Harika Dronavalli
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Harika Dronavalli (born 12 January 1991) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). She was part of the gold winning women's team at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024.[1] She has won three bronze medals in the Women's World Chess Championship, in 2012, 2015 and 2017. Harika was honored with the Arjuna Award for the year 2007–08 by the government of India.[2] In 2016, she won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix event at Chengdu, China and rose up from world no. 11 to world no. 5 in FIDE women's ranking. In 2019, she was awarded the Padma Shri for her contributions towards the field of sports.[3]
Early life
Harika was born to Ramesh and Swarna Dronavalli on 12 January 1991 in Guntur where she attended Sri Venkateswara Bala Kuteer school.[4] Her father works as a deputy executive engineer at a Panchayat Raj subdivision in Mangalagiri.[5] She started playing chess at a very young age and won a medal in the under-9 national championship. She followed it up with a silver medal in the world youth chess championship for under-10 girls. She subsequently became a student of coach NVS Ramaraju who refined her game.
Personal life
She married Hyderabad-based Karteek Chandra in August 2018.[6] She gave birth to her first child on 24 August 2022 after having played at the 2022 Chess Olympiad, where the Indian women won the bronze medal, while in her ninth month of pregnancy.[7] Her elder sister, Anusha, married Telugu film director K. S. Ravindra.[8]
Achievements
Awards
- 2003: Woman International Master (WIM) title - youngest woman international master, Asian continent
- 2004: Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Title - youngest woman grandmaster, Asian continent
- 2007: Men international master
- 2011: Grandmaster (GM) title - Second woman to become Grandmaster in India
- 2016 and 2017: Chess Player of the Year by The Times of India (TOISA Annual Awards)[9]
- 2017: Featured by Verve magazine in the top 40 popular women sportspersons of the year
- 2019: Awarded Padma Sri on 26 January (Republic Day)
Competitions
| Year | Competition | Location | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | World youth chess championship U-10 girls | Spain | Silver medal |
| 2001 | World youth chess championship U-12 girls | Spain | |
| Asian under-12 girls chess championship | Bikaner | ||
| 2002 | Asian U-18 girls chess championship | Bikaner | Gold medal |
| Asian under-12 girls chess championship | Iran | ||
| World youth chess championship U-12 girls | Greece | Bronze medal | |
| 2003 | Commonwealth women chess championship | Mumbai | Silver medal |
| Asian women chess championship | Calicut | ||
| Asian women team chess championship | Jodphur | Individual gold medal on fourth board | |
| 2004 | Commonwealth U-18 girls chess championship | Mumbai | Gold medal |
| Asian U-18 girls chess championship | Iran | Bronze medal | |
| World youth championship U-14 girls | Greece | Gold medal | |
| 2005 | Asian junior girls championship | Bikaner | Silver medal |
| 2006 | World youth championship U-18 girls | Georgia | Gold medal |
| Commonwealth women chess championship | Mumbai | ||
| 2007 | 2nd Asian indoor games | Macau | Rapid chess individual women, gold medal Classical chess individual women, bronze medal Rapid chess team, gold medal Classical chess team, silver medal Blitz chess team, silver medal |
| Asian zonal women chess championship | Bangladesh | Gold medal | |
| Commonwealth women chess championship | New Delhi | ||
| 2008 | World junior girls chess championship[10] | Turkey | |
| Asian women team chess championship - Captain | Visakhapatnam | Team, silver medal Individual silver medal on top board | |
| 2009 | Asian women team chess championship - Captain | Kolkata | Team, silver medal Individual gold medal on top board |
| III Asian Indoor Games | Vietnam | Women individual rapid chess, bronze medal Team blitz chess, bronze medal Team rapid chess, bronze medal | |
| 2010 | Commonwealth women chess championship | New Delhi | Gold medal |
| 16th Asian Games - Women's individual chess category | Guangzhou | Bronze medal | |
| 2011 | 2011 Women grandmaster chess tournament[11] | Hangzhou | Scored 5.5/9 securing her third GM norm, conferred by the 82nd FIDE Congress 2011 in Kraków[12] |
| Asian women chess championship | Iran | Gold medal | |
| Commonwealth women chess championship | South Africa | Silver medal | |
| 2012 | World women's chess championship | Khanty-Mansysk | Bronze medal |
| Asian women team chess championship | China | Team, bronze medal | |
| Women chess Olympiad | Turkey | Team, fourth place | |
| World women team chess championship | Turkey | Individual, silver medal | |
| 2014 | Asian Women Team Chess Championship | Iran | Team standard format, silver medal Individual gold medal Team rapid format, silver medal |
| 2015 | World women's online blitz championship | Rome | Gold medal |
| Asian rapid women chess championship | UAE | Bronze medal | |
| World women team chess championship | China | Individual second board, silver medal | |
| World women's chess championship[13] | Sochi | Bronze medal | |
| FIDE Women Grand Prix | Sharjah | ||
| 2016 | FIDE women grand prix | Khanty Mansiysk | Fifth |
| FIDE women grand prix | Chengdu | Gold medal | |
| Asian women team chess championship | UAE | Individual rapid format, gold medal Individual classical format, silver medal Team rapid format, bronze medal | |
| 2017 | Women's world chess championship[14] | Tehran | Bronze medal |
| 2021 | FIDE women's world team championship | Silver medal | |
| FIDE online chess Olympiad 2021 | Online | Bronze medal | |
| 2024 | Women's event at the 45th Chess Olympiad[15] | Won |
National level achievements
- 2009 - National Women Chess Championship, Chennai - Gold Medal.
- Won 16 Medals in National Level Tournaments including Women 'A' Championship, Women 'B' Championship, National Junior Girls and Sub-Junior Girls Titles during these 16 years.
References
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External links
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