World events Pujari has represented India in numerous
World Youth Chess Championships including 2009: U-16 girls category held in
Antalya-Turkey, and 2012: U-18 girls category held in
Slovenia). She also represented India in one of the major global chess event
World Junior Chess Championship twice which were held in
Kocaeli, Turkey in 2013 and
Pune, India in 2014.
Asian events Pujari played her first Asian event when she was nine years old. She represented India in the Asian Youth U-10 Girls Championship which was held in
Calicut in the year 2003, where she won a silver medal. Next year she went on to win gold medal in the same event, which was held in
Singapore. Along with her individual medal, India also won team gold medal in that event and Pujari claimed the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). In the year 2009, she achieved silver medal in Asian Youth U-16 Girls Championship which was held in New Delhi. Next year she secured bronze medal in the same event, which was held in
Beijing, China. Team India won the gold medal in that event. Her most notable achievement is winning the Asian Youth U-18 Girls Chess Championship which was held in
Philippines in the year 2011. In 2012, Pujari was qualified to play in Asian Junior Girls Chess Championship which was held at
Tashkent,
Uzbekistan. She performed well, but was defeated in the final game, leaving her with a bronze medal. She achieved her second
Woman International Master norm in that tournament. She also secured another bronze medal in the Asian Junior Girls
Blitz Chess Championship, which was organised after the classic event. In 2013, she represented India in Asian Junior Girls Chess Championship held in
Sharjah, UAE where she secured 7th position.
Commonwealth events Rucha has participated in numerous
Commonwealth Chess Championships including winning gold in 2006– Mumbai in U-12 girls She also participated in
Commonwealth U-16 Championship which was held in
Singapore in the year 2009, where she secured fifth position.
National events Pujari participated in the National U-7 Girls Championship which was held at
Chennai, and went on to win the tournament claiming her first national title. In 2008, Pujari won a silver medal in the National Sub-Junior Chess Championship held in
Mangalore. . In August 2010, when aged sixteen, Pujari won one of the biggest tournaments in India – The National Women Challengers Chess Championship held in
Guwahati. In the National Junior Chess Championship held in
Goa in 2011, Pujari won the runners-up trophy. One of Pujari's notable achievements came in 2012 when she participated in 27th National Junior Girls Chess Championship held in
Ajmer, Rajasthan. Seeded fourth, she scored 9/11 and became the champion, thus claiming her fourth national title so far. Next year in National Junior Girls Championship held at
Lucknow, she again scored 9 points out of possible 11, but this time tied for the first place. She was declared runner-up on
tie break. Apart from these, Pujari also took part in National Women's Team Championship which was held in
Hyderabad in 2013. Her team PSPB won the bronze medal, while she was awarded a silver medal for her individual performance on the top board.
Other major tournaments in Kolhapur, May 2014 Pujari has represented India in several international tournaments such as Villa De Sort Open Championship (2009, Spain), Ciutat de Balaguer Championship (2009, Spain), Villa De Benasque Championship (2009, Spain),
Moscow Open A Tournament (2013, Russia), 2nd Grand Europe Open (2013, Bulgaria) among few. She claimed her third international norm in Aeroflot Open (B) 2017 at
Moscow, Russia, and earned the title of
Woman International Master. Pujari has twice participated in the Maharashtra Chess League, which is held in
Pune. In 2013, she played for the team Ahmednagar Checkers, which went on to secure third place in the tournament. In 2014, Pujari was part of the team Jalgaon Battlers, which eventually went on to win the second edition of the League. ==Streaming==