1. Soumya Swaminathan's smoking habits are unknown.
2. It is also unknown whether she drinks alcohol.
3. At a young age, she tragically lost her mother in a fatal accident.
4. Born in Kerala, she was raised in Aurangabad before moving to Pune.
5. She began playing chess at the age of eight.
6. Prior to her first major success, she won the Youth Girls Championship twice.
7. She was the Indian junior girls’ champion in 2005 and 2006.
8. In 2009, she emerged victorious at the World Junior Girls’ Championship in Argentina.
9. She became the third Indian girl to win the World Junior Girls Title.
10. Her win at the 2011 Indian women’s championship was with a score of 8.5/11.
11. In 2012, she claimed the Commonwealth women’s champion title in Chennai.
12. She was the National Women’s Premier 1st Runner Up in 2015.
13. Despite tying for first place in the Moscow Open women’s section in 2016, she finished second.
14. She secured an individual Gold at the Asian Team Championship in 2016.
15. Swaminathan declined to participate in the Asian Team Chess Championship due to the compulsory-headscarf rule in Iran, which she believes violates her personal rights.
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