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Mumbai: Dronavalli Harika followed the footsteps of her compatriot and fellow-Andhraite Koneru Humpy to earn a Grandmaster title following her fine display at the 1st Hangzhou Women's Grandmasters Tournament in China, where she finished third with 5.5 points.
Harika won two of her matches and secured seven draws in the round robin format tournament in which the top 10 women players in the world took part, a media release said Saturday.
The 20-year-old Harika had held double norms for Grandmaster and had already bagged the titles of woman Grandmaster and International Master previously.
An ecstatic Guntur-born Harika said it was a dream come true. “It’s been a dream come true for me. I have been working hard to achieve this since the past few years and was confident of getting into this tournament.”
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