IMSwaminathan Soumya

IND Born 1989 (Age ≈37) Female
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.

FIDE ratings

2266.0

Classical

Published FIDE

2105

Rapid

Published FIDE

2026

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#5286
National rank · IND
#274
Women’s world rank
#216

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating
2428 Nov 2018
Recorded years
2002–2026
Archived games
783

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

FIDE rating history

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FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-09-275th Pinnacle FIDE Rated Rapid Chess TournamentRapid7

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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
151 2023-02-11 TCh-IND Women 2023 Pollachi IND 2.1 Kheerthi Ganta Swaminathan Soumya 1/2-1/2 36 Open
152 2023-01-05 48th ch-IND w 2022 Hatkanangale IND 11.7 Swaminathan Soumya Mrittika Mallick 1-0 46 Open
153 2023-01-04 48th ch-IND w 2022 Hatkanangale IND 10.3 Vantika Agrawal Swaminathan Soumya 1-0 41 Open
154 2023-01-03 48th ch-IND w 2022 Hatkanangale IND 9.3 Swaminathan Soumya Sharma Isha 1/2-1/2 27 Open
155 2023-01-02 48th ch-IND w 2022 Hatkanangale IND 8.4 Potluri Supreetha Swaminathan Soumya 0-1 57 Open
156 2023-01-01 48th ch-IND w 2022 Hatkanangale IND 7.1 Mary Ann Gomes Swaminathan Soumya 1-0 53 Open
157 2022-12-31 48th ch-IND w 2022 Hatkanangale IND 6.4 Swaminathan Soumya Sunyuktha C M N 1-0 39 Open
158 2022-12-30 48th ch-IND w 2022 Hatkanangale IND 5.4 Manisha Mohanty Kiran Swaminathan Soumya 0-1 30 Open
159 2022-12-29 48th ch-IND w 2022 Hatkanangale IND 4.5 Swaminathan Soumya Bommini Mounika Akshaya 1/2-1/2 44 Open
160 2022-12-28 48th ch-IND w 2022 Hatkanangale IND 3.12 Swaminathan Soumya Velpula Sarayu 1-0 46 Open
161 2022-12-26 48th ch-IND w 2022 Hatkanangale IND 1.3 Dakshita Kumawat Swaminathan Soumya 1/2-1/2 31 Open
162 2022-11-03 19th Asian Continental w Delhi IND 9.3 Swaminathan Soumya Thi Kim Phung Vo 0-1 46 Open
163 2022-11-03 Asian Continental Blitz w Delhi IND 9.1 Swaminathan Soumya Gulmira Dauletova 1/2-1/2 40 Open
164 2022-11-03 Asian Continental Blitz w Delhi IND 8.8 Swaminathan Soumya Xeniya Balabayeva 0-1 34 Open
165 2022-11-03 Asian Continental Blitz w Delhi IND 7.12 Nisha Mohota Swaminathan Soumya 0-1 24 Open
166 2022-11-03 Asian Continental Blitz w Delhi IND 6.14 Swaminathan Soumya Saina Salonika 1-0 36 Open
167 2022-11-03 Asian Continental Blitz w Delhi IND 5.2 S D Ranasinghe Swaminathan Soumya 0-1 44 Open
168 2022-11-03 Asian Continental Blitz w Delhi IND 4.15 Swaminathan Soumya Jemal Ovezdurdyyeva 0-1 39 Open
169 2022-11-03 Asian Continental Blitz w Delhi IND 3.12 Mrudul Dehankar Swaminathan Soumya 1-0 48 Open
170 2022-11-03 Asian Continental Blitz w Delhi IND 2.5 Swaminathan Soumya Rakshitta Ravi 0-1 37 Open
171 2022-11-03 Asian Continental Blitz w Delhi IND 1.1 Bommini Mounika Akshaya Swaminathan Soumya 0-1 30 Open
172 2022-11-02 19th Asian Continental w Delhi IND 8.1 P V Nandhidhaa Swaminathan Soumya 1-0 54 Open
173 2022-11-01 19th Asian Continental w Delhi IND 7.6 Swaminathan Soumya Nisha Mohota 1-0 63 Open
174 2022-10-31 19th Asian Continental w Delhi IND 6.3 Divya Deshmukh Swaminathan Soumya 1/2-1/2 44 Open
175 2022-10-30 19th Asian Continental w Delhi IND 5.2 Swaminathan Soumya Priyanka Nutakki 0-1 30 Open
176 2022-10-29 19th Asian Continental w Delhi IND 4.5 Nguyen Thi Mai Hung Swaminathan Soumya 0-1 45 Open
177 2022-10-28 19th Asian Continental w Delhi IND 3.1 Swaminathan Soumya Liya Kurmangaliyeva 1/2-1/2 66 Open
178 2022-10-27 19th Asian Continental w Delhi IND 2.3 Saina Salonika Swaminathan Soumya 0-1 39 Open
179 2022-10-26 19th Asian Continental w Delhi IND 1.1 Swaminathan Soumya S Dharia Parnali 1-0 36 Open
180 2022-08-05 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 7.7 Anastasia Avramidou Swaminathan Soumya 1-0 46 Open
181 2022-08-02 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 5.3 Swaminathan Soumya Lela Javakhishvili 0-1 50 Open
182 2022-08-01 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 4.9 Swaminathan Soumya Anastassia Sinitsina 1/2-1/2 43 Open
183 2022-07-31 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 3.11 Fariha Mariroh Swaminathan Soumya 0-1 74 Open
184 2022-07-30 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 2.11 Swaminathan Soumya Agnesa Stepania Ter-Avetisjana 1-0 77 Open
185 2022-07-29 Olympiad Women 2022 Chennai IND 1.11 Swaminathan Soumya Kimberly Chong 1-0 37 Open
186 2022-04-30 MPL ch-IND Blitz 2022 Nashik IND 8.11 Swaminathan Soumya P. Karthikeyan 0-1 48 Open
187 2022-04-29 MPL ch-IND Rapid 2022 Nashik IND 9.6 Swaminathan Soumya Krishna C R G 0-1 74 Open
188 2022-04-29 MPL ch-IND Rapid 2022 Nashik IND 8.13 Swaminathan Soumya P. Karthikeyan 1-0 64 Open
189 2022-03-02 47th ch-IND w 2022 Bhubaneswar IND 9.1 Divya Deshmukh Swaminathan Soumya 1/2-1/2 18 Open
190 2022-03-01 47th ch-IND w 2022 Bhubaneswar IND 8.2 Swaminathan Soumya Rout Padmini 1/2-1/2 34 Open
191 2022-02-28 47th ch-IND w 2022 Bhubaneswar IND 7.2 Bodda Pratyusha Swaminathan Soumya 1/2-1/2 49 Open
192 2022-02-28 47th ch-IND w 2022 Bhubaneswar IND 6.4 Swaminathan Soumya Saina Salonika 1-0 26 Open
193 2022-02-27 47th ch-IND w 2022 Bhubaneswar IND 5.3 Seshadri Srija Swaminathan Soumya 1/2-1/2 42 Open
194 2022-02-26 47th ch-IND w 2022 Bhubaneswar IND 4.2 Swaminathan Soumya Chitlange Sakshi 1/2-1/2 38 Open
195 2022-02-26 47th ch-IND w 2022 Bhubaneswar IND 3.4 Pandey Srishti Swaminathan Soumya 0-1 81 Open
196 2022-02-25 47th ch-IND w 2022 Bhubaneswar IND 2.4 Swaminathan Soumya Jyothsna L 1-0 42 Open
197 2022-02-25 47th ch-IND w 2022 Bhubaneswar IND 1.5 N. Patkar Nisha Swaminathan Soumya 0-1 34 Open
198 2022-01-09 Vergani Cup Jan 2022 Cattolica ITA 9.6 Swaminathan Soumya Milton Pantzar 0-1 58 Open
199 2022-01-08 Vergani Cup Jan 2022 Cattolica ITA 8.6 Vitaliy Bernadskiy Swaminathan Soumya 1-0 36 Open
200 2022-01-05 Vergani Cup Jan 2022 Cattolica ITA 5.1 Swaminathan Soumya Zdenko Kozul 1/2-1/2 49 Open