# Padmini Rout > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Padmini_Rout > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Padmini_Rout.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmini_Rout > Source revision: 1337984046 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Indian chess player (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Padmini Rout | image = Rout Padmini 2009.jpg | caption = Padmini Rout, [Vlissingen](/source/Vlissingen) 2009 | country = India | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|1|5}} | birth_place = [Baramba](/source/Baramba%2C_India), [Odisha](/source/Odisha), India | death_date = | death_place = | title = [International Master](/source/International_Master) (2015)
[Woman Grandmaster](/source/Woman_Grandmaster) (2010) | rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/5029295/chart 2352] (July 2025) | peakrating = 2454 (March 2015) }} '''Padmini Rout''' (born 5 January 1994) is an Indian [chess](/source/chess) player. She holds the titles of [International Master](/source/International_Master) (IM){{Cite web |url=https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=5029295 |title=Rout Padmini chess games and profile - Chess-DB.com |website=chess-db.com |access-date=2019-11-22 |archive-date=26 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826190010/http://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=5029295 |url-status=dead }} and [Woman Grandmaster](/source/Woman_Grandmaster) (WGM).[https://ratings.fide.com/profile/5029295 Padmini, Rout], ratings.fide.com, access-date 2024-02-28 She has won the [National Women's Premier Championship](/source/Indian_Chess_Championship) five times, consecutively from 2014 to 2017 and again in 2023,{{Cite web |date=2023-07-11 |title=Padmini Rout becomes five times National Women champion by convincingly clinching the 49th edition - ChessBase India |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/49th-National-Women-Chess-Championship-2023-Round-11-report |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=www.chessbase.in}} and was the Asian women's champion in 2018.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-18 |title=Padmini Rout is the new Women's Asian Continental Champion! - ChessBase India |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Padmini-Rout-is-the-new-Asian-Continental-Champion- |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=www.chessbase.in}} Rout was honoured with the Biju Patnaik Sports Award for the year 2007 and the [Ekalavya Award](/source/Ekalavya_Award) in 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/Nov/engpdf/9-17.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820094900/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/Nov/engpdf/9-17.pdf |archive-date=20 August 2014 |url-status=dead}} ==Career== In 2005, Rout won her first national title, [Indian Youth Chess Championship](/source/Indian_Youth_Chess_Championship) (under-11 girls) at Nagpur. In 2006, she was both the [Indian Youth Chess Championship](/source/Indian_Youth_Chess_Championship) (under-13 girls) champion and the Asian under-12 girls champion.[http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=Mw== Personalities: Padmini Rout]. ''Orisports.com'' Rout won the U14 girls' section of both Asian{{cite web |last=Akbarinia |first=Arash |title=Asian Youth Championship in Teheran |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/asian-youth-championship-in-teheran/368 |publisher=ChessBase |accessdate=22 February 2016 |date=2008-07-24}} and [World Youth Chess Championship](/source/World_Youth_Chess_Championship)s in 2008. The following year she finished first in the [Asian Junior Chess Championship](/source/Asian_Junior_Chess_Championship), girls category.[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr23503.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 Asian Junior Girls Chess Championship 2009]. ''chess-results.com''. In 2008 and 2009, she won silver medal in [National Junior Girls Chess Championship (India)](/source/National_Junior_Girls_Chess_Championship_(India)). In 2010, she won gold medal in [National Junior Girls Chess Championship (India)](/source/National_Junior_Girls_Chess_Championship_(India)) and took the bronze medal at both Asian[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr35148.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 Asian Junior Girls Chess Championship 2010]. ''chess-results.com''. and [World Junior Girls Championship](/source/World_Junior_Chess_Championship)s.{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/Negi-disappoints-but-Padmini-wins-bronze/articleshow/6322267.cms |title=Negi disappoints but Padmini wins bronze - Times of India |date=2010-08-17 |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-11-01}}[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr37179.aspx?lan=1&art=1&wi=821 World Junior Girls Championship 2010]. ''chess-results.com''. In the [Asian Individual Women's Championship](/source/Asian_Chess_Championship) 2011 she tied for 2nd–6th places[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr49119.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=1&wi=1000 Asian Individual Women Chess Championship 2011]. ''chess-results.com''. and won it in 2018.{{Cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr397825.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30 |title=17th Asian Continental Chess Championships (2nd Manny Pacquiao Cup) |website=chess-results.com |access-date=2019-08-08}} Rout won the [Indian Women's Championship](/source/Indian_Chess_Championship) in 2014,[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr149511.aspx?lan=1&art=1&wi=821 41st National Women Premier Chess Championship-2014]. ''chess-results.com''. 2015, 2016 and 2017. In 2015, she also became the [Commonwealth women's champion](/source/Commonwealth_Chess_Championship).{{cite web |title=Abhijeet Gupta wins Commonwealth Chess Championship |url=http://ww2.delhichess.com/2015/06/30/439/ |publisher=Delhi Chess Association |accessdate=22 February 2016 |date=2015-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034952/http://ww2.delhichess.com/2015/06/30/439/ |archivedate=4 March 2016}} Rout played for the Indian national team at [Women's Chess Olympiad](/source/Women's_Chess_Olympiad), Women's [World Team Chess Championship](/source/World_Team_Chess_Championship) and Women's Asian Team Chess Championship.{{Cite web |url=http://aicf.in/asian-nations-cup-team-india-bags-four-medals/ |title=Asian Nations Cup: Team India bags four medals! – All India Chess Federation {{!}} Official Website|access-date=2019-08-08}} She won an individual gold medal playing on the reserve board at the [2014 Women's Chess Olympiad](/source/2014_Chess_Olympiad) in [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8), Norway.[http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/kimk6yqd.html Women's Chess Olympiads: Rout Padmini]. OlimpBase. She has been part of the Indian women's team in the subsequent Chess Olympiads in [2016](/source/Chess_Olympiad_2016) at [Baku](/source/Baku), Azerbaijan{{Cite web |url=http://www.bakuchessolympiad.com/content/54 |title=Women |website=www.bakuchessolympiad.com |access-date=2019-08-08}} and [2018](/source/Chess_Olympiad_2018) at [Batumi](/source/Batumi), Georgia.{{Cite web |url=https://batumi2018.fide.com/en/teams/india/Woman |title=India - The 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi 2018 Georgia |website=batumi2018.fide.com |language=en |access-date=2019-08-08 |archive-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808162443/https://batumi2018.fide.com/en/teams/india/Woman |url-status=dead }} She was part of the second Indian women's team at the [Chess Olympiad 2022](/source/Chess_Olympiad_2022) in [Chennai](/source/Chennai), India, playing at the second board. The team finished as eight. ==Personal life== Born in [Barambagarh](/source/Cuttack_district), [Odisha](/source/Odisha),[https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5029295&title=WIM&pb=17 WIM title application] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325042702/http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5029295&title=WIM&pb=17 |date=25 March 2016 }}. FIDE.[https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main221033.pdf IM title application]. FIDE. Padmini started playing chess at the age of 9 (2003) because of her father Dr. Ashok Kumar Rout's passion for the game. She did her schooling from [D.A.V. Public School, Chandrasekharpur](/source/D.A.V._Public_School%2C_Chandrasekharpur) and graduated in Commerce from [BJB College](/source/Buxi_Jagabandhu_Bidyadhar_College) in [Bhubaneswar](/source/Bhubaneswar). On 28 Jan 2024, Padmini married Jaikishin Mankani in Bhubaneswar.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-29 |title=Odisha Chess Icon Padmini Rout Ties the Knot in Grand Ceremony - Odisha Bhaskar English |url=https://odishabhaskar.in/odisha/odisha-chess-icon-padmini-rout-wedding-67856/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |language=en-US |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206191605/https://odishabhaskar.in/odisha/odisha-chess-icon-padmini-rout-wedding-67856/ |url-status=dead }} == Achievements == # Won her first National [Indian Youth Chess Championship](/source/Indian_Youth_Chess_Championship) (under-11 girls) in 2005 at Nagpur and also won National [Indian Youth Chess Championship](/source/Indian_Youth_Chess_Championship) (under-13 girls) in [Kolkata](/source/Kolkata). # Individual Gold medal for reserve board in Women's in [Tromsø Olympiad 2014](/source/Chess_Olympiad_2014) # Gold medal in [Asia](/source/Asia)n Continental Women 2018 # Four-times consecutive National Women's Premier Champion (2014-2017) # Gold in Blitz, Silver in both [Rapid](/source/rapid_chess) and Classical format in Asian Nations Cup 2014 for Team India # Gold in Blitz, Silver in Rapid and Bronze in Classical format in Asian Nations Cup 2018 for Team India # Gold in Asian under-12 girls and under-14 girls in 2006 and 2008 respectively. # Gold in Asian Junior (under-20) girls in 2009 and Bronze in 2010. # Gold in [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations) Women's in 2015. # Gold in World Youth under-14 in 2008. # Bronze in World Junior 2010. # Bronze in Asian Continental Women's Blitz in 2017. # Bronze in Asian Indoor Games in Rapid for Team India in 2017. # Won [National Junior Girls Chess Championship (India)](/source/National_Junior_Girls_Chess_Championship_(India)) in 2010. # Biju Patnaik Sports Award for the year 2007. # Winner of [Ekalavya Award](/source/Ekalavya_Award) in 2009.{{Cite web |date=5 January 2019 |title=The 'Indian Chess Queen' Padmini Rout turns 25 - ChessBase India |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Indian-Chess-Queen-Padmini-Rout-25th-birthday |access-date=2019-11-22 |website=www.chessbase.in}} == References == {{reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category|Padmini Rout}} * {{FIDE}} * {{365Chess.com player|Rout_Padmini|Padmini Rout}} * {{Chessgames player|113330}} {{S-start}} {{S-ach}} {{Succession box | title = [Women's Asian Chess Champion](/source/Asian_Chess_Championship) | years = 2018 | before = [Vo Thi Kim Phung](/source/Vo_Thi_Kim_Phung) | after = [Dinara Saduakassova](/source/Dinara_Saduakassova) }} {{Succession box | title = [National Women Chess Champion](/source/Indian_Chess_Champion) | years = 2023 | before = [Divya Deshmukh](/source/Divya_Deshmukh) | after = [P. V. Nandhidhaa](/source/P._V._Nandhidhaa) }} {{Succession box | title = [National Junior Girls Chess Champion](/source/National_Junior_Girls_Chess_Championship_(India)) | years = 2010 | before = [Bhakti Kulkarni](/source/Bhakti_Kulkarni) | after = [Pon Krithikha](/source/Pon_Krithikha) }} {{S-end}} {{Indian woman grandmasters}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rout, Padmini}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Chess International Masters Category:Chess Woman Grandmasters Category:Indian female chess players Category:World Youth Chess Champions Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:Sportswomen from Odisha Category:Recipients of the Ekalavya Award Category:People from Cuttack district Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen Category:21st-century Indian chess players --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Padmini Rout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmini_Rout) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmini_Rout?action=history)). 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