:Koneru Humpy
{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1987)}}
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{{Infobox chess player
| name = Koneru Humpy
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| caption = Humpy in 2012
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| country = India
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|3|31}}
| birth_place = Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh, India
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| title = Grandmaster (2002)
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| peakrating = 2623 (July 2009)
| FideID = 5008123
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Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Koneru is a runner-up of the Women's World Chess Championship and the reigning two-time Women's World Rapid Chess Champion.{{cite web |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Koneru-Humpy-becomes-Women-World-Rapid-Champion |title=The inspiring return of Koneru Humpy |work=ChessBase India |date=29 December 2019}}{{Cite web |last=Levin (AnthonyLevin) |first=Anthony |date=2024-12-28 |title=Murzin Wins Rapid World Championship, Humpy Earns 2nd Title In Women's |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/2024-fide-world-rapid-chess-championship-day-3 |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US}} In 2002, she became the youngest female player ever, and the first Indian female player, to achieve the title of Grandmaster, aged 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, a record only since surpassed by Hou Yifan.https://web.archive.org/web/20240803195020/https://www.localsamosa.com/people-culture/chess-grandmasters-of-india-6264939{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/humpy-emerges-winner-at-elekes/articleshow/11312648.cms|title=Humpy emerges winner at Elekes|date=29 May 2002|access-date=7 September 2023|newspaper=The Times of India}} Koneru is a gold medalist at the Olympiad, Asian Games, and Asian Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=333 |title=Humpy beats Judit Polgar by three months |work=Chess News |date=31 May 2002|access-date=17 February 2015}}
In October 2007, Koneru became the second female player, after Judit Polgár, to exceed the 2600 Elo rating mark, being rated 2606.{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4159 |title=Anand crosses 2800 and leads the October 2007 FIDE ratings |work=Chess News |date=2 October 2007 |access-date=17 February 2015}}[http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=5008123 Koneru's rating progress chart]. FIDE.
Koneru won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship in 2019 and 2024.
Career
Koneru won three gold medals at the World Youth Chess Championship: in 1997 (under-10 girls' division), 1998 (under-12 girls) and 2000 (under-14 girls). In 1999, at the Asian Youth Chess Championship, held in Ahmedabad, she won the under-12 section, competing with the boys.{{cite web |title=Humpy on high! |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2001/aug/30humpy.htm |website=Rediff.com |access-date=18 January 2016 |date=30 August 2001}} In 2001 Koneru won the World Junior Girls Championship. In the following year's edition, she tied for first place with Zhao Xue, but placed second on tiebreak.[http://brasilbase.pro.br/w20g2002.htm Goa 2002 – 20° Campeonato Mundial Juvenil Feminino] BrasilBase She became the eighth woman to earn the Grandmaster title in 2002, and the first Indian female player https://web.archive.org/web/20240803195020/https://www.localsamosa.com/people-culture/chess-grandmasters-of-india-6264939 and the youngest female player to do so. She earned her first GM norm at the Hotel Lipa International in June 2001. Her second GM norm was at the 3rd Saturday GM tournament, which she won, in October 2001. She made her final GM norm in the Elekes Memorial, also tying for first place.{{cite web |title=Humpy: Youngest Ever Woman to Achieve the Men's GM Title And First Indian Woman to Achieve Men's GM Title |url=http://www.koneruhumpy.com/youngestmgm.html |website=Humpy Koneru |access-date=28 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020601235758/http://www.koneruhumpy.com/youngestmgm.html |archive-date=1 June 2002}} Koneru competed with the boys in the 2004 World Junior Championship, which was won by Pentala Harikrishna and tied for fifth place, finishing tenth on countback with a score of 8.5/13 points.[http://brasilbase.pro.br/w20b2004.htm Cochin 2004 – 43° Campeonato Mundial Juvenil] BrasilBase
Koneru won the British Women's Championship in 2000 and in 2002. In 2003, she won the 10th Asian Women's Individual Championship and the Indian Women's Championship.[http://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=archiveview&aid=90 10th Asian Women's Individual Chess Championship] FIDE{{cite web |url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic471.html#7 |title=TWIC 471: Indian Women's National A Championships |publisher=The Week in Chess |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=17 November 2003 |access-date=15 September 2015}} In 2005, she won the North Urals Cup, a round-robin tournament held in Krasnoturyinsk, Russia featuring ten of the strongest female players in the world at the time.{{Cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/north-urals-cup-humpy-wins-xu-yuhua-second |title=North Urals Cup: Humpy wins, Xu Yuhua second |date=15 July 2005 |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=20 April 2016}}
She participated in the Women's World Chess Championship for the first time in 2004 and since then, she has competed in every edition of the event held with the knockout format. Koneru reached the semifinals in 2004, 2008 and 2010.
In 2009, she tied for 1st–4th with Alexander Areshchenko, Magesh Panchanathan and Evgenij Miroshnichenko in the Mumbai Mayor Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5432 |title=Areshchenko triumphs in Mayor's Cup – Jai Ho Mumbai!! |last=Zaveri |first=Praful |date=15 May 2009 |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=10 May 2010}}
In 2009, Koneru accused the All India Chess Federation of preventing her from participating in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin.{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/koneru-humpy-accuses-aicf-secretary-of-harassment/103832-5.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025075035/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/koneru-humpy-accuses-aicf-secretary-of-harassment/103832-5.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2009 |title=Koneru Humpy accuses AICF secretary of harassment |date=24 October 2009 |publisher=IBN Sports |access-date=20 October 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5865 |title=Humpy replies to Sundar – issues open challenge |date=25 October 2009 |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=20 October 2010}} Her father Koneru Ashok, who was coaching her, was not allowed to travel with her for tournaments.
Koneru took part in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009–2011 and finished in overall second position, in turn qualifying as challenger for Women's World Chess Championship 2011.{{cite web |url=http://nalchik2010.fide.com/tourview/show-12.html |title=Women GP – Nalchik – Women GP – Nalchik |publisher=Nalchik2010.fide.com |access-date=1 December 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7060 |title=Humpy pulls it off – wins Doha GM and qualifies | Chess News |date=5 March 2011 |publisher=Chessbase.com |access-date=1 December 2014}} Hou Yifan won the match, winning three games and drawing five. Koneru finished runner-up in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix series also in the 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16 and 2019–21 editions.
She won the individual bronze at the Women's World Team Chess Championship 2015 held in Chengdu, China. Team India finished fourth in the competition – a point behind China, which won the bronze medal.{{cite news |title=World Women Chess: Harika wins silver, bronze for Humpy |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/world-women-chess-harika-wins-silver-bronze-for-humpy/article7153629.ece?textsize=large&test=1 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=29 April 2015 |agency=PTI}}
In 2019, she became women's World Rapid champion after coming back from a two-year maternity sabbatical.{{Cite web |title=The inspiring return of Koneru Humpy - ChessBase India |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Koneru-Humpy-becomes-Women-World-Rapid-Champion |website=www.chessbase.in |date=29 December 2019 |access-date=2020-05-22}}
In 2020, Koneru won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year award, following a public vote.{{Cite news |title=Koneru Humpy is BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/55547052 |access-date=2021-03-18}}
Koneru competed at the 2022 Chess Olympiad as part of the women's India team, which achieved a bronze medal.{{cite web|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr653632.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30 |title=44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Women – Final Ranking after 11 Rounds |publisher=Chess-results.com}}
In 2023, Koneru was the runner up in the World Rapid championships.{{Cite web |last=Rao |first=Rakesh |date=2023-12-28 |title=World Rapid Chess Championship 2023: Humpy finishes runner-up; Vidit, Praggnanandhaa, and 10 others tie for fourth spot |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/world-rapid-chess-championship-2023-humpy-finishes-runner-up-vidit-praggnanandhaa-and-10-others-tie-for-third-spot/article67684669.ece |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}
In 2024, Koneru became the World Rapid champion for the second time in her career.{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2024-12-28 |title=Koneru Humpy wins World Rapid Championship 2024 |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/koneru-humpy-wins-world-rapid-championship-2024-new-york-gold-medal-result-report-news/article69038295.ece |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}
Personal life
File:Koneru Humpy.jpg, 2006]]
Koneru Humpy was born in Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh, on 31 March 1987.{{cite magazine |last=Aaron |first=Manuel |date=10–23 January 1998 |title=The making of a champion |url=http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1501/15011310.htm |language=en |magazine=Frontline |access-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010211084303/http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1501/15011310.htm |archive-date=11 February 2001}} She was originally named "Hampi" by her parents, Koneru Ashok and Koneru Latha,{{cite web |url=https://aicf.in/fide-womens-grand-prix-2014/| title=Harika wins, Setback for Humpy}} who derived the name from the word champion. Her father later changed the spelling to Humpy, to more closely resemble a Russian-sounding name.{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=333 |title=Humpy beats Judit Polgar by three months |date=31 May 2002}}{{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060408/spr-trib.htm#3 |title=Humpy's moves |date=8 April 2006 |newspaper=The Tribune |location=Chandigarh, India}} She was coached in chess at a young age by her father Ashok after he discovered her talent when she suggested a move as played out by a game from The Chess Informator. It was 1993, and Koneru was six-years-old then. In the same year, Koneru won the Vijayawada city and Krishna district under-eight championships. She won the State-level championships in 1994 and 1995 and qualified for the national under-eight championship for girls in Madurai in 1995, where she finished fourth. From that year, her father started coaching her exclusively. She would then go on to win the national under-10 championship for girls in 1996 in Mumbai, which led to a qualification for the 1997 World Under-10 Girls Chess Championship at Cannes, France, which she would go on to win.
In August 2014, Koneru married Dasari Anvesh.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/article11198991.ece |title=Humpy enters wedlock with Anvesh |author=J. R. Shridharan |work=The Hindu |access-date=17 February 2015}} They have a daughter together named Ahana (b. 2017).{{Cite web |title=Grandmaster Koneru Humpy learning the moves of a mother |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/grandmaster-koneru-humpy-learning-the-moves-of-a-mother/cid/1747071 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en |access-date=2020-05-22}} Since 2016, Humpy has been working with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC).{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/humpy-joins-ongc/article3105213.ece |title=Humpy joins ONGC |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=23 January 2016}}
FIDE Women's Grand Prix Titles
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! S.No ! Year ! Date ! Venue ! Points (Win/draw/loss) ! Result |
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| align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2009 | align="center" | 7–19 March 2009 | align="left" | Istanbul, Turkey | align="left" | 8.5/11 (+7=3-1) | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Gold Gold |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2010 | align="center" | 30 July – 11 August 2010 | align="left" | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | align="left" | 6.5/11 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Bronze Bronze |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 2011 | align="center" | 23 February – 5 March 2011 | align="left" | 8/11 (+6=4-1) | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Gold Gold |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 2012 | align="center" | 10–21 June 2012 | align="left" | Kazan, Russia | align="left" | 7.5/11 (+4 =7 –0) | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Gold Gold |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 2012 | align="center" | 16–28 September 2012 | align="left" | Ankara, Turkey | align="left" | 8.5/11 (+7 =3 –1) | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Gold Gold |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 2013 | align="center" | June 15 – 29 June 2013 | align="left" | Dilijan, Armenia | align="left" | 8/11 (+5=6–0) | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Gold Gold |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 2013 | align="center" | 17 September – 1 October 2013 | align="left" | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | align="left" | 8/11 (+6=4–1) | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Gold Gold |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 2015 | align="center" | 2–16 October 2015 | align="left" | Monte Carlo, Monaco | align="left" | 7/11 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Bronze Bronze |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 2016 | align="center" | 1–15 July 2016 | align="left" | Chengdu, China | align="left" | 7/11 (+5=4-2) | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Silver Silver |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 2019 | align="center" | 10–23 September 2019 | align="left" | Skolkovo, Russia | align="left" | 8/11 (+5=6-0) | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Gold Gold |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 2019 | align="center" | 2–15 December 2019 | align="left" | Monaco | align="left" | 7/11 (+4=6-1) | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Gold Gold - Shared 1st Place |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 2023 | align="center" | 1–14 February 2023 | align="left" | Munich, Germany | align="left" | 7/11 (+3=8-0) | style="text-align:left; background: white" | Silver Silver |
Achievements
- 1999: Asia's youngest Woman International Master (WIM)
- 2001: India's youngest Woman Grandmaster (WGM)
- 2012: Bronze at Women's World Rapid Chess Championship
- 2019: Skolkovo Women's Grand Prix 2019–20
- 2019: Monaco Women's Grand Prix 2019–20
- 2019: Women's World Rapid Chess Championship{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/humpy-pockets-first-world-chess-crown-clinches-womens-rapid-title-in-russia/articleshow/73014621.cms |title=Humpy pockets first world chess crown |work=The Times of India |date=2019 |access-date=29 December 2019}}
- 2020: Gold at Cairns Cup{{Cite web |title=2020 Cairns Cup March 2020 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=241914 |access-date=2020-06-16 |website=ratings.fide.com}}
- 2020: Silver at Speed Chess Championship
- 2020: Gold at FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020
- 2021: Bronze at FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021
- 2022: Bronze at 44th Chess Olympiad
- 2022: Gaprindashvili Cup Team Winner at 44th Chess Olympiad
- 2022: Silver at Women's World Blitz Chess Championship 2022
- 2023: Silver at Global Chess League Global Chess League
- 2023: Silver at Women's Tata Steel India Chess Tournament Blitz
- 2024: Silver at Women's Candidates Tournament Women's Candidates Tournament 2024
- 2024: Winner of the World Rapid Chess Championship
Awards
File:The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting Padma Shri to Kumari Koneru Humpy (Chess), at an Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on March 23, 2007.jpg (left) presenting Padma Shri to Humpy (right), 2007]]
- 2003: Arjuna Award
- 2007: Padma Shri{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy-all}}
- 2021: BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year
- 2021: Sportstar Aces Sportswoman of the Decade (Individual non-Olympic Sports)
- 2022: Player of the Chess Tournament at PSPB Inter-unit Chess and Bridge Tournament (Mumbai)
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091001121256/http%3A//www.latestchess.com/showInterview.php?id%3D7 Interview with GM Humpy Humpy by LastChess.com]
- {{Cite news |url=https://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4318 |title=Interview with Super-Grandmaster Koneru Humpy |periodical=ChessBase News |date=12 December 2007}}
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