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Harika Dronavalli
H Dronavalli 
 

Number of games in database: 1,846
Years covered: 2000 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2483 (2433 rapid, 2389 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2539
Overall record: +328 -205 =576 (55.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 737 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English (127) 
    A15 A13 A10 A14 A11
 Reti System (114) 
    A04 A06 A05
 Queen's Pawn Game (80) 
    D02 A45 E00 D00 A46
 King's Indian (55) 
    E63 E90 E62 E71 E60
 Sicilian (53) 
    B22 B32 B28 B51 B47
 Slav (47) 
    D15 D17 D11 D12 D10
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (123) 
    B33 B30 B31 B32 B27
 French Defense (104) 
    C05 C01 C18 C02 C07
 King's Indian (83) 
    E67 E70 E62 E60 E81
 Queen's Pawn Game (73) 
    D02 A40 A46 A45 E10
 Queen's Gambit Declined (68) 
    D35 D31 D37 D30 D38
 Ruy Lopez (58) 
    C67 C65 C70 C60 C63
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   H Dronavalli vs Z Rahman, 2004 1-0
   S Andriasyan vs H Dronavalli, 2006 0-1
   H Dronavalli vs S Cua, 2008 1-0
   S Khademalsharieh vs H Dronavalli, 2016 1/2-1/2
   Short vs H Dronavalli, 2016 0-1
   Y Prathiba vs H Dronavalli, 2001 0-1
   Kosteniuk vs H Dronavalli, 2015 0-1
   T Abrahamyan vs H Dronavalli, 2015 0-1
   H Dronavalli vs I Krush, 2015 1/2-1/2
   H Dronavalli vs A Stefanova, 2012 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Global Chess League (2023)
   FIDE World Cup Women (2023)
   World Junior Championship (Girls) (2007)
   Tata Steel India (Women) (2022)
   World Junior Championship (Girls) (2005)
   Reykjavik Open (2014)
   Commonwealth and South African Open (2011)
   Reykjavik Open (2017)
   Reykjavik Open (2009)
   Commonwealth Championship (2010)
   Gibraltar Masters (2008)
   Tromso Olympiad (Women) (2014)
   Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (Women) (2010)
   Gibraltar Masters (2010)
   Gibraltar Masters (2013)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Cairns Cup
   H Dronavalli vs Z Tan (Jun-14-25) 1/2-1/2
   N Dzagnidze vs H Dronavalli (Jun-13-25) 0-1
   H Dronavalli vs M Muzychuk (Jun-12-25) 1/2-1/2
   N Batsiashvili vs H Dronavalli (Jun-11-25) 1/2-1/2
   H Dronavalli vs C Yip (Jun-10-25) 1-0

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HARIKA DRONAVALLI
(born Jan-12-1991, 34 years old) India

[what is this?]
WGM (2004) and GM (2011). Harika is a bright young talent from India. Her achievements include conquering the world titles of World Youth Champion in 2006 (Girls Under-18) and U-14 Girls Champion in 2004. In 2007 Harika became the Women's Commonwealth Chess Champion. She added another feather to her cap, by becoming Women's World Junior Champion in 2008.

In 2011, Harika won her 3rd GM norm when she came second in the 1st Hangzhou Women's GM Tournament (2011) to become India's second female grandmaster. In August 2012, she came =3rd at the Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament 2012 with 7/9, half a point behind the joint leaders. She competed in the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012) and defeated Indian WGM Soumya Swaminathan, Armenian GM Elina Danielian, Georgian IM and WGM Lela Javakhishvili, and Chinese GM Zhao Xue to reach the semi finals. There she met and lost to former Women's World Champion, Bulgarian GM Antoaneta Stefanova to bow out of the contest.

Live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/women

Wikipedia article: Dronavalli Harika


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 page 1 of 74; games 1-25 of 1,846  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Dronavalli vs A Muzychuk  1-0492000Wch U10 GirlsA04 Reti Opening
2. A Gokhale vs H Dronavalli  ½-½352001IND-ch (Women)D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
3. H Dronavalli vs S Dhar  1-0502001IND-ch (Women)A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
4. Y Prathiba vs H Dronavalli  1-0622001IND-ch (Women)C05 French, Tarrasch
5. A Gokhale vs H Dronavalli  1-0652001Asian-ch (Women) 9thD91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
6. H Dronavalli vs X Gu  ½-½912001Asian-ch (Women) 9thA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
7. M Geldiyeva vs H Dronavalli  ½-½402001Asian-ch (Women) 9thA15 English
8. B Thipsay vs H Dronavalli  0-1632001Asian-ch (Women) 9thC02 French, Advance
9. H Dronavalli vs G Swathi  0-1412001Asian-ch (Women) 9thA06 Reti Opening
10. H Dronavalli vs J Zhang  0-1672001Asian-ch (Women) 9thA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
11. Y Prathiba vs H Dronavalli  0-1392001Asian-ch (Women) 9thC05 French, Tarrasch
12. H Dronavalli vs K Le  ½-½542001Asian-ch (Women) 9thA04 Reti Opening
13. I Khamrakulova vs H Dronavalli 1-0292001Asian-ch (Women) 9thC02 French, Advance
14. A Khanam vs H Dronavalli  0-1502001Asian-ch (Women) 9thA48 King's Indian
15. A Muzychuk vs H Dronavalli 1-0432001Wch U12 GirlsC18 French, Winawer
16. H Dronavalli vs Lagno  1-0342001Wch U12 GirlsA06 Reti Opening
17. H Dronavalli vs W Ju  1-0332002Wch U12 GirlsE64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
18. E Kovalevskaya vs H Dronavalli  1-0322002World Cup (Women)B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
19. H Dronavalli vs S Matveeva  0-1522002World Cup (Women)A30 English, Symmetrical
20. Chiburdanidze vs H Dronavalli  0-1522002World Cup (Women)E60 King's Indian Defense
21. V Cmilyte vs H Dronavalli  1-0732002World Cup (Women)D97 Grunfeld, Russian
22. H Dronavalli vs R Li  ½-½572002World Cup (Women)D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
23. A Muzychuk vs H Dronavalli  0-1652002Wch U12 GirlsB25 Sicilian, Closed
24. N Pogonina vs H Dronavalli  ½-½432002Wch U20 Girls 19thC05 French, Tarrasch
25. H Dronavalli vs N Kosintseva  ½-½652002Wch U20 Girls 19thA04 Reti Opening
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Feb-22-08  VishyFan: Harika for some reason has withdrawn from the Aeroflot A2 Group after 5 rounds (2.5/5 TPR:2490), don't know why.....

She will gain 2.5 ELO from Aeroflot and is effectively 2467 now.....

Around the same time last year, Harika has withdrawn from the Kolkatta GM tournament due to some illness. Bad time of the year for her again....

Apr-16-08  VishyFan: Harika scored 4/9 in the Ataurk Womens International Championship and will lose 3.7 ELO based on that performance...
Aug-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: http://sports.indiatimes.com/articl...
Aug-15-08  hitman84: Congratulations to the new world junior girls champion!
Aug-15-08  yalie: wow! India rocks on her independence day.

World Champion - India
World Rapid Chess Champion - India

World Junior Chess Champion - India

World Junior Girls Chess Champion - India

only the World Womens Champion is left
If Koneru Humpy or Harika Dronavalli win it - it will be a clean sweep.

If you add this too:

World Blitz Runner up - India
World Junior Runner up - India

looks darn good!

Aug-15-08  arifattar: Yeah Chess should be in the Olympics.
Aug-15-08  Udit Narayan: chak de india!
Sep-30-08  samsal27: <yalie> <World Champion - India World Rapid Chess Champion - India
World Junior Chess Champion - India
World Junior Girls Chess Champion - India >
World Under 8 Girls Champion -India
Nov-17-08  whiteshark: Dronavalli Harika @ Dresden 2008:
http://chessbase.de/2008/dresdenoly...
Dec-05-08  bharatiy: Harika got invitation to Corus C, hope her performance is good.
Jan-12-09  brankat: Happy Birthday, and good luck in Corus!
Jan-21-09  bharatiy: after Four rounds in Corus C, Harika is doing OK, she is just playing at par with her rating, I would have liked if she was playing much better. Such opportunities are rare and you should take maximum advantage of it. Anyway all the best to her!!
Jan-22-09  bharatiy: Harika drew fifth game, actually she outplayed her opponent but could not convert advantage. Anyway she is slightly above her rating so hope she can play much better and get some ration points and invites.
Jan-24-09  bharatiy: Harika is doing good, just above her rating but would love if she plays little better.
Jan-28-09  yalie: She beat Howell today to be +1. With another win, she may be close to a GM norm.
Jan-29-09  bharatiy: what should be her final score to get a GM norm?
Jan-29-09  bharatiy: I dont understand rules clearly, but from whatever I could gather most important is Harika should achieve 2600 performance. Till now its been 2560 for her. If she achieves that it will be a norm for sure. Hope she manages that. Correct me if I am wrong. Also she must go to 2500 rating itself to be considered for title.
Dec-12-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: With 6 wins and 5 draws she became today the 36th Champion of India!

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr278...

Dec-22-09  VishyFan: Harika playing for India in the Asian Team chess championship.... Round 1 is underway.......

Live games here.........

http://www.asianteamchess09.com/liv...

Feb-16-10  stanleys: Watching Hou Yifan's game at Aeroflot:

http://rsport.netorn.ru/ao10/06/IMG...

Feb-19-10  stanleys: http://rsport.netorn.ru/ao10/06/IMG...
http://rsport.netorn.ru/ao10/03/IMG...
Mar-03-10  akhc: Looks like Harika has just gotten a GM norm at Rejkyavik this year. Congrats :D and she picked up 17 rating points as well. Is this her first?
Mar-06-10  indianchessupdates: .

Former world junior girls' champion D Harika finished with 6.0/9 points in Reykjavik International Open and also made her maiden Grandmaster norm in the event along with the best woman player prize.

Find more on indian players performance in

http://indianchessupdates.blogspot....

Apr-09-10  indianchessupdates: .

After string of good performance in Reykjavik Open and ongoing 12th Dubai Open, Harika is on 2500.2 in live ratings and she will become the 2nd women from india to cross the 2500 mark.

For More on Indian Players

http://indianchessupdates.blogspot....

Aug-07-10  niemzo: I think she just made another gm norm in the Kavala open. She had a 2608 performance rating, finishing 12th with 6/9.
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