Happy GM title is finally out: R Vaishali

A Grandmaster much before the title was officially bestowed on her by FIDE recently, India player has revealed that there was a time she was unsure of being able to achieve the feat but managed to pull through owing to a good support structure. ADVERTISEMENT Vaishali completed the requisite 2500 ELO points Llobregat Open tournament in Spain to become only the third Indian woman after Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli to become a GM. However, the title was officially given to her only recently following the FIDE Council meeting during the Candidates Tournament in Toronto last month.

“After completing the [Women’s GM] title, I knew it would be changed to GM someday. I did not think about the title so much,” she told PTI in an interview. “Yeah, it took some time to get it official, but I’m happy that the title is finally out.



I was okay with it [the delay],” she added..