Priyanka Nutakki is the 23rd Indian Woman Grand Master (WGM) who has won several national and international chess competitions.
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Priyanka Nutakki was born on Saturday, 1 June 2002 (age 20 years; as of 2022) in Kanuru, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Gemini. She started playing chess at the age of 7 during summer vacations, when she was in second grade. He quickly learned the game and won the district level competition. His parents saw his natural talent and enrolled him in the Mustabada Chess Educational Academy in Vijayawada. He studied from Delhi Public School, Vijayawada. He started learning from the famous coach Bobba Veerabhadra Rao alias VR Bobba. After this he took training from coach Rama Raju in Hyderabad. In 2018, he trained under senior coach G. at Ponnur in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Started training under Murali Krishna. Later, he trained under coaches GM Swayam Mishra and GM Farrukh Amontov. For his graduation, he opted for a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Priyanka Nutakki (right) training with her coach VR Bobba as a child
Priyanka Nutakki with her coach GM Swayam Mishra
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 1″
Weight (Approx): 50 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is N. Radhakrishna and mother’s name is Durga Devi. He has a sister named Sindhu Nutakki.
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relationships/affairs
That is one.
livelihood
He started playing chess in 2010 in various district and state-level tournaments. She won the National Under-9 Girls Chess Championship in 2011, the National Under-11 Girls Chess Championship in 2013, and the 29th National Under-13 Girls Chess Championship in 2015. In 2012, she emerged as the winner in the under-10 age group at the Asian Youth Chess Championship for Girls. Later, in the same year, she again emerged winner in the under-10 age group at the World Youth Chess. Championship for girls.
Priyanka Nutakki with the trophy after winning the Under-10 category at the World Youth Chess Championship 2012
She participated in the World Youth Girls Under-14 Championship in 2016 and the 20th Dubai Open in 2018. She won the Riga Technical University Open Tournament – A in the girls category. In 2019, he crossed the 2300 rating criterion in the International Chess Federation (FIDE) ratings. She achieved her first Female Grand Master norm at the Relton Cup 2018–2019. During the COVID-19 pandemic, most tournaments were cancelled. In 2020, she won the Susan Polgar Foundation Girls Invitational Online Championship 2020. He accomplished his second WGM norm and first International Master (IM) norm at the 7th Sunway Sitges International Open in 2021. He completed the third and final WGM norm. MPL 47th National Women’s Chess Championship in 2022. On March 2, 2022, she became a woman grandmaster. He won the Under-20 category of the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 2022. In November 2022, he qualified for the FIDE Knockout World Cup 2023.
Priyanka Nutakki (far left) after winning the Under-20 category at the Commonwealth Chess Championship – 2022
Facts/General Knowledge
- When she won the Asian Under-12 Girls Rapid Chess Championship in 2014, she was awarded a laptop by her school.
- She is the 23rd Indian woman Grandmaster.
- He was expelled from the 2022 FIDE World Junior Chess Championship held in Italy after wireless headphones were found in his jacket pocket. He was cleared of any wrongdoing; However, he had to leave the tournament midway.
- His favorite chess book is Garry Kasparov’s My Great Predecessors.
- Apart from chess, she likes to play badminton and table tennis in her free time.
- Dr. Rajat Bhargava, Special Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, honored Priyanka on becoming the 23rd Indian Woman Grand Master on 22 March 2022.
Dr. Rajat Bhargava awarding Priyanka Nuttaki (right) after becoming the 23rd Indian Woman Grand Master.
- His focus was primarily on his education; However, she started playing chess after her parents insisted on her joining the co-curricular activity during summer vacations.
- She did not take up the game of chess seriously until she won the World Youth Chess Championship for Girls in 2012.
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