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'''Bhagyashree Thipsay''' (née Sathe;<ref name="feature">D.K. Bharadwaj (2003-05-13). [http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2003/fmay2003/f130520031.html "A big boom in the brain game"]. Press Information Bureau, Government of India.</ref> born 4 August 1961) is an [[India]]n [[chess]] player holding the title of [[Woman International Master]] (WIM). She won five times the [[Indian Chess Championship|Indian Women's Championship]] (1985, 1986, 1988, 1991 and 1994) and the [[Asian Chess Championship|Asian Women's Championship]] in 1991.<ref name="feature"/> In 1984 she was joint winner with [[Vasanti Khadilkar|Vasanti Unni]] of the [[British Chess Championship|British Ladies' Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Barua Finishes Third|url=http://www.chess-mate.com/oct91.htm|website=ChessMate|access-date=1 March 2016|date=October 1991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041124213546/http://www.chess-mate.com/oct91.htm|archive-date=2004-11-24|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=British Champions 1904 – present|url=http://www.englishchess.org.uk/british-champions-1904-present/|publisher=The English Chess Federation|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626111649/https://www.englishchess.org.uk/british-champions-1904-present/|archive-date=26 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> She competed in the [[Women's World Chess Championship 2000]], losing in the first round to [[Peng Zhaoqin]].<br />
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She is recipient of [[Padma Shri]] and [[Arjuna award]]. After marriage to the chess [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] [[Praveen Thipsay]] she changed her name to Bhagyashree Sathe Thipsay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindu.com/2003/06/06/stories/2003060603402000.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320040155/http://hindu.com/2003/06/06/stories/2003060603402000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-03-20 |title=Bhagyashree is queen again |date=2003-06-06 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2014-03-24}}</ref> She works for [[IDBI]] as an officer in [[Mumbai]].<br />
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