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{{short description|Indian chess player}}
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{{Infobox chess player
| name = Jayshree Khadilkar Pande
| image = Jayshree Khadilkar 1979 Rio.JPG
| caption = Rio de Janeiro, 1979
| birth_name =
| country = [[India]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|4|25|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| title = [[Woman International Master]] (1979)
| rating = 2120 [inactive]
| peakrating = 2120 (January 1987)<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Khadilkar,%20Jayshree.html Khadilkar, Jayshree] FIDE rating history, 1979-2001 at OlimpBase.org</ref>
}}

'''Jayshree Khadilkar Pande''' (born 25 April 1962) is an Indian [[chess]] player who was awarded the [[FIDE]] title of [[International_Master#Woman_International_Master_.28WIM.29 | Woman International Master]] (WIM) in 1979. She was the first Indian woman to achieve this title.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess-site.com/articles/the-khadilkar-sisters/|title=The Khadilkar Sisters|last=Jackson|first=John|website=Chess-Site.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> She is the first player from India to achieve this title<ref>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> and won the [[Indian Chess Championship|Indian women's championship]] four times.<ref name="HT2012">
{{cite news
| last = Menon
| first = Ajay
| title = Anand’s win fires former chess whiz from Girgaon
| newspaper = [[Hindustan Times]]
| location = [[Mumbai]]
| pages =
| publisher =
| date = 3 June 2012
| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/comment/columnsothers/anand-s-win-fires-former-chess-whiz-from-girgaon/article1-865227.aspx
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060700/http://www.hindustantimes.com/comment/columnsothers/anand-s-win-fires-former-chess-whiz-from-girgaon/article1-865227.aspx
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 8 August 2014
| accessdate = 5 August 2014}}
</ref>

[[File:Khaldikar Schwestern 1980 Malta.JPG|thumb|left|The Khaldikar sisters at Valletta, [[24th Chess Olympiad|Chess Olympiad 1980]]]]
Jayshree Khadilkar was instrumental in changing the world of competitive chess for female players when she secured a mandate from the FIDE president, that prevented them from disqualifying female chess players from national and international tournaments due to their gender.<ref name=":0" />

The three Khadilkar [[List of chess families|sisters]], [[Vasanti Khadilkar|Vasanti]], Jayshree, and [[Rohini Khadilkar|Rohini]] dominated the women's chess championships of India, winning all the titles in its first decade.<ref name="HT2012" /> Jayshree's peak FIDE strength rating was 2120, which she earned in January 1987. Of the three sisters, she has won the most titles and tournaments.<ref name=":0" />

She is also the editor, printer, and publisher of [[Nava Kaal]] newspaper.<ref>
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| last =
| first =
| newspaper = [[Nava Kaal]]
| location = [[Mumbai]]
| title = Information box at bottom-left on Page 11
| language = Marathi
| publisher =
| date =
| url = http://navakal.org/images/epaper.pdf
| accessdate = 5 August 2014 }}
</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Fide|name=Khadilkar, Jayshree}}

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[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female chess players]]
[[Category:Chess woman International Masters]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Marathi people]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Khadilkar sisters]]

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