Harika Dronavalli with her daughter. In the background: other members of India's gold medal-winning teams from the 45th Chess Olympiad. [Source: Getty] In July 2011, 20-year-old Harika Dronavalli ...

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The 44th Chess Olympiad will get underway on Thursday in Mamallapurm, Chennai. The 31-year-old has been the backbone of the Indian women’s team at the Olympiad for the last 18 years. Playing her ...

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Three years ago, at the 2022 FIDE Olympiad in Mahabalipuram near Chennai, Harika Dronavalli was a part of the Indian women's team that won their first-ever Olympiad medal - a bronze. Back then, she ...

Bangladesh’s Shamima Akter Liza continued to be a thorn in the flesh of Indian Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika, who had to settle for a second straight draw against her opponent in the first round of ...

Harika Dronavalli put up a gritty performance as she entered the semifinal of the World Chess Championship in Tehran but lost to eventual winner Tan Zhongyi of China in the sudden-death Armageddon tie ...

Indian grandmaster Dronavalli Harika once again came out victorious in a tiebreaker to enter the semi-final of the Women’s World Chess Championships in Tehran after beating Georgia’s Nana Dzagnidze on ...

If one has to sum up Harika Dronavalli’s journey in the World chess championship in Tehran, it is a journey of grit, determination and coming back from the brink. From staring at elimination to ...

Harika and Krish played 44 moves before signing the peace treaty Humpy will face a tough task against Dzagnidze in the next round World rapid champion Koneru Humpy and fellow Indian Dronavalli Harika ...

Indian chess ace Dronavalli Harika was among the several players who were allegedly sent sexually abusive mail during an event in Latvia in November last year. The Indian Grandmaster, ranked 11 in the ...