Aarthi Ramaswamy is a chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 player from India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. She is Woman Grand Master (WGM) and is the national champion

Indian Chess Championship

The Indian Chess Championship is a yearly national chess championship of India. It was established in 1955 by the Andhra State Chess Association as a two-yearly event, but since 1971 it has been played yearly. The first edition was held in Eluru from May 15-May 28 and was jointly won by Ramchandra...

 on year 2003. In 1999, she won the girls' under-18 world championship

World Youth Chess Championship

The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...

, held in Oropesa, Spain

Oropesa, Spain

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. She is currently rated 2211.

In 1990, she took 2nd place in the India under-10 girls championship. In 1993, she took 1st place in the India under-12 girls championship. In 1995, she won the under-14 and under-16 India girls championship. In 1998 and 1999, she won the under-18 National girls title.

She is married to Indian grandmaster R. B. Ramesh.