Dronavalli Harika emerges champion

Indian Tournaments 2002

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National Junior Girls Chess Championship, New Delhi

Dronavalli Harika emerges champion

Dronavalli Harika Showing maturity beyond her 11 years, Andhra's Harika Dronvalli retained her National Junior Girls title at the Babu Samaj Kendra Hall, New Delhi, here today.

Harika takes home a prize of Rs 12000 and would represent the country in the world event. Joining Harika in the top with 7.0 points were Saheli Nath, Mahima Rajmohan, Nilavoli and Nimmy George winning cash prizes of Rs.8000, Rs5000, Rs3000 and Rs2000 respectively.

The Harika caravan moves on the 2nd FIDE World Cup at Hyderabad, followed by World Age Group events in Athens and Goa respectively.

Final Placings

Rank	Player	Points
1-5	Harika Dronavalli	7.0
1-5	Saheli Nath	7.0
1-5	Mahima Rajmohan	7.0
1-5	H. Nilavoli	7.0
1-5	Nimmy A. George	7.0
6-7	P. Priya	6.5
6-7	C. Delphin	6.5
8-13	P. Malar Selvi	6.0
8-13	N. Vinuthana	6.0
8-13	C. V. Rajalakshmi	6.0
8-13	Alka Das	6.0
8-13	Eesha Karavade	6.0
8-13	J. E. Kavitha	6.0
14-20	Kruttika Nadig	5.5
14-20	Anuradha Beniwal	5.5
14-20	Amruta Mokal	5.5
14-20	Nabeela Farheen	5.5
14-20	M. Priyadarshini	5.5
14-20	M. Kasturi	5.5
14-20	N. Sandhya	5.5

Final Round Results

White	Pts	Result	Black	Pts
Harika Dronavalli	7.0	drew	Nimmy A. George	7.0
Saheli Nath	7.0	drew	Mahima Rajmohan	7.0
M. Priyadarshini	5.5	lost to	H. Nilavoli	7.0
Kruttika Nadig	5.5	lost to	C. Delphin	6.5
P. Priya	6.5	beat	Amruta Mokal	5.5
Eesha Karavade	6.0	beat	Anuradha Beniwal	5.5
C. V. Rajalakshmi	6.0	beat	Y. Pratibha	5.0
S. Banupriya	5.0	lost to	N. Vinuthana	6.0
Aneeqha Tahseen	5.0	lost to	J. E. Kavitha	6.0
Malar Selvi	6.0	beat	Kiran Monisha Mohanty	5.0
Suchandra Chatterjee	5.0	lost to	Alka Das	6.0
M. Kasturi	5.5	beat	M. Rajadarshini	4.5
E. Shabina	4.5	lost to	Nabeela Farheen	5.5
Anuprita Patil	4.0	lost to	N. Sandhya	5.5
Anoori Shah	4.5	drew	Ayushi Rai Choudhury	4.5
Nivanthee Jayaraj	4.0	lost to	Baisakhi Das	5.0
Laxmi Sahiti	5.0	beat	Pragna Patvi	4.0
Dhara Gupta	4.5	drew	Swetha Narayanan	4.5
Divya Gupta	4.0	lost to	Rupinder Deep Kaur	5.0
Supriya Maji	3.5	lost to	Namita V. Mhetar	5.0
Zonunmawii	3.5	lost to	Ramya Krishna	4.5

Bharat Singh Chauhan