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GMHarika Dronavalli

IND Born 1991 (Age ≈35) Female
FIDE ID
5015197

About Harika Dronavalli

Harika Dronavalli grew up in Guntur and developed her chess with coach N. V. S. Ramaraju. She won world girls' titles in the under-12, under-18 and junior categories. At eighteen she became Indian women's champion. Show more

Harika Dronavalli grew up in Guntur and developed her chess with coach N. V. S. Ramaraju. She won world girls' titles in the under-12, under-18 and junior categories. At eighteen she became Indian women's champion. She went on to earn the unrestricted grandmaster title, following Koneru Humpy as the second Indian woman to do so. At the Women's World Championship she won three bronze medals. She also became Asian women's champion in 2011. In 2022 she played in the Chennai Olympiad during the final month of her pregnancy, helping India win its first women's team medal. Her daughter was born later that month.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2444.0

Published FIDE

Rapid

2438

Published FIDE

Blitz

2355

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#1074
National rank · IND
#75
Women’s world rank
#26

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2543 Nov 2016
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
1786

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Rating history

FIDE rating history

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
1501 2014-10-05 PokerStars IoM Masters 2014 Douglas ENG 2.17 Harika Dronavalli Johnatan Bakalchuk Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
1502 2014-10-04 PokerStars IoM Masters 2014 Douglas ENG 1.18 Eddie Luiz G. Sant Anna Harika Dronavalli Won: 0-1 38 Open
1503 2014-09-06 Sharjah WGP 2014 Sharjah UAE 11.3 Harika Dronavalli Tuvshintugs Batchimeg Won: 1-0 83 Open
1504 2014-09-05 Sharjah WGP 2014 Sharjah UAE 10.4 Elina Danielian Harika Dronavalli Won: 0-1 89 Open
1505 2014-09-04 Sharjah WGP 2014 Sharjah UAE 9.1 Harika Dronavalli Wenjun Ju Lost: 0-1 41 Open
1506 2014-09-02 Sharjah WGP 2014 Sharjah UAE 8.3 Chen Zhu Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 18 Open
1507 2014-09-01 Sharjah WGP 2014 Sharjah UAE 7.5 Harika Dronavalli Anna Ushenina Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
1508 2014-08-31 Sharjah WGP 2014 Sharjah UAE 6.1 Tatiana Kosintseva Harika Dronavalli Lost: 1-0 32 Open
1509 2014-08-30 Sharjah WGP 2014 Sharjah UAE 5.6 Harika Dronavalli Humpy Koneru Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
1510 2014-08-28 Sharjah WGP 2014 Sharjah UAE 4.1 Xue Zhao Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 58 Open
1511 2014-08-27 Sharjah WGP 2014 Sharjah UAE 3.6 Yifan Hou Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
1512 2014-08-26 Sharjah WGP 2014 Sharjah UAE 2.2 Harika Dronavalli Nafisa Muminova Won: 1-0 50 Open
1513 2014-08-25 Sharjah WGP 2014 Sharjah UAE 1.5 Alina L`Ami Harika Dronavalli Won: 0-1 56 Open
1514 2014-08-14 41st Olympiad Women 2014 Tromso NOR 11.7 Corina-Isabela Peptan Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
1515 2014-08-12 41st Olympiad Women 2014 Tromso NOR 10.9 Monika Mueller-Seps Harika Dronavalli Won: 0-1 38 Open
1516 2014-08-11 41st Olympiad Women 2014 Tromso NOR 9.4 Harika Dronavalli Anna Muzychuk Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
1517 2014-08-10 41st Olympiad Women 2014 Tromso NOR 8.7 Harika Dronavalli Irine Kharisma Sukandar Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
1518 2014-08-09 41st Olympiad Women 2014 Tromso NOR 7.1 Zhaoqin Peng Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
1519 2014-08-08 41st Olympiad Women 2014 Tromso NOR 6.13 Harika Dronavalli Sabrina Vega Gutierrez Won: 1-0 45 Open
1520 2014-08-06 41st Olympiad Women 2014 Tromso NOR 5.2 Veronika Exler Harika Dronavalli Won: 0-1 34 Open
1521 2014-08-05 41st Olympiad Women 2014 Tromso NOR 4.11 Harika Dronavalli Jovana Rapport Won: 1-0 62 Open
1522 2014-08-04 41st Olympiad Women 2014 Tromso NOR 3.1 Guliskhan Nakhbayeva Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
1523 2014-08-03 41st Olympiad Women 2014 Tromso NOR 2.6 Harika Dronavalli Sandra De Blecourt Won: 1-0 32 Open
1524 2014-07-01 Lopota WGP 2014 Lopota GEO 11.1 Harika Dronavalli Antoaneta Stefanova Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
1525 2014-06-30 Lopota WGP 2014 Lopota GEO 10.6 Nana Dzagnidze Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
1526 2014-06-29 Lopota WGP 2014 Lopota GEO 9.2 Harika Dronavalli Wenjun Ju Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
1527 2014-06-27 Lopota WGP 2014 Lopota GEO 8.5 Yifan Hou Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 53 Open
1528 2014-06-26 Lopota WGP 2014 Lopota GEO 7.3 Harika Dronavalli Xue Zhao Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
1529 2014-06-25 Lopota WGP 2014 Lopota GEO 6.4 Humpy Koneru Harika Dronavalli Lost: 1-0 96 Open
1530 2014-06-24 Lopota WGP 2014 Lopota GEO 5.4 Harika Dronavalli Bella Khotenashvili Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
1531 2014-06-22 Lopota WGP 2014 Lopota GEO 4.3 Nafisa Muminova Harika Dronavalli Won: 0-1 29 Open
1532 2014-06-21 Lopota WGP 2014 Lopota GEO 3.5 Harika Dronavalli Elina Danielian Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
1533 2014-06-20 Lopota WGP 2014 Lopota GEO 2.2 Alexandra Kosteniuk Harika Dronavalli Won: 0-1 50 Open
1534 2014-06-19 Lopota WGP 2014 Lopota GEO 1.6 Harika Dronavalli Anna Muzychuk Draw: 1/2-1/2 77 Open
1535 2014-05-25 Asian Nations Cup w 2014 Tabriz IRI 4.3 Wenjun Ju Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
1536 2014-05-24 Asian Nations Cup w 2014 Tabriz IRI 3.2 Harika Dronavalli Minoo Asgarizadeh Won: 1-0 35 Open
1537 2014-05-23 Asian Nations Cup w 2014 Tabriz IRI 2.2 Nguyen Thi Mai Hung Harika Dronavalli Won: 0-1 27 Open
1538 2014-05-22 Asian Nations Cup w 2014 Tabriz IRI 1.3 Harika Dronavalli Guliskhan Nakhbayeva Won: 1-0 58 Open
1539 2014-04-28 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 30.6 Valentina Gunina Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 71 Open
1540 2014-04-28 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 29.6 Harika Dronavalli Valentina Gunina Lost: 0-1 32 Open
1541 2014-04-28 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 28.7 Mariya Muzychuk Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
1542 2014-04-28 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 27.7 Harika Dronavalli Mariya Muzychuk Draw: 1/2-1/2 80 Open
1543 2014-04-28 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 26.4 Harika Dronavalli Tatiana Kosintseva Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
1544 2014-04-28 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 25.4 Tatiana Kosintseva Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
1545 2014-04-28 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 24.3 Harika Dronavalli Xue Zhao Lost: 0-1 41 Open
1546 2014-04-28 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 23.3 Xue Zhao Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
1547 2014-04-28 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 22.1 Nana Dzagnidze Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 77 Open
1548 2014-04-28 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 21.1 Harika Dronavalli Nana Dzagnidze Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
1549 2014-04-27 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 20.5 Harika Dronavalli Anna Ushenina Won: 1-0 33 Open
1550 2014-04-27 World Blitz Women 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 19.5 Anna Ushenina Harika Dronavalli Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
  1. vs Johnatan BakalchukDraw · ½–½White · 2014-10-05 · Round 2.17PokerStars IoM Masters 2014
  2. vs Eddie Luiz G. Sant AnnaWon · 0-1Black · 2014-10-04 · Round 1.18PokerStars IoM Masters 2014
  3. vs Tuvshintugs BatchimegWon · 1-0White · 2014-09-06 · Round 11.3Sharjah WGP 2014
  4. vs Elina DanielianWon · 0-1Black · 2014-09-05 · Round 10.4Sharjah WGP 2014
  5. vs Wenjun JuLost · 0-1White · 2014-09-04 · Round 9.1Sharjah WGP 2014
  6. vs Chen ZhuDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-09-02 · Round 8.3Sharjah WGP 2014
  7. vs Anna UsheninaDraw · ½–½White · 2014-09-01 · Round 7.5Sharjah WGP 2014
  8. vs Tatiana KosintsevaLost · 1-0Black · 2014-08-31 · Round 6.1Sharjah WGP 2014
  9. vs Humpy KoneruDraw · ½–½White · 2014-08-30 · Round 5.6Sharjah WGP 2014
  10. vs Xue ZhaoDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-08-28 · Round 4.1Sharjah WGP 2014
  11. vs Yifan HouDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-08-27 · Round 3.6Sharjah WGP 2014
  12. vs Nafisa MuminovaWon · 1-0White · 2014-08-26 · Round 2.2Sharjah WGP 2014
  13. vs Alina L`AmiWon · 0-1Black · 2014-08-25 · Round 1.5Sharjah WGP 2014
  14. vs Corina-Isabela PeptanDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-08-14 · Round 11.741st Olympiad Women 2014
  15. vs Monika Mueller-SepsWon · 0-1Black · 2014-08-12 · Round 10.941st Olympiad Women 2014
  16. vs Anna MuzychukDraw · ½–½White · 2014-08-11 · Round 9.441st Olympiad Women 2014
  17. vs Irine Kharisma SukandarDraw · ½–½White · 2014-08-10 · Round 8.741st Olympiad Women 2014
  18. vs Zhaoqin PengDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-08-09 · Round 7.141st Olympiad Women 2014
  19. vs Sabrina Vega GutierrezWon · 1-0White · 2014-08-08 · Round 6.1341st Olympiad Women 2014
  20. vs Veronika ExlerWon · 0-1Black · 2014-08-06 · Round 5.241st Olympiad Women 2014
  21. vs Jovana RapportWon · 1-0White · 2014-08-05 · Round 4.1141st Olympiad Women 2014
  22. vs Guliskhan NakhbayevaDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-08-04 · Round 3.141st Olympiad Women 2014
  23. vs Sandra De BlecourtWon · 1-0White · 2014-08-03 · Round 2.641st Olympiad Women 2014
  24. vs Antoaneta StefanovaDraw · ½–½White · 2014-07-01 · Round 11.1Lopota WGP 2014
  25. vs Nana DzagnidzeDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-06-30 · Round 10.6Lopota WGP 2014
  26. vs Wenjun JuDraw · ½–½White · 2014-06-29 · Round 9.2Lopota WGP 2014
  27. vs Yifan HouDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-06-27 · Round 8.5Lopota WGP 2014
  28. vs Xue ZhaoDraw · ½–½White · 2014-06-26 · Round 7.3Lopota WGP 2014
  29. vs Humpy KoneruLost · 1-0Black · 2014-06-25 · Round 6.4Lopota WGP 2014
  30. vs Bella KhotenashviliDraw · ½–½White · 2014-06-24 · Round 5.4Lopota WGP 2014
  31. vs Nafisa MuminovaWon · 0-1Black · 2014-06-22 · Round 4.3Lopota WGP 2014
  32. vs Elina DanielianDraw · ½–½White · 2014-06-21 · Round 3.5Lopota WGP 2014
  33. vs Alexandra KosteniukWon · 0-1Black · 2014-06-20 · Round 2.2Lopota WGP 2014
  34. vs Anna MuzychukDraw · ½–½White · 2014-06-19 · Round 1.6Lopota WGP 2014
  35. vs Wenjun JuDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-05-25 · Round 4.3Asian Nations Cup w 2014
  36. vs Minoo AsgarizadehWon · 1-0White · 2014-05-24 · Round 3.2Asian Nations Cup w 2014
  37. vs Nguyen Thi Mai HungWon · 0-1Black · 2014-05-23 · Round 2.2Asian Nations Cup w 2014
  38. vs Guliskhan NakhbayevaWon · 1-0White · 2014-05-22 · Round 1.3Asian Nations Cup w 2014
  39. vs Valentina GuninaDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-04-28 · Round 30.6World Blitz Women 2014
  40. vs Valentina GuninaLost · 0-1White · 2014-04-28 · Round 29.6World Blitz Women 2014
  41. vs Mariya MuzychukDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-04-28 · Round 28.7World Blitz Women 2014
  42. vs Mariya MuzychukDraw · ½–½White · 2014-04-28 · Round 27.7World Blitz Women 2014
  43. vs Tatiana KosintsevaDraw · ½–½White · 2014-04-28 · Round 26.4World Blitz Women 2014
  44. vs Tatiana KosintsevaDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-04-28 · Round 25.4World Blitz Women 2014
  45. vs Xue ZhaoLost · 0-1White · 2014-04-28 · Round 24.3World Blitz Women 2014
  46. vs Xue ZhaoDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-04-28 · Round 23.3World Blitz Women 2014
  47. vs Nana DzagnidzeDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-04-28 · Round 22.1World Blitz Women 2014
  48. vs Nana DzagnidzeDraw · ½–½White · 2014-04-28 · Round 21.1World Blitz Women 2014
  49. vs Anna UsheninaWon · 1-0White · 2014-04-27 · Round 20.5World Blitz Women 2014
  50. vs Anna UsheninaDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-04-27 · Round 19.5World Blitz Women 2014

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