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India’s first Woman Grandmaster calls Vaishali’s push to remove women’s chess titles 'unfair and hurtful'
FirstpostSubbaraman Vijayalakshmi, India’s first Woman Grandmaster, has expressed disapproval for R Vaishali’s call to abolish women-specific titles in chess. Images: Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi on X/PTI India’s first Woman Grandmaster, Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi, has expressed disapproval at Grandmaster R Vaishali’s recent comments that titles like WGM and Woman International Master “can create a false sense of achievement” and need to be removed. “As India’s first woman Grandmaster, I find it deeply unfair and hurtful that you would suggest abolishing these titles. Vaishali: ‘WGM title should be removed’ Vaishali, who became a WGM in 2018 and the third Indian woman to become a Grandmaster in 2023, had recently said that abolishing women’s titles would allow female chess players to aim big and compete directly for GM title.
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