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FIDE Women's Grand Prix: India's Dronavalli Harika fails to break French Marie Sebag's defence, settles for second consecutive draw

India's No 2 Dronavalli Harika pushed but could not break the defence of lower-ranked Marie Sebag and had to settle for a second consecutive draw in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix.

Cairns Cup Chess: Koneru Humpy returns to winning ways against Nana Dzagnidze, Harika Dronavalli suffers defeat

Humpy had suffered a defeat in the second round and shared points in the third and fourth rounds after opening with a crushing win over Carissa Yip.

Women’s World Chess Championship: Harika Dronavalli in touching distance of semis after beating Nana Dzagnidze

Victory in the first game of the two-game mini-match means that Harika will now just need a draw in the return game to qualify to the next round

Women’s World Chess Championship: Harika Dronavalli's tactic of conserving energy till rapid games has served her well

Harika stuck to her simple strategy - don't try too hard in classical battles and finish off your opponents in the rapids.

Women’s World Chess Championship: Harika Dronavalli edges out Nana Dzagnidze to enter semis

Harika Dronavalli came out strongly yet again in the rapid tie-breaker and put it across Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia to enter the semi-finals of the World Women Chess Championship.