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Soumya Swaminathan
S Swaminathan 
 

Number of games in database: 422
Years covered: 2005 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2256 (2111 rapid, 2026 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2386
Overall record: +146 -140 =100 (50.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 36 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (81) 
    B90 B78 B42 B94 B48
 Ruy Lopez (41) 
    C78 C79 C90 C77 C84
 Sicilian Najdorf (27) 
    B90 B94 B91 B99 B97
 Caro-Kann (22) 
    B12 B10 B18 B17
 French Defense (20) 
    C02 C11 C18 C16 C10
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (9) 
    B67 B63 B65 B62 B61
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (86) 
    B67 B62 B31 B56 B30
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (23) 
    B67 B62 B69 B68
 King's Indian (19) 
    E73 E60 E61 E75 E99
 Reti System (15) 
    A04 A05 A06
 Slav (13) 
    D12 D17 D10 D11
 Grunfeld (12) 
    D85 D94 D70 D72 D80
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Michna vs S Swaminathan, 2012 0-1
   B Munguntuul vs S Swaminathan, 2007 0-1
   A Zatonskih vs S Swaminathan, 2012 0-1
   A Salvador vs S Swaminathan, 2007 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship (Girls) (2009)
   Asian Continental Championship (Women) (2016)
   World Junior Championship (Girls) (2007)
   Hoogeveen Open (2025)
   Baku Olympiad (Women) (2016)
   Women's World Team Championship (2015)
   Indian Championship (2010)
   Commonwealth Championship (2008)
   Gibraltar Masters (2017)
   Istanbul Olympiad (Women) (2012)
   Moscow Open-A (2019)
   Sharjah Masters (2018)
   Reykjavik Open (2017)
   Rilton Cup 2018/19 (2018)
   London Chess Classic Open (2016)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Bavarian Open
   S Swaminathan vs P Pultinevicius (Nov-09-25) 1/2-1/2
   G Schmidt vs S Swaminathan (Nov-08-25) 0-1
   S Swaminathan vs Y Jin (Nov-07-25) 0-1
   S Swaminathan vs Y Yelisieiev (Nov-05-25) 1/2-1/2
   S Swaminathan vs C Gokerkan (Nov-02-25) 0-1

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SOUMYA SWAMINATHAN
(born Mar-21-1989, 36 years old) India

[what is this?]

International Master (and Woman Grandmaster). She won the World Junior Championship (Girls) (2009). She competed in the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2012), but lost in the first round to Indian GM Harika Dronavalli. Indian Women's Champion in 2010 and =1st (3rd on tiebreak) in 2013.

Wikipedia article: Soumya Swaminathan (chess player)

Last updated: 2025-10-29 18:53:23

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 page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 422  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Purtseladze vs S Swaminathan  1-0412005Wch U18 GirlsE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
2. Negi vs S Swaminathan  1-0422006New Delhi Parsvnath op 4thB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
3. S Swaminathan vs Y Shen  0-1532006World Junior Championship (Girls)C78 Ruy Lopez
4. S Swaminathan vs E Frisk  1-0502006World Junior Championship (Girls)C07 French, Tarrasch
5. N Darbinyan vs S Swaminathan  0-1362006World Junior Championship (Girls)A04 Reti Opening
6. S Swaminathan vs V Papadopoulou  1-0472006World Junior Championship (Girls)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
7. J Zhang vs S Swaminathan  1-0462006World Junior Championship (Girls)B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
8. D Flores vs S Swaminathan  1-0472007Balaguer op 12thA36 English
9. S Swaminathan vs L Alaverdyan  1-0252007World Junior Championship (Girls)B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
10. M Bokuchava vs S Swaminathan  0-1442007World Junior Championship (Girls)A45 Queen's Pawn Game
11. S Swaminathan vs S Guramishvili  0-1352007World Junior Championship (Girls)B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
12. N Darbinyan vs S Swaminathan  0-1532007World Junior Championship (Girls)E97 King's Indian
13. S Vega Gutierrez vs S Swaminathan  1-0332007World Junior Championship (Girls)B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
14. S Swaminathan vs J Zawadzka  0-1392007World Junior Championship (Girls)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
15. A Salvador vs S Swaminathan  0-1332007World Junior Championship (Girls)B20 Sicilian
16. S Swaminathan vs E Tairova  0-1362007World Junior Championship (Girls)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
17. S Limontaite vs S Swaminathan  ½-½862007World Junior Championship (Girls)E73 King's Indian
18. S Swaminathan vs L Martirosyan  1-0272007World Junior Championship (Girls)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
19. S Swaminathan vs A Kharatyan  1-0372007World Junior Championship (Girls)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
20. B Munguntuul vs S Swaminathan 0-11092007World Junior Championship (Girls)B41 Sicilian, Kan
21. S Swaminathan vs Ramteke Ishwar  1-0252008Commonwealth ChampionshipC41 Philidor Defense
22. O De Silva vs S Swaminathan  0-1322008Commonwealth ChampionshipE99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
23. S Swaminathan vs S P Sethuraman  0-1372008Commonwealth ChampionshipC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
24. B Prince vs S Swaminathan  0-1332008Commonwealth ChampionshipB86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
25. S Swaminathan vs S Kidambi  ½-½462008Commonwealth ChampionshipC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
 page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 422  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-05-08  whiteshark: Grandmaster title (WGM) approved to her at the 79th FIDE Congress which was held 16-26 November 2008 in Dresden, Germany.

Congratulations!

(She is from India)

Nov-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Born in 1989. She won today the 48th World Junior Championship (Buenos Aires),

http://chess-results.info/tnr26637.... http://www.chubutdeportes.org/MUNDI...

Congratulations!

Nov-03-09  Ragh: Congrats on winning the World Junior Girls (U-20) title!
Nov-04-09  Open Defence: Congrats to the World Girls Junior Champ!!!
Nov-05-09  Open Defence: actually it should be Soumya Swaminathan..
Jan-17-10  jon01: She is playing Corus C 2010, let's see how she can handle much stronger opposition than in U-20 Girls WCh.
Jan-20-10  wolfmaster: Not too well, apparently...
Jan-23-10  jon01: Well, she is definitely the weakest player there indeed.
Jan-27-10  Willem Wallekers: Picture please ....!!!!
With her brightest smile ...
Jan-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Smile :)

http://www.indianchessfed.org/photo... http://www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/...

Jan-06-11  wordfunph: <Willem Wallekers: Picture please ....!!!! With her brightest smile ...>

http://www.chessdom.com/news-2011/s...

Mar-21-12  BIDMONFA: Soumya Swaminathan

SOUMYA, Swaminathan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/soumya_swam...
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Dec-30-13  nolanryan: please try harder next time
Aug-21-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: <https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/...>

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Aug-21-14  waustad: She does have one of the great smiles in chess.
Aug-21-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Lovely indeed.
Aug-21-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: I like picture no. 3--such innocence! And, she could probably still beat me, at age 3.
Dec-03-14  fisayo123: She's very beautiful indeed.
Jun-14-18  PivotalAnorak: https://www.chess.com/news/view/wgm...

Miss Swaminathan 1 - Bearded scum 0

Oct-19-18  sonia91: She finally crossed 2400 in the October 2018 list, after good results in Barcelona, Spain and Trieste, Italy. This means she finally gains the IM title, as she already had the norms: https://ratings.fide.com/title_norm...
Feb-19-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: < Jan-23-10 jon01: Well, she is definitely the weakest player [at Corus C 2010] indeed. >

And she's also the lowest rated player (and only WGM) at Aeroflot 2020. However, she managed to hold GM Aryan Chopra to a draw in Round 1.

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