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Dronavalli, Harika

Dronavalli, Harika

GM🇮🇳

FIDEFIDE 5015197· Female· India· Born in 1991

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Harika Dronavalli, a 35-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2470 and ranked 4th among Indian women, and in the top 1% worldwide. She has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 20 months. 46 rated games in the past year (≈75/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include IV International Tournament "Women's Chess Championship" Masters, FIDE Women`s Grand Swiss 2025, and Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters - Challengers event. Also played 4 rapid (including Global Chess League 2025 - League Stage) and 2 blitz events (including FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. Her peak of 2543 was reached at age 25 (Nov 2016, World #478 at the time).

Previously known as Dronavalli Harika (until Feb 2023). Awarded GM in 2011 (age 20), WGM in 2004 (age 13), IM in 2007 (age 16), WIM in 2003 (age 12), and WFM in 2003 (age 12). At junior level, she reached World #19 in U20, World #21 in U18, World #7 in U16, World #4 in U14, World #2 in U12 and World #9 in U10.

Current rating

2470

Standard

Rpd2410·Blz2344

All-time high

2543

−73 pts below
Nov 2016 · age 25

Activity

58

games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo

46 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#4

#4 · Indian women · of 2,561

Career timeline

33 entries
2024
Re-crossed 2500
at age 33
Aug 2024
2023
Renamed to Dronavalli, Harika
at age 32
Feb 2023
2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2515 → returned at 2511
Apr 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2500
at age 28
Nov 2019
Re-crossed 2500
at age 28
Sep 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2500
at age 27
Sep 2018

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Zhongyi TanGM 2,546
2025 Cairns Cup · Jun 2025 · +0.8 Elo
Evolution
-13
2483 → 2470
Tournaments
5
46 games
Score
23/ 4650.0%
9W28D9L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
IV International Tournament "Women's Chess Championship" Masters
Round-Robin
Mar 20265.5/9#32499+4.3
FIDE Women`s Grand Swiss 2025
Open Swiss
Sep 20256.5/11#102459-0.7
Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters - Challengers event
Round-Robin
Aug 20251.5/9#92286-20.4
FIDE Women's World Cup 2025
Knockout
Jul 20254.5/8R162481-0.6
2025 Cairns Cup
Round-Robin
Jun 20255/9#32521+4.9
Worst Elo result: Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters - Challengers event (-20.4 Elo, finished #9).

Most-Played Opponents

vsAlexandra KosteniukGM
🇨🇭SUI·2491
+12 −16 =29
57 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsNana DzagnidzeGM
🇬🇪GEO·2478
+11 −10 =31
52 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsKateryna LagnoGM
🇷🇺RUS·2506
+8 −9 =27
44 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsZhongyi TanGM
🇨🇳CHN·2517
+11 −12 =17
40 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsHumpy KoneruGM
🇮🇳IND·2535
+3 −5 =30
38 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings

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India
#64
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#204
in continent
World
#834
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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64🇮🇳Dronavalli, Harika2,470
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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2,776
3
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2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
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2,731
10
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2,729
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World
1
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2,840
2
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5
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7
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834🇮🇳Dronavalli, Harika2,470