vantika agarwal
– Photo: Amar Ujala
Expansion
India’s chess player Vantika Agarwal is running in excellent rhythm ahead of the Asian Games. He has played four international tournaments in the last two months. During this, he has scored 61 points in the FIDE rating (International Chess Federation). On the basis of this brilliant performance, she has become the third best ranked player in the country. Now only Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli are above Vantika. Humpy is the country’s top-ranked female player. Whereas, Harika is in second place.
Women Grandmaster Vantika has 2428 rating points, while Harika has 2501 and Humpy has 2567. Vantika clinched her third and final IM norm in Budapest and became the 11th Indian woman to hold the International Master title in chess. He will be selected for the Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China. There will be a lot of expectations from him in this tournament as well.
Champion in Menorca Open
Vantika had become the women’s champion at the Menorca Open in Spain last month. She has also won a bronze medal in the National Women’s Championship held at Kohlapur in January 2023 and a gold medal for the Airport Authority of India in February 2023. She played on the first board for India’s second team at the 44th Chess Olympiad in 2022 and was the only Indian player to achieve the IM norm.
Woman Grand Master was made in 2021
Vantika had achieved the title of Women’s Grand Master in 2021 and became the National Women’s Champion. He won a gold medal for his school, SRCC, at the FIDE Binance B-School Cup earlier this year. In 2020, she was part of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the Chess Olympiad. Vantika has been honored by the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was also honored with the President’s Award by former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee for her excellence in sports.
