brings-home-gold-medal-in-national-chess-c-ship/694814.html|title=Mallika brings home gold medal in national chess c’ship|last=|first=|date=December 7 2018|website=The Tribune|archive-url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/mallika-brings-home-gold-medal-in-national-chess-c-ship/694814.html|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 25 2018}}</ref>This championship is organised by the All India Sports Council of the Deaf.<br /> |
Malika Handa (born 1995)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=35061615|title=Malika, Handa FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers|website=ratings.fide.com|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> is a hearing-impaired Indian professional [[chess]] player and the first Indian [[woman]] to win a gold medal in the International Deaf and Dumb Chess Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/hearing-impaired-mallika-is-city-s-golden-girl-in-chess/371510.html|title=Hearing impaired, Mallika is city’s golden girl in chess|last=|first=|date=March 2 2017|website=The Tribune|archive-url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/hearing-impaired-mallika-is-city-s-golden-girl-in-chess/371510.html|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 25 2019}}</ref> Since the year 2012, she has won the National Chess Championship of the Deaf six times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/mallika-brings-home-gold-medal-in-national-chess-c-ship/694814.html|title=Mallika brings home gold medal in national chess c’ship|last=|first=|date=December 7 2018|website=The Tribune|archive-url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/mallika-brings-home-gold-medal-in-national-chess-c-ship/694814.html|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 25 2018}}</ref> This championship is organised by the All India Sports Council of the Deaf.<br /> |
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Revision as of 10:39, 25 August 2019
Malika Handa (born 1995)[1] is a hearing-impaired Indian professional chess player and the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the International Deaf and Dumb Chess Championship.[2] Since the year 2012, she has won the National Chess Championship of the Deaf six times.[3] This championship is organised by the All India Sports Council of the Deaf.
Early life
Professional life
Malika began to play chess late in life; she has been playing since 2010. She developed a passion for the game and she soon began to outplay her peers.[4] She has won the national chess championship six times.[5]
She has faced a lot of problems in her professional life and the biggest problem of all was the lack of aid from government. In the past nine years of playing, she has won more titles than those who have been playing for longer.[4]
Medals
International medals
- Silver - ICCD World Deaf blitz chess Championship (2019)[6]
- Silver - Asian Chess Championship for Disabled (2017)
- Gold - ICCD World Open Individual Deaf chess Championship (2016)
- Silver - ICCD 4th World Individual Blitz Deaf Championship (Ladies) (2016)[7]
- Gold - ICCD 3rd Asian Individual Chess Championship for Deaf (2015)
- Silver - ICCD 1st Asian Open Deaf Chess Blitz Championship (2015)
National medals
References
- ^ "Malika, Handa FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Hearing impaired, Mallika is city's golden girl in chess". The Tribune. March 2 2017. Retrieved August 25 2019.
{{cite web}}: Check|archive-url=value (help); Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Mallika brings home gold medal in national chess c'ship". The Tribune. December 7 2018. Retrieved August 25 2018.
{{cite web}}: Check|archive-url=value (help); Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b "How a 21-Year-Old Girl Overcame Disability & Govt Apathy to Become an International Chess Champion". The Better India. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "मल्लिका हांडा 6वीं बार बनी नेशनल चेस चैंपियन". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ akula. "18th Deaf Chess Olympiad in Manchester, England | Results". Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ akula. "4th ICCD World Individuai Blitz Deaf Chess Championchip". Retrieved 2019-08-25.