Key facts
- Born
- 12 January 1991, Guntur
- State of birth
- Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
- Sector
- Chess
- Profession
- Indian Chess.com player
- Gender
- Female
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Biography
Harika Dronavalli is an Indian chess grandmaster. She was part of the gold winning women's team at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024. 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. 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.
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Timeline
- 1991Born in Guntur
- 2019Awarded the Padma Shri in sports
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5