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