Dronavalli Harika
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Dronavalli Harika 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.
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
. 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.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player. She was born on January 12, 1991 in Guntur
Guntur
Guntur , is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located to the north and west of the Bay of Bengal. It is approximately to the south of the national capital, New Delhi and south east of state capital, Hyderabad. Guntur is the fourth largest city in Andhra...
district, Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, and learned to play chess at age 7. She holds the titles of Grandmaster, Woman Grandmaster and International Master.
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
Asian Chess Championship
The 2007 championship was a FIDE Zone 3 qualification event for the 2007 Chess World Cup, the next stage in the 2009 World Chess Championship. Ten players were qualified for the 2007 World Cup: Zhang Pengxiang , Wang Hao , Abhijit Kunte , Zhao Jun , Susanto Megaranto , Wen Yang , Darwin Laylo ,...
. 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
Koneru Humpy
Humpy Koneru is an Indian chess Grandmaster. Her January 2010 FIDE Elo rating is 2614, placing her number two in the world for women . In 2007 she surpassed the rating of 2577 set by Susan Polgar to become the second-highest ranked female player in history...
to attain this top-most honour.
Achievements
- She won the silver medal in the Women's category at the Commonwealth Chess ChampionshipCommonwealth Chess ChampionshipThe Commonwealth Chess Championship is a gathering of chess players from Commonwealth countries.-History:A championship was planned for New Zealand in 1949, but it was canceled because the British Chess Federation was unable to attend.-Oxford 1950:...
2003 in Mumbai. - She has won three World Youth Chess ChampionshipWorld Youth Chess ChampionshipThe World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...
titles: in 2004, she won the Girls Under 14 in Heraklio, Greece, and in 2006, she won the Girls Under 18 in BatumiBatumiBatumi is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. Sometimes considered Georgia's second capital, with a population of 121,806 , Batumi serves as an important port and a commercial center. It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in...
, GeorgiaGeorgia (country)Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
. - In 2008, she took the Girl's title at the World Junior Chess ChampionshipWorld Junior Chess ChampionshipThe World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament organized by the World Chess Federation ....
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, Turkey, winning with a point to spare. - She was awarded the Arjuna AwardArjuna awardThe Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
in 2007. - She won Bronze medal in 2010 Asian Games2010 Asian GamesThe 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990...
in Woman's individual rapid event. - She reached quarterfinal stage of Women's World Chess Championship 2010Women's World Chess Championship 2010The Women's World Chess Championship, 2010 took place in Hatay, Turkey from December 2 through 25.The tournament was played in a 64 player knockout type. Each pairing consisted of two games, one with white and one with black. The winner advanced. In case of a tie, tiebreaks were played the next day...
- 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.
See also
- Koneru HumpyKoneru HumpyHumpy Koneru is an Indian chess Grandmaster. Her January 2010 FIDE Elo rating is 2614, placing her number two in the world for women . In 2007 she surpassed the rating of 2577 set by Susan Polgar to become the second-highest ranked female player in history...
- Padmini RoutPadmini RoutPadmini Rout is a chess prodigy from Orissa, India. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She was winner of World Under-14 girl's championship, 2008...
- Tania SachdevTania SachdevTania Sachdev is an Indian chess player, who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.Tania was introduced to the game by her mother Anju in a bid to channel her restless energy into something constructive...
- Nadig KruttikaNadig KruttikaNadig Kruttika is a chess player from Maharashtra, India. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster and is winner of India's National Women A chess championship.- See also :* Tania Sachdev* Koneru Humpy* Harika Dronavalli* Padmini Rout* Eesha Karavade...
- Eesha KaravadeEesha KaravadeEesha Karavade is a chess player from Pune, India. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster and International Master.Her current Elo rating is 2365.She plays for India in Chess Olympiad....