IMSwaminathan Soumya
- FIDE ID
- 5016193
About Swaminathan Soumya
Soumya Swaminathan was born in Palakkad in 1989. She won three Indian junior girls' championships, in 2005, 2006 and 2008. In 2009, she became world junior girls' champion in Argentina, finishing ahead of Deysi Cori and Betül Cemre Yıldız on tiebreak. Show more
Soumya Swaminathan was born in Palakkad in 1989. She won three Indian junior girls' championships, in 2005, 2006 and 2008. In 2009, she became world junior girls' champion in Argentina, finishing ahead of Deysi Cori and Betül Cemre Yıldız on tiebreak. She won the Indian women's championship in 2010 and the Commonwealth women's title in 2012.
Swaminathan shared first place in the women's Moscow Open in 2016 and won bronze in that year's Asian Women's Championship. She represented India in three Women's World Team Championships between 2011 and 2015, earning an individual bronze medal in 2013. She also played at the 2012, 2016 and 2022 Olympiads. In 2018, she withdrew from the Asian Team Championship in Iran in protest at the compulsory headscarf rule. She holds the WGM and IM titles.
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | 5th Pinnacle FIDE Rated Rapid Chess Tournament | Rapid | 7 |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 2023-12-28 | World Rapid Women 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 10.3 | Swaminathan Soumya | Stavroula Tsolakidou | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 102 | 2023-12-27 | World Rapid Women 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 8.45 | Swaminathan Soumya | Gulnar Mammadova | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 103 | 2023-12-27 | World Rapid Women 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 7.29 | Ann Matnadze Bujiashvili | Swaminathan Soumya | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 104 | 2023-12-27 | World Rapid Women 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 6.21 | Swaminathan Soumya | Teodora Injac | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 105 | 2023-12-27 | World Rapid Women 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 5.21 | Shiqun Ni | Swaminathan Soumya | 1/2-1/2 | 59 | Open |
| 106 | 2023-12-26 | World Rapid Women 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 4.36 | Swaminathan Soumya | Mitra Hejazipour | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 107 | 2023-12-26 | World Rapid Women 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 3.37 | Elvira Berend | Swaminathan Soumya | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 108 | 2023-12-26 | World Rapid Women 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 2.18 | Swaminathan Soumya | Oliwia Kiolbasa | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 109 | 2023-12-26 | World Rapid Women 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 1.31 | Dinara Wagner | Swaminathan Soumya | 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 110 | 2023-12-20 | 1st Meghalaya Int Open | Shillong IND | 10.2 | Levan Pantsulaia | Swaminathan Soumya | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 111 | 2023-12-19 | 1st Meghalaya Int Open | Shillong IND | 9.4 | Swaminathan Soumya | Boris Savchenko | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 112 | 2023-12-18 | 1st Meghalaya Int Open | Shillong IND | 8.8 | Swayham P Das | Swaminathan Soumya | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 113 | 2023-12-17 | 1st Meghalaya Int Open | Shillong IND | 7.11 | Swaminathan Soumya | Hajra Chandreyee | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 114 | 2023-12-16 | 1st Meghalaya Int Open | Shillong IND | 6.6 | Arul Prakash N | Swaminathan Soumya | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 115 | 2023-12-16 | 1st Meghalaya Int Open | Shillong IND | 5.9 | Swaminathan Soumya | Soram Rahul Singh | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 116 | 2023-12-15 | 1st Meghalaya Int Open | Shillong IND | 4.11 | Chandar Raju | Swaminathan Soumya | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 117 | 2023-12-14 | 1st Meghalaya Int Open | Shillong IND | 3.7 | Swaminathan Soumya | Shaun Deon Sequeira | 1/2-1/2 | 34 | Open |
| 118 | 2023-12-14 | 1st Meghalaya Int Open | Shillong IND | 2.8 | Shourya Paul | Swaminathan Soumya | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 119 | 2023-07-10 | 49th ch-IND w 2023 | Ahmedabad IND | 11.5 | Swaminathan Soumya | Kalyani Sirin | 1/2-1/2 | 37 | Open |
| 120 | 2023-07-09 | 49th ch-IND w 2023 | Ahmedabad IND | 10.5 | A.G. Nimmy | Swaminathan Soumya | 1/2-1/2 | 48 | Open |
| 121 | 2023-07-08 | 49th ch-IND w 2023 | Ahmedabad IND | 9.4 | Swaminathan Soumya | Chitlange Sakshi | 1/2-1/2 | 47 | Open |
| 122 | 2023-07-07 | 49th ch-IND w 2023 | Ahmedabad IND | 8.2 | M Mahalakshmi | Swaminathan Soumya | 1/2-1/2 | 33 | Open |
| 123 | 2023-07-06 | 49th ch-IND w 2023 | Ahmedabad IND | 7.1 | Swaminathan Soumya | Kulkarni Bhakti | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 124 | 2023-07-05 | 49th ch-IND w 2023 | Ahmedabad IND | 6.1 | Divya Deshmukh | Swaminathan Soumya | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 125 | 2023-07-04 | 49th ch-IND w 2023 | Ahmedabad IND | 5.6 | Swaminathan Soumya | Nisha Mohota | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 126 | 2023-07-03 | 49th ch-IND w 2023 | Ahmedabad IND | 4.9 | Kanishka S | Swaminathan Soumya | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 127 | 2023-07-02 | 49th ch-IND w 2023 | Ahmedabad IND | 3.5 | Swaminathan Soumya | Bristy Mukherjee | 1/2-1/2 | 74 | Open |
| 128 | 2023-07-01 | 49th ch-IND w 2023 | Ahmedabad IND | 2.6 | Sachi Jain | Swaminathan Soumya | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 129 | 2023-06-30 | 49th ch-IND w 2023 | Ahmedabad IND | 1.6 | Swaminathan Soumya | Arya G Mallar | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 130 | 2023-06-11 | 20th Asian Continental w | Almaty KAZ | 9.13 | Swaminathan Soumya | Alserkal Rouda Essa | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 131 | 2023-06-10 | 20th Asian Continental w | Almaty KAZ | 8.8 | Swaminathan Soumya | Amina Kairbekova | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 132 | 2023-06-09 | 20th Asian Continental w | Almaty KAZ | 7.7 | Aashna Makhija | Swaminathan Soumya | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 133 | 2023-06-08 | 20th Asian Continental w | Almaty KAZ | 6.8 | Swaminathan Soumya | Melika Mohammadi | 1-0 | 96 | Open |
| 134 | 2023-06-07 | 20th Asian Continental w | Almaty KAZ | 5.6 | Xeniya Balabayeva | Swaminathan Soumya | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 135 | 2023-06-06 | 20th Asian Continental w | Almaty KAZ | 4.1 | Swaminathan Soumya | Batkhuyag Munguntuul | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 136 | 2023-06-06 | 20th Asian Continental w | Almaty KAZ | 3.2 | Chitlange Sakshi | Swaminathan Soumya | 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 137 | 2023-06-05 | 20th Asian Continental w | Almaty KAZ | 2.3 | Swaminathan Soumya | Jemal Ovezdurdyyeva | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 138 | 2023-06-04 | 20th Asian Continental w | Almaty KAZ | 1.8 | Elnaz Kaliakhmet | Swaminathan Soumya | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 139 | 2023-06-03 | 20th Asian Cont. w Blitz | Almaty KAZ | 7.3 | Afruza Khamdamova | Swaminathan Soumya | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 140 | 2023-06-03 | 20th Asian Cont. w Blitz | Almaty KAZ | 6.5 | Swaminathan Soumya | Nisha Mohota | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 141 | 2023-06-03 | 20th Asian Cont. w Blitz | Almaty KAZ | 3.6 | Anjum Noshin | Swaminathan Soumya | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 142 | 2023-03-12 | 32nd PSPB Ind. Rapid 2023 | Pune IND | 9 | Mary Ann Gomes | Swaminathan Soumya | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 143 | 2023-03-11 | 32nd PSPB Ind. Rapid 2023 | Pune IND | 7 | Swaminathan Soumya | S.P. Sethuraman | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 144 | 2023-03-11 | 32nd PSPB Ind. Rapid 2023 | Pune IND | 5 | Swaminathan Soumya | Abhijeet Gupta | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 145 | 2023-03-11 | 32nd PSPB Ind. Rapid 2023 | Pune IND | 2 | Lalit Babu M R | Swaminathan Soumya | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 146 | 2023-02-16 | TCh-IND Women 2023 | Pollachi IND | 7.1 | Nischala Y | Swaminathan Soumya | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 147 | 2023-02-15 | TCh-IND Women 2023 | Pollachi IND | 6.1 | Poorna Sri M.K | Swaminathan Soumya | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 148 | 2023-02-14 | TCh-IND Women 2023 | Pollachi IND | 5.1 | Swaminathan Soumya | Aashna Makhija | 1/2-1/2 | 139 | Open |
| 149 | 2023-02-13 | TCh-IND Women 2023 | Pollachi IND | 4.2 | Swaminathan Soumya | Divyabharathi Masanam | 1/2-1/2 | 70 | Open |
| 150 | 2023-02-12 | TCh-IND Women 2023 | Pollachi IND | 3.1 | Divya Deshmukh | Swaminathan Soumya | 1-0 | 56 | Open |