The year 2016 was wonderful for women’s sports in India. PV Sindhu secured silver in badminton during the 2016 Rio Olympics while Sakshi Malik won bronze in wrestling. In women’s chess, 2016 was a year when Harika Dronavalli, India’s second woman Grand Master, made big strides. Harika’s big achievement was beating women’s world No.1 Hou Yifan of China. She drew with men’s world No.2 Grand Master Wesley So and held former world champion Anatoly Karpov to a draw. Harika won the Chengdu Grand Prix and her consistency enabled her reach No.5 in the rankings. Learning new fun things, my first...
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