Indian grandmaster Harika Dronavalli has commented on her victory against Armenia’s Elina Danielian in FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship round 2.

“This was my debut preparation. I worked on this novelty a lot, even this morning. I am happy that I was able to use this idea in the game,” she said.

The two players won silver in European Club Cup last month as part of Mika club. Dronavalli confessed to being friends with both Danielian and the whole Armenian team.

“Of course we know each other and played together at the Chess Olympiad and in other tournaments. This is my fourth World Championship. My best result was reaching quarterfinals in 2010. This is a very tough tournament, where everything can be decided in a single game. So I have no expectations, I just play chess,” Dronavalli said, according to FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2012 official website.