Tania Sachdev- Chess Grandmaster.
Tania Sachdev is a wonderful chess player of India. She is known to hold the titles of International Master in 2008 and Woman Grandmaster in 2005. She became the eighth Indian Woman Grandmaster. She has gotten much success during her career. She is the winner of Bronze Medal on Board 3 with a score of 9/11 in the Istanbul Chess Olympiad 2012, Turkey.
Tania was introduced to the game by her mother Anju at the age of 6. Her parents provided her with professional training. She achieved her first international title when she was eight. As a child, Tania Sachdev won multiple events. Her career successes are under-12 Indian champion, Asian U14 girls' champion in 2000 and bronze medalist at the 1998 World U12 Girls Championship.In 2002 she won the Asian Junior Under-20 Girls Championship in Marawila.
National and international Journey.
In 2005, she became the eighth Indian player to be awarded the Woman Grandmaster title. She won the national Indian Women's Chess Championship in 2006 and 2007. In 2007 she also won the Women's Asian Chess Championship with 6½ points out of nine rounds in Tehran. She was conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2009. She took part in the 2010 Chess Olympiad and finished 4th in the Asian Games.
Sachdev was runner-up in the 38th National Women's Premier Chess Championship at Chennai.
She won the bronze medal on board three with a score of 9/11 at the Chess Olympiad 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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