chennai trisha kanyamarala became irelands first woman international master wim as she clinched her third and final wim norm at the irish new year norm event which concluded in dublin earlier this week the 14yearold who hails from hyderabad scored 65 points from 9 rounds in the competition i am happy to have achieved this feat more importantly i managed to get my maiden wgm woman grandmaster norm the main aim this year is to become a wgm trisha told toitrisha who took to chess in 2014 credits her elder brother tarun a fide master fm for his constant support i took a liking for chess after watching him play we constantly practice at home and our institution portlaoise college too helps in every way possible me and my brother participate in tournaments together said trisha who is a grade viii student tarun too has been in good form in recent times he had won the limerick open in ireland last november trisha got her maiden wim norm at the iifl wealth international chess tournament in mumbai last year i got my second and third norms at competitions in ireland said trisha her father dayanand kanyamarala is an engineer while mother nandita a qualified microbiologist works as juniors officer at irish chess union and oversees the progress of the u19 agegroup players football and rugby may be among the most popular sporting disciplines in ireland but trisha feels chess too is making a mark in their bid to promote the sport in dublin both trisha and tarun have started a chess club in their school students are taking a lot of interest in this sport and we are happy to play our part in it once chess becomes part of the culture it will see more players taking it up in the coming years she said in addition to that both trisha and tarun also have their own youtube channel where they air their views on the sport and make videos related to chess the idea is to help more and more people embrace chess trisha saidtrisha wants to follow in the footsteps of world rapid champion koneru humpy i like the composure she shows in her game and would love to imbibe that despite taking a break from the sport for two years humpy showed great character to make a comeback and perform at her peak apart from humpy i also like the way d harika plays said trisha