Dronavalli Harika

Dronavalli Harika
Full name	Dronavalli Harika
Country	India
Born	12 January 1991 (1991-01-12) (age 20) Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Title	Grandmaster (2011) International Master (2007) Woman Grand Master (2004)
FIDE rating	2505 (Sept 2011) (No. 15 woman in the September 2011 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating	2525 (Nov 2010)

Medal record
Women's Chess
Asian Games
Bronze	2010 Guangzhou	Individual

Dronavalli Harika (Telugu: ద్రోణవల్లి హారిక) is an Indian chess player. She was born on January 12, 1991 in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, and learned to play chess at age 7. She holds the titles of Grandmaster, Woman Grandmaster and International Master.^[1]

She gradually came to prominence winning the Asian Under 10 Championship and the Asian Under 12 Championship. In 2011 she won the Asian Individual Women Chess Championship 2011.^[2] Her coach is N.V.S. Raju. In July 2011, Harika achieved a rare feat to earn the Grandmaster title. She is the second Indian woman after GM Koneru Humpy to attain this top-most honour.

Achievements

• She won the silver medal in the Women's category at the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2003 in Mumbai.
• She has won three World Youth Chess Championship titles: in 2004, she won the Girls Under 14 in Heraklio, Greece, and in 2006, she won the Girls Under 18 in Batumi, Georgia.
• In 2008, she took the Girl's title at the World Junior Chess Championship at Gaziantep, Turkey, winning with a point to spare.^[3]
• She was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2007.
• She won Bronze medal in 2010 Asian Games in Woman's individual rapid event.^[4]
• She reached quarterfinal stage of Women's World Chess Championship 2010^[5]
• She achieved a rare feat to earn the Grandmaster title. She is the second Indian woman after Koneru Humpy to attain this top-most honour.^[6]

See also

• Koneru Humpy
• Padmini Rout
• Tania Sachdev
• Nadig Kruttika
• Eesha Karavade

References

1. ^ FIDE rating card for Dronavalli Harika
2. ^ "Asian Individual Women Chess Championship 2011". Chess-Results.com. 2011-05-10. http://www.chess-results.com/tnr49119.aspx?art=4&lan=1&wi=1000. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
3. ^ Dronavalli Harika player profile at ChessGames.com
4. ^ IANS (2010-11-16). "Sport / Other Sports : Harika grabs chess bronze". The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article890121.ece. Retrieved 2011-07-27. 
5. ^ Last Update: 05:23 PM IST. "Sport News India, Latest Sports News, Top Sports Stories". Deccan Chronicle. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/gritty-harika-fights-her-way-world-quarters-788. Retrieved 2011-07-27. 
6. ^ "Harika Dronavalli earns Grandmaster title in chess - Sport - DNA". Dnaindia.com. http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_harika-dronavalli-earns-grandmaster-title-in-chess_1568813. Retrieved 2011-07-27. 

External links

• Interview of Dronavalli Harika at Women's World Chess Championship 2010.

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Name	Harika, Dronavalli
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Date of birth	January 12, 1991
Place of birth	Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India
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