Padmini Rout
| Padmini Rout | |
|---|---|
 Padmini Rout, Vlissingen 2009 | |
| Country |  India |
| Born | January 5, 1994 Barambagarh, Odisha, India |
| Title | International Master (2015) Woman Grandmaster (2007) |
| Peak rating | 2454 (March 2015) |
Padmini Rout (born January 5, 1994) is an Indian chess player who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She won the World under-14 girls' championship in 2008 and the Indian women's championship twice (in 2014 and 2015).
She was honoured with the Ekalavya Award by Odisha Government in 2009.[1]
Career
Born in Barambagarh, Odisha,[2][3] Padmini Rout started playing chess at the age of nine (2003) because of her father's passion for the game.
In 2005 and 2006, she was both the Indian under-13 girls champion and the Asian under-12 girls champion.[4] Padmini Rout won the U14 girls' section of both Asian[5] and World Youth Chess Championships in 2008. The following year she finished first in the Asian Junior (Under-20) Girls Championship.[6] In 2010 she won the Indian junior (U19) girls championship[4] and took the bronze medal at both Asian[7] and World Junior Girls Championships.[8][9]
In the Asian Individual Women's Championship 2011 she tied for 2nd–6th.[10] Padmini Rout won the Indian Women's Championship in 2014[11] and 2015. In 2015 she also became the Commonwealth women's champion.[12] Padmini Rout won an individual gold medal playing on the reserve board for the Indian national team at the 2014 Women's Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway.[13]
Personal life
She graduated in Commerce from BJB College in Bhubaneswar.[4]
References
- ^ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/Nov/engpdf/9-17.pdf
- ^ WIM title application. FIDE.
- ^ IM title application FIDE
- ^ a b c Personalities: Padmini Rout. Orisports.com
- ^ Akbarinia, Arash (2008-07-24). "Asian Youth Championship in Teheran". ChessBase. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Asian Junior Girls Chess Championship 2009 Chess-Results
- ^ Asian Junior Girls Chess Championship 2010 Chess-Results
- ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-17/chess/28279616_1_chotowa-anna-muzychuk-world-junior-chess-championship
- ^ World Junior Girls Championship 2010 Chess-Results
- ^ http://www.chess-results.com/tnr49119.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=1&wi=1000
- ^ 41st National Women Premier Chess Championship-2014 Chess-Results
- ^ "Abhijeet Gupta wins Commonwealth Chess Championship". Delhi Chess Association. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Women's Chess Olympiads: Rout Padmini. OlimmpBase.
External links
- Padmini Rout rating card at FIDE
- Rout Padmini chess games at 365Chess.com
- Padmini Rout player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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