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Harika Dronavalli (born 12 January 1991) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM ). 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.[1 ] 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.[2 ]
Early life
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Harika was born to Ramesh and Swarna Dronavalli on 12 January 1991 in Guntur where she attended Sri Venkateswara Bala Kuteer school[3 ] [4 ] Koneru Humpy .
Personal life
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Achievements
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2021
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Won Silver Medal at 2021 FIDE Women's World Team Championship.
Won Bronze Medal at FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021.
2019
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2017
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Bronze Medal at the Women's World Chess Championship, 10 February – 4 March, Tehran, Iran.[7 ] [8 ]
2016
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FIDE Women Grand Prix, Khanty Mansiysk - 5th position
FIDE Women Grand Prix, Chengdu - Gold Medal.
Asian Women Team Chess Championship, UAE - Member Indian Team
Individual Gold medal in Rapid format.
Individual Silver Medal on Top Board in Classical format.
Team won Bronze Medal in Rapid format.
2015
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World Women's Online Blitz Championship, Rome - Gold Medal.
Asian Rapid Women Chess Championship, UAE - Bronze Medal.
World Women Team Chess Championship, China - Member Indian Team
Individual Silver Medal in Second Board
Team stood 4th place.
World Women's Chess Championship, Sochi - Bronze Medal.
FIDE Women Grand Prix, Sharjah - Bronze Medal.
2014
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Asian Women Team Chess Championship, Iran - Member Indian Team
Team won Silver medal in Standard format
Individual Gold Medal on Top Board
Team won Silver medal in Rapid format
2012
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World Women's Chess Championship, Khanty-Mansysk - Bronze Medal.
Asian Women Team Chess Championship, China - Member Indian Team
Women Chess Olympiad, Turkey - Member Indian Team
Team got 4th place (best result in Indian Women Chess History.)
World Women Team Chess Championship, Turkey, - Member Indian Team
Individual Silver Medal in Second Board
Team stood 4th place.
2011
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2011 Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament, Hangzhou, China[9 ] norm (The GM title was conferred by the FIDE Congress 2011[10 ]
Asian Women Chess Championship, Iran - Gold Medal.
Commonwealth Women Chess Championship, South Africa - Silver Medal.
Grandmaster (GM ) Title - Second Woman to Become Grandmaster in India.
2010
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Commonwealth Women Chess Championship, New Delhi - Gold Medal.
16th Asian Games, Women's Individual Chess Category, Guangzhou China - Bronze Medal.
2009
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Asian Women Team Chess Championship, Kolkata - Captain Indian Women's Team
Team won Silver Medal
Individual Gold Medal on Top Board.
III Asian Indoor Games, Vietnam
Women Individual Rapid Chess - Bronze Medal.
Member in Team Blitz Chess - Bronze Medal.
Team Rapid Chess - Bronze Medal.
2008
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World Junior Girls Chess Championship, Turkeym - Gold Medal.
Asian Women Team Chess Championship, Visakhapatnam - Captain Indian Team
Team won Silver Medal
Individual Silver Medal on Top Board.
2007
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Men International Master
2nd Asian Indoor Games, Macau
Rapid Chess Individual Women - Gold Medal.
Classical Chess Individual Women - Bronze Medal.
2nd Asian Indoor Games, Macau - Member Team India
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 - Gold Medal.
2006
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World Youth Championship U-18 Girls, Georgia - Gold Medal.
Commonwealth Women Chess Championship, Mumbai - Gold Medal.
2005
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Asian Junior Girls Championship, Bikaner - Silver Medal.
2004
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Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Title - Youngest Woman Grandmaster in Asian Continent.
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.
2003
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Commonwealth Women Chess Championship, Mumbai - Silver Medal.
Asian Women Chess Championship, Calicut - Silver Medal.
Woman International Master (WIM) Title - Youngest Woman International Master in Asian Continent.
Asian Women Team Chess Championship, Jodhpur -Member Indian Team
Team won Bronze Medal.
Individual Gold Medal on 4th Board.
2002
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Asian U-18 Girls Chess Championship, Bikaner - Gold Medal.
Asian Under-12 Girls Chess Championship, Iran - Gold Medal.
World Youth Chess Championship U-12 Girls, Greece - Bronze Medal.
2001
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World Youth Chess Championship U-12 Girls, Spain - Silver Medal
Asian Under-12 Girls Chess Championship, Bikaner - Silver Medal
2000
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World Youth Chess Championship U-10 Girls, Spain - Silver Medal
National level achievements
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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.
Other achievements
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Chess Player of the Year - 2016 and 2017 by The Times of India (TOISA Annual Awards)
Featured by Verve magazine in 2017 amongst the top 40 popular women sportspersons of the year[11 ]
References
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^ Subrahmanyam, V. V. (3 August 2011). "Calculated moves" . The Hindu . ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 31 May 2019 .
^ "Harika's parents on cloud nine" . The Hindu . 6 August 2008. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 3 May 2018 .
^ "Harika Dronavalli's Wonderful Wedding" . 30 August 2018.
^ Jain, Rupam (7 June 2015). "I am uncool, but I'm cool with that: Dronavalli Harika" . The Times of India .
^ Administrator. "Harika, Dronavalli FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers" . ratings.fide.com . Retrieved 25 August 2017 .
^ "World Women's Chess Championship: Harika Dronavalli won bronze and shockingly, India didn't even cheer" . Firstpost . 28 February 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017 .
^ Administrator. "2011 Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament September 2011 China FIDE Chess Tournament report" . ratings.fide.com .
^ Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)" . ratings.fide.com .
^ Alter, Jamie (20 March 2017). "Mahindra Scorpio TOISA: Harika Dronavalli is Chess Player of the Year" . The Times of India . Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harika_Dronavalli&oldid=1227866623 "
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