Soumya Swaminathan (chess player)

Soumya Swaminathan
Swaminathan in 2010
CountryIndia
Born (1989-03-21) 21 March 1989
Palakkad, India
TitleInternational Master (2020)
Woman Grandmaster (2008)
Peak rating2428 (November 2018)

Soumya Swaminathan (born 1989) is a chess player holding the title of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) from India. She won the World Junior Girls' Championship 2009 held in Puerto Madryn, Argentina, edging out Deysi Cori and Betül Cemre Yıldız on tiebreak score. She withdrew from the chess championships held in Iran in 2018 as a protest against the compulsory headscarf rule for women by Irans Islamic government.

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