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GMRameshbabu Vaishali

IND Born 2001 (Age ≈25) Female
FIDE ID
5091756

About Rameshbabu Vaishali

Vaishali Rameshbabu grew up in Chennai in a family that also supported the chess career of her younger brother Praggnanandhaa. She won the world girls' under-12 championship in 2012 and the under-14 title in 2015. At twelve she defeated Magnus Carlsen in a simultaneous exhibition in Chennai. Show more

Vaishali Rameshbabu grew up in Chennai in a family that also supported the chess career of her younger brother Praggnanandhaa. She won the world girls' under-12 championship in 2012 and the under-14 title in 2015. At twelve she defeated Magnus Carlsen in a simultaneous exhibition in Chennai. She won India's junior girls' championship in 2015 and 2016. She completed her woman-grandmaster qualification at the 2018 Riga Technical University Open. Her 2023 Women's Grand Swiss victory earned a place in the Candidates Tournament. She completed the requirements for the open grandmaster title later that year, with FIDE recording it in 2024. She and Praggnanandhaa became the first brother-and-sister pair to hold that title. She helped India win women's Olympiad bronze in 2022 and gold in 2024. India recognized her with the Arjuna Award in 2024. She won the Women's Grand Swiss again in 2025. In 2026 she won the Women's Candidates Tournament, earning the right to challenge Ju Wenjun for the world title.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2449.2 -2.8

Live estimate

Rapid

2396

Published FIDE

Blitz

2345

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#977
National rank · IND
#70
Women’s world rank
#23

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2506 Aug 2024
Recorded years
2009–2026
Archived games
990

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Live rankings

Rating history

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
451 2021-09-20 Hou Yifan Challenge 2021 chess24.com INT 12.5 Rameshbabu Vaishali Gunay Mammadzada Won: 1-0 58 Open
452 2021-09-20 Hou Yifan Challenge 2021 chess24.com INT 11.3 Oliwia Kiolbasa Rameshbabu Vaishali Won: 0-1 29 Open
453 2021-09-20 Hou Yifan Challenge 2021 chess24.com INT 10.6 Rameshbabu Vaishali Volodar Murzin Draw: 1/2-1/2 83 Open
454 2021-09-19 Hou Yifan Challenge 2021 chess24.com INT 9.2 Awonder Liang Rameshbabu Vaishali Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
455 2021-09-19 Hou Yifan Challenge 2021 chess24.com INT 8.7 Rameshbabu Vaishali Tingjie Lei Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
456 2021-09-19 Hou Yifan Challenge 2021 chess24.com INT 7.1 Yahli Sokolovsky Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 26 Open
457 2021-09-19 Hou Yifan Challenge 2021 chess24.com INT 6.8 Rameshbabu Vaishali Jiner Zhu Lost: 0-1 61 Open
458 2021-09-18 Hou Yifan Challenge 2021 chess24.com INT 4.8 Balaji Daggupati Rameshbabu Vaishali Won: 0-1 45 Open
459 2021-09-18 Hou Yifan Challenge 2021 chess24.com INT 3.1 Rameshbabu Vaishali Leya Garifullina Won: 1-0 37 Open
460 2021-09-18 Hou Yifan Challenge 2021 chess24.com INT 2.7 Praggnanandhaa R Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 55 Open
461 2021-09-18 Hou Yifan Challenge 2021 chess24.com INT 1.2 Rameshbabu Vaishali Pawel Teclaf Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
462 2021-09-14 Online Olym KO Stage 2021 chess.com INT 2.3 Thalia Cervantes Landeiro Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 31 Open
463 2021-09-14 Online Olym KO Stage 2021 chess.com INT 2.2 Rameshbabu Vaishali Thalia Cervantes Landeiro Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
464 2021-09-14 Online Olym KO Stage 2021 chess.com INT 2.1 Thalia Cervantes Landeiro Rameshbabu Vaishali Won: 0-1 38 Open
465 2021-09-13 Online Olym KO Stage 2021 chess.com INT 1.22 Mariia Berdnyk Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 48 Open
466 2021-09-13 Online Olym KO Stage 2021 chess.com INT 1.21 Rameshbabu Vaishali Mariia Berdnyk Won: 1-0 49 Open
467 2021-09-10 Online Olym Top DivB 2021 chess.com INT 7.1 Kata Karacsonyi Rameshbabu Vaishali Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
468 2021-09-09 Online Olym Top DivB 2021 chess.com INT 6.5 Rameshbabu Vaishali Kseniya Zeliantsova Draw: 1/2-1/2 80 Open
469 2021-09-09 Online Olym Top DivB 2021 chess.com INT 5.2 Khanim Balajayeva Rameshbabu Vaishali Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
470 2021-09-09 Online Olym Top DivB 2021 chess.com INT 4.4 Rameshbabu Vaishali Xinyu Li Won: 1-0 18 Open
471 2021-09-08 Online Olym Top DivB 2021 chess.com INT 2.3 Rameshbabu Vaishali Florence Rollot Won: 1-0 31 Open
472 2021-09-08 Online Olym Top DivB 2021 chess.com INT 1.4 Sara Adel Rameshbabu Vaishali Won: 0-1 35 Open
473 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.37 Tingjie Lei Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 36 Open
474 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.36 Rameshbabu Vaishali Tingjie Lei Lost: 0-1 48 Open
475 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.35 Tingjie Lei Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 41 Open
476 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.34 Rameshbabu Vaishali Tingjie Lei Lost: 0-1 51 Open
477 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.33 Tingjie Lei Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 47 Open
478 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.32 Rameshbabu Vaishali Tingjie Lei Won: 1-0 81 Open
479 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.31 Tingjie Lei Rameshbabu Vaishali Won: 0-1 38 Open
480 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.26 Rameshbabu Vaishali Tingjie Lei Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
481 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.25 Tingjie Lei Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 60 Open
482 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.24 Rameshbabu Vaishali Tingjie Lei Lost: 0-1 27 Open
483 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.23 Tingjie Lei Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 35 Open
484 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.22 Rameshbabu Vaishali Tingjie Lei Lost: 0-1 54 Open
485 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.21 Tingjie Lei Rameshbabu Vaishali Draw: 1/2-1/2 72 Open
486 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.17 Rameshbabu Vaishali Tingjie Lei Lost: 0-1 66 Open
487 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.16 Tingjie Lei Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 65 Open
488 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.15 Rameshbabu Vaishali Tingjie Lei Won: 1-0 30 Open
489 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.14 Tingjie Lei Rameshbabu Vaishali Won: 0-1 39 Open
490 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.13 Rameshbabu Vaishali Tingjie Lei Lost: 0-1 51 Open
491 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.12 Tingjie Lei Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 32 Open
492 2021-06-19 Women's Speed Chess Main chess.com INT 1.11 Rameshbabu Vaishali Tingjie Lei Won: 1-0 35 Open
493 2021-06-15 Titled Tuesday 15th June chess.com INT 9 Rameshbabu Vaishali Yahli Sokolovsky Lost: 0-1 35 Open
494 2021-06-15 Titled Tuesday 15th June chess.com INT 8 Vladimir Goncharov Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 69 Open
495 2021-06-15 Titled Tuesday 15th June chess.com INT 6 Pavel Chernomordik Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 15 Open
496 2021-06-15 Titled Tuesday 15th June chess.com INT 5 Rameshbabu Vaishali Dmitrij Kollars Lost: 0-1 40 Open
497 2021-06-15 Titled Tuesday 15th June chess.com INT 4 Rameshbabu Vaishali Alexander Devaev Won: 1-0 35 Open
498 2021-06-15 Titled Tuesday 15th June chess.com INT 3 Nico Stelmaszyk Rameshbabu Vaishali Won: 0-1 42 Open
499 2021-06-15 Titled Tuesday 15th June chess.com INT 2 Rameshbabu Vaishali Irina Petrova Won: 1-0 15 Open
500 2021-06-15 Titled Tuesday 15th June chess.com INT 1 Vit Bures Rameshbabu Vaishali Lost: 1-0 41 Open
  1. vs Gunay MammadzadaWon · 1-0White · 2021-09-20 · Round 12.5Hou Yifan Challenge 2021
  2. vs Oliwia KiolbasaWon · 0-1Black · 2021-09-20 · Round 11.3Hou Yifan Challenge 2021
  3. vs Volodar MurzinDraw · ½–½White · 2021-09-20 · Round 10.6Hou Yifan Challenge 2021
  4. vs Awonder LiangDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-09-19 · Round 9.2Hou Yifan Challenge 2021
  5. vs Tingjie LeiDraw · ½–½White · 2021-09-19 · Round 8.7Hou Yifan Challenge 2021
  6. vs Yahli SokolovskyLost · 1-0Black · 2021-09-19 · Round 7.1Hou Yifan Challenge 2021
  7. vs Jiner ZhuLost · 0-1White · 2021-09-19 · Round 6.8Hou Yifan Challenge 2021
  8. vs Balaji DaggupatiWon · 0-1Black · 2021-09-18 · Round 4.8Hou Yifan Challenge 2021
  9. vs Leya GarifullinaWon · 1-0White · 2021-09-18 · Round 3.1Hou Yifan Challenge 2021
  10. vs Praggnanandhaa RLost · 1-0Black · 2021-09-18 · Round 2.7Hou Yifan Challenge 2021
  11. vs Pawel TeclafDraw · ½–½White · 2021-09-18 · Round 1.2Hou Yifan Challenge 2021
  12. vs Thalia Cervantes LandeiroLost · 1-0Black · 2021-09-14 · Round 2.3Online Olym KO Stage 2021
  13. vs Thalia Cervantes LandeiroDraw · ½–½White · 2021-09-14 · Round 2.2Online Olym KO Stage 2021
  14. vs Thalia Cervantes LandeiroWon · 0-1Black · 2021-09-14 · Round 2.1Online Olym KO Stage 2021
  15. vs Mariia BerdnykLost · 1-0Black · 2021-09-13 · Round 1.22Online Olym KO Stage 2021
  16. vs Mariia BerdnykWon · 1-0White · 2021-09-13 · Round 1.21Online Olym KO Stage 2021
  17. vs Kata KaracsonyiDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-09-10 · Round 7.1Online Olym Top DivB 2021
  18. vs Kseniya ZeliantsovaDraw · ½–½White · 2021-09-09 · Round 6.5Online Olym Top DivB 2021
  19. vs Khanim BalajayevaDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-09-09 · Round 5.2Online Olym Top DivB 2021
  20. vs Xinyu LiWon · 1-0White · 2021-09-09 · Round 4.4Online Olym Top DivB 2021
  21. vs Florence RollotWon · 1-0White · 2021-09-08 · Round 2.3Online Olym Top DivB 2021
  22. vs Sara AdelWon · 0-1Black · 2021-09-08 · Round 1.4Online Olym Top DivB 2021
  23. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 1-0Black · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.37Women's Speed Chess Main
  24. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 0-1White · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.36Women's Speed Chess Main
  25. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 1-0Black · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.35Women's Speed Chess Main
  26. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 0-1White · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.34Women's Speed Chess Main
  27. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 1-0Black · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.33Women's Speed Chess Main
  28. vs Tingjie LeiWon · 1-0White · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.32Women's Speed Chess Main
  29. vs Tingjie LeiWon · 0-1Black · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.31Women's Speed Chess Main
  30. vs Tingjie LeiDraw · ½–½White · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.26Women's Speed Chess Main
  31. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 1-0Black · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.25Women's Speed Chess Main
  32. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 0-1White · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.24Women's Speed Chess Main
  33. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 1-0Black · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.23Women's Speed Chess Main
  34. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 0-1White · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.22Women's Speed Chess Main
  35. vs Tingjie LeiDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.21Women's Speed Chess Main
  36. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 0-1White · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.17Women's Speed Chess Main
  37. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 1-0Black · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.16Women's Speed Chess Main
  38. vs Tingjie LeiWon · 1-0White · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.15Women's Speed Chess Main
  39. vs Tingjie LeiWon · 0-1Black · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.14Women's Speed Chess Main
  40. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 0-1White · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.13Women's Speed Chess Main
  41. vs Tingjie LeiLost · 1-0Black · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.12Women's Speed Chess Main
  42. vs Tingjie LeiWon · 1-0White · 2021-06-19 · Round 1.11Women's Speed Chess Main
  43. vs Yahli SokolovskyLost · 0-1White · 2021-06-15 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 15th June
  44. vs Vladimir GoncharovLost · 1-0Black · 2021-06-15 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 15th June
  45. vs Pavel ChernomordikLost · 1-0Black · 2021-06-15 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 15th June
  46. vs Dmitrij KollarsLost · 0-1White · 2021-06-15 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 15th June
  47. vs Alexander DevaevWon · 1-0White · 2021-06-15 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 15th June
  48. vs Nico StelmaszykWon · 0-1Black · 2021-06-15 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 15th June
  49. vs Irina PetrovaWon · 1-0White · 2021-06-15 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 15th June
  50. vs Vit BuresLost · 1-0Black · 2021-06-15 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 15th June