GMHarika Dronavalli
- 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 rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-03 | Fagernes International Autumn 2026 GM-group | Classical | 5 |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1751 | 2012-10-15 | 17th European Club Cup w | Eilat ISR | 5.1 | Valentina Gunina | Harika Dronavalli | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 1752 | 2012-10-14 | 17th European Club Cup w | Eilat ISR | 4.4 | Harika Dronavalli | Viktorija Cmilyte | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 1753 | 2012-10-13 | 17th European Club Cup w | Eilat ISR | 3.2 | Humpy Koneru | Harika Dronavalli | 1/2-1/2 | 34 | Open |
| 1754 | 2012-10-12 | 17th European Club Cup w | Eilat ISR | 2.3 | Harika Dronavalli | Olga Girya | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 1755 | 2012-10-11 | 17th European Club Cup w | Eilat ISR | 1.3 | Nadejda Reprun | Harika Dronavalli | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Open |
| 1756 | 2012-09-09 | 40th Olympiad Women | Istanbul TUR | 11.4 | Almira Skripchenko | Harika Dronavalli | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 1757 | 2012-09-07 | 40th Olympiad Women | Istanbul TUR | 10.5 | Harika Dronavalli | Maya Shapir (Porat) | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 1758 | 2012-09-06 | 40th Olympiad Women | Istanbul TUR | 9.2 | Harika Dronavalli | Tatiana Kosintseva | 1/2-1/2 | 34 | Open |
| 1759 | 2012-09-05 | 40th Olympiad Women | Istanbul TUR | 8.5 | Le Thao Nguyen Pham | Harika Dronavalli | 1/2-1/2 | 99 | Open |
| 1760 | 2012-09-04 | 40th Olympiad Women | Istanbul TUR | 7.7 | Monika Tsiganova | Harika Dronavalli | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 1761 | 2012-09-03 | 40th Olympiad Women | Istanbul TUR | 6.12 | Harika Dronavalli | Elisabeth Paehtz | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 1762 | 2012-09-01 | 40th Olympiad Women | Istanbul TUR | 5.06 | Yifan Hou | Harika Dronavalli | 1/2-1/2 | 37 | Open |
| 1763 | 2012-08-31 | 40th Olympiad Women | Istanbul TUR | 4.1 | Harika Dronavalli | Natasa Bojkovic | 1/2-1/2 | 108 | Open |
| 1764 | 2012-08-30 | 40th Olympiad Women | Istanbul TUR | 3.9 | Elina Danielian | Harika Dronavalli | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 1765 | 2012-08-28 | 40th Olympiad Women | Istanbul TUR | 1.6 | Bojana Bejatovic | Harika Dronavalli | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 1766 | 2012-08-11 | 16th HZ Open | Vlissingen NED | 9 | Stewart G Haslinger | Harika Dronavalli | 1/2-1/2 | 17 | Open |
| 1767 | 2012-08-10 | 16th HZ Open | Vlissingen NED | 8 | Harika Dronavalli | Sandipan Chanda | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 1768 | 2012-08-09 | 16th HZ Open | Vlissingen NED | 7 | Koen Leenhouts | Harika Dronavalli | 1/2-1/2 | 19 | Open |
| 1769 | 2012-08-08 | 16th HZ Open | Vlissingen NED | 6 | Harika Dronavalli | Migchiel De Jong | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 1770 | 2012-08-07 | 16th HZ Open | Vlissingen NED | 5 | Patrick Zelbel | Harika Dronavalli | 1/2-1/2 | 27 | Open |
| 1771 | 2012-08-06 | 16th HZ Open | Vlissingen NED | 4 | Harika Dronavalli | Bob Beeke | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 1772 | 2012-08-05 | 16th HZ Open | Vlissingen NED | 3 | Louis Nieuwenhuijse | Harika Dronavalli | 0-1 | 69 | Open |
| 1773 | 2012-08-05 | 16th HZ Open | Vlissingen NED | 2 | Harika Dronavalli | Frank Lommers | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 1774 | 2012-08-04 | 16th HZ Open | Vlissingen NED | 1 | Frank Van der Werff | Harika Dronavalli | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 1775 | 2012-07-28 | 23rd Czech Open A | Pardubice CZE | 9.27 | Harika Dronavalli | Matthias Dann | 1/2-1/2 | 47 | Open |
| 1776 | 2012-07-27 | 23rd Czech Open A | Pardubice CZE | 8.36 | Sergey Savitskiy | Harika Dronavalli | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 1777 | 2012-07-26 | 23rd Czech Open A | Pardubice CZE | 7.36 | Harika Dronavalli | Mikhail Tokmachev | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 1778 | 2012-07-25 | 23rd Czech Open A | Pardubice CZE | 6.23 | Mikhail Zaslavsky | Harika Dronavalli | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 1779 | 2012-07-24 | 23rd Czech Open A | Pardubice CZE | 5.23 | Harika Dronavalli | Daniel Semcesen | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 1780 | 2012-07-23 | 23rd Czech Open A | Pardubice CZE | 4.5 | Srinath Narayanan | Harika Dronavalli | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 1781 | 2012-07-22 | 23rd Czech Open A | Pardubice CZE | 3.14 | Harika Dronavalli | Vojtech Zwardon | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 1782 | 2012-07-21 | 23rd Czech Open A | Pardubice CZE | 2.24 | Martin Cerveny | Harika Dronavalli | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 1783 | 2012-07-20 | 23rd Czech Open A | Pardubice CZE | 1.37 | Harika Dronavalli | Tomas Pecha | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 1784 | 2012-07-14 | 32nd Benasque Open | Benasque ESP | 10.8 | Harika Dronavalli | David Anton Guijarro | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 1785 | 2012-06-28 | TCh-CHN 2012 | Taizhou CHN | 6 | Harika Dronavalli | Zhongyi Tan | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 1786 | 2012-06-27 | TCh-CHN 2012 | Taizhou CHN | 5 | Xiaohui Wang | Harika Dronavalli | 0-1 | 33 | Open |