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Chennai: Life has not been easy for D Harika over the years.While India’s number 2 women Grandmaster is dealing with rivals on 64 classes, she is also raising her “Little Princess” Hanvika. When she is playing abroad, not more often, Harika cannot have Hanvika, but playing in Chennai is different. Hyderabad woman will get to spend time with her two-year-old daughter, even she tries to give a good account of herself in the 10-day Chennai Grand Masters tournament.“I am very happy that I can play close to my house. In fact, this is the first time I have come to a tournament with my daughter. This program gives me a chance to come with my family, “Harika said, which will go for glory in the Challengers section.“Chennai is very close to my place and I can send her back home (if necessary). I am happy that my daughter can see my life in a way. I took her to the playing hall and put her on a chair. I laminated her and liked it,” 34 -year -old said.
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Harika admitted that she feels guilty whenever she stays away from her child on the duty of chess. “Any mother will be related to it. I always have that guilt when I leave my daughter back home. Certainly, I would prefer to take her everywhere, but the weather and food are different. There is also a lot of trouble, as well as a lot of trouble,” Harika said.He chose world champion D Gukesh as “best” midwife in the current crop of Indian youth. “I noticed that Gukesh did it in Delhi and I was really surprised by the way I handle the children. I really didn’t know and I was very impressed by the way he handled it.”‘Want to challenge himself’: Harika has placed the despair of the Women’s World Cup behind her-she lost to the final champion Divya Deshmukh on the tie-break in the quarter-finals-and is eager to show her subtlety in Chennai. “I do not take my results from the heart. I am ambitious, but I never think there is a final tournament that I should focus on. When I got an invitation for Chennai Grand Masters, I was happy that I was happy that I got this opportunity. I want to challenge myself here and see where I stand, ”said the veteran.
