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'''Koneru Humpy''' (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]]. Humpy is a runner-up of the [[Women's World Chess Championship]] and the reigning two-time [[World Rapid Chess Championship|Women's World Rapid Chess Champion]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{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}}</ref> In 2002, she became the youngest female player--and the first [[India]]n female player--to achieve the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]], aged 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, a record only since surpassed by [[Hou Yifan]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240803195020/https://www.localsamosa.com/people-culture/chess-grandmasters-of-india-6264939</ref><ref>{{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]]}}</ref> Humpy is a gold medalist at the [[Chess Olympiad|Olympiad]], [[Asian Games]], and [[Asian Chess Championship|Asian Championship]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
'''Koneru Humpy''' (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]]. Humpy is a runner-up of the [[Women's World Chess Championship]] and the reigning two-time [[World Rapid Chess Championship|Women's World Rapid Chess Champion]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{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}}</ref> In 2002, she became the youngest female player—and the first [[India]]n female player—to achieve the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]], aged 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, a record only since surpassed by [[Hou Yifan]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Did you know about these Popular Chess Grandmasters of India? | url=https://www.localsamosa.com/people-culture/chess-grandmasters-of-india-6264939 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803195020/https://www.localsamosa.com/people-culture/chess-grandmasters-of-india-6264939 | archive-date=3 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{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]]}}</ref> Humpy is a gold medalist at the [[Chess Olympiad|Olympiad]], [[Asian Games]], and [[Asian Chess Championship|Asian Championship]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>


In October 2007, she became the second female player, after [[Judit Polgár]], to exceed the 2600 [[Elo rating system|Elo rating]] mark, being rated 2606.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>[http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=5008123 Koneru's rating progress chart]. FIDE.</ref>
In October 2007, she became the second female player, after [[Judit Polgár]], to exceed the 2600 [[Elo rating system|Elo rating]] mark, being rated 2606.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>[http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=5008123 Koneru's rating progress chart]. FIDE.</ref>
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Humpy won the [[World Rapid Chess Championship|Women's World Rapid Chess Championship]] in [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2019|2019]] and [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2024|2024]].
Humpy won the [[World Rapid Chess Championship|Women's World Rapid Chess Championship]] in [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2019|2019]] and [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2024|2024]].


==Career==
==Early life==
Humpy 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2001, Humpy won the [[World Junior Chess Championship|World Junior Girls Championship]]. In the following year's edition, she tied for first place with [[Zhao Xue]], but placed second on tiebreak.<ref>[http://brasilbase.pro.br/w20g2002.htm Goa 2002 – 20° Campeonato Mundial Juvenil Feminino] BrasilBase</ref> She became the [[List of female chess grandmasters|eighth woman to earn the Grandmaster title]] in 2002, and the first Indian female player<ref> https://web.archive.org/web/20240803195020/https://www.localsamosa.com/people-culture/chess-grandmasters-of-india-6264939</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Humpy 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.<ref>[http://brasilbase.pro.br/w20b2004.htm Cochin 2004 – 43° Campeonato Mundial Juvenil] BrasilBase</ref>
[[File:Koneru Humpy.jpg|thumb|left|Humpy in [[Wijk aan Zee]], 2006]]
 
Koneru Humpy was born in a [[Telugu people|Telugu]] family on 31 March 1987 in [[Gudivada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="frontline">{{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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010211084303/http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1501/15011310.htm |archive-date=11 February 2001 |access-date=11 May 2024 |magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |language=en}}</ref> She was originally named "Hampi" by her parents, Koneru Ashok and Koneru Latha,<ref>{{cite web |title=Harika wins, Setback for Humpy |url=https://aicf.in/fide-womens-grand-prix-2014/}}</ref> who derived the name from the word "champion".  Her father later changed the spelling to Humpy, to more closely resemble a Russian-sounding name.<ref>{{cite web |date=31 May 2002 |title=Humpy beats Judit Polgar by three months |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=333}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=8 April 2006 |title=Humpy's moves |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060408/spr-trib.htm#3 |newspaper=The Tribune |location=Chandigarh, India}}</ref> 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 ''[[Chess Informant|The Chess Informator]]''.
 
It was 1993, and Humpy was six-years-old then. In the same year, she 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.<ref name="frontline" />
 
== Personal life ==
In August 2014, Humpy married Dasari Anvesh.<ref>{{cite news |author=J. R. Shridharan |title=Humpy enters wedlock with Anvesh |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/article11198991.ece |access-date=17 February 2015 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> They have a daughter together named Ahana (b. 2017).<ref>{{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 |access-date=2020-05-22 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref> Since 2016, Humpy has been working with [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited]] (ONGC).<ref>{{cite news |title=Humpy joins ONGC |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/humpy-joins-ongc/article3105213.ece |access-date=23 January 2016 |newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>
 
== Career ==
Humpy 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2001, Humpy won the [[World Junior Chess Championship|World Junior Girls Championship]]. In the following year's edition, she tied for first place with [[Zhao Xue]], but placed second on tiebreak.<ref>[http://brasilbase.pro.br/w20g2002.htm Goa 2002 – 20° Campeonato Mundial Juvenil Feminino] BrasilBase</ref> She became the [[List of female chess grandmasters|eighth woman to earn the Grandmaster title]] in 2002, and the first Indian female player<ref>{{cite web | title=Did you know about these Popular Chess Grandmasters of India? | url=https://www.localsamosa.com/people-culture/chess-grandmasters-of-india-6264939 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803195020/https://www.localsamosa.com/people-culture/chess-grandmasters-of-india-6264939 | archive-date=3 August 2024 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Humpy 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.<ref>[http://brasilbase.pro.br/w20b2004.htm Cochin 2004 – 43° Campeonato Mundial Juvenil] BrasilBase</ref>


Humpy won the [[British Chess Championship|British Women's Championship]] in 2000 and in 2002. In 2003, she won the 10th [[Asian Chess Championship|Asian Women's Individual Championship]] and the [[Indian Chess Championship|Indian Women's Championship]].<ref>[http://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=archiveview&aid=90 10th Asian Women's Individual Chess Championship] FIDE</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Humpy won the [[British Chess Championship|British Women's Championship]] in 2000 and in 2002. In 2003, she won the 10th [[Asian Chess Championship|Asian Women's Individual Championship]] and the [[Indian Chess Championship|Indian Women's Championship]].<ref>[http://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=archiveview&aid=90 10th Asian Women's Individual Chess Championship] FIDE</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


In 2019, she became women's World Rapid champion after coming back from a two-year maternity sabbatical.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
In December 2019, Humpy won the [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2019|Women's World Rapid Chess Championship 2019]] after coming back from a two-year maternity sabbatical.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


In 2020, Humpy won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year award, following a public vote.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
In 2020, she won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year award, following a public vote.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


She also competed at the 2022 Chess Olympiad as part of the women's India team, which achieved a bronze medal.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
She also competed at the 2022 Chess Olympiad as part of the women's India team, which achieved a bronze medal.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


In 2023, Humpy was the runner up in the World Rapid championships.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
In 2023, she was the runner up in the World Rapid championships.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
 
In December 2024, Humpy won the [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2024|Women's World Rapid Chess Championship 2024]] became the [[World Rapid Chess Championship|Women's World Rapid Chess Champion]] for the second time in her career.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
 
In July 2025, she defeated [[Lei Tingjie]] by 5-3 in the semifinals of the [[Women's Chess World Cup 2025|2025 FIDE Women's World Cup]] to set up an All-Indian summit clash with 19 year old compatriot [[Divya Deshmukh]]. Her victory came after two draws in the classical format and a come from behind victory in the tiebreaks by winning three consecutive games after being down 2-3. In the final, she lost during tiebreaks, drawing the first game and losing the second, finishing in second place. Through winning her semifinal she automatically qualified to the [[Women's Candidates Tournament 2026]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 July 2025 |title=Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh set up all-Indian title clash in FIDE Women's Chess World Cup, create history |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/koneru-humpy-divya-deshmukh-set-up-all-indian-title-clash-in-fide-womens-chess-world-cup-create-history20250724225729/ |website=ANI News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-25 |title=India vs India in FIDE Women's World Cup final: Koneru Humpy beats China's Lei Tingjie to set up Divya Deshmukh battle |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/india-vs-india-fide-world-cup-final-koneru-humpy-divya-deshmukh-10147620/ |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-07-28 |title=Chess {{!}} Historic! 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh crowned FIDE Women's World Cup champion, becomes India's 88th GM |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/chess-historic-19-year-old-divya-deshmukh-crowned-fide-womens-world-cup-champion-becomes-indias-88th-gm/articleshow/122952287.cms |access-date=2025-07-28 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
 
==World Titles==


In 2024, she became the World Rapid champion for the second time in her career.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
===Classical===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 87%"
! S.No
! Year
! Tournament
! Venue
! Result
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2011
| align="left" | [[Women's World Chess Championship 2011]]
| align="left" | [[Tirana]], [[Albania]]
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver'''
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 2025
| align="left" | [[Women's Chess World Cup 2025]]
| align="left" | [[Batumi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver'''
|}


==Personal life==
===Rapid===
[[File:Koneru Humpy.jpg|thumb|left|Humpy in [[Wijk aan Zee]], 2006]]
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 87%"
Koneru Humpy was born in [[Gudivada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], on 31 March 1987.<ref name="frontline">{{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 (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}}</ref> She was originally named "Hampi" by her parents, Koneru Ashok and Koneru Latha,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aicf.in/fide-womens-grand-prix-2014/| title=Harika wins, Setback for Humpy}}</ref> who derived the name from the word "champion".  Her father later changed the spelling to Humpy, to more closely resemble a Russian-sounding name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=333 |title=Humpy beats Judit Polgar by three months |date=31 May 2002}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 ''[[Chess Informant|The Chess Informator]]''. It was 1993, and Humpy was six-years-old then. In the same year, she 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.<ref name="frontline"/>
! S.No
! Year
! Tournament
! Venue
! Result
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2012
| align="left" | [[World Rapid Chess Championship]]
| align="left" | [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 2019
| align="left" | [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2019]]
| align="left" | [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold'''
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 2023
| align="left" | [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2023]]
| align="left" | [[Samarkand]], [[Uzbekistan]]
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver'''
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 2024
| align="left" | [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2024]]
| align="left" | [[New York City]], [[United States]]
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold'''
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 2025
| align="left" | [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2025]]
| align="left" | [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|}


In August 2014, Humpy married Dasari Anvesh.<ref>{{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}}</ref> They have a daughter together named Ahana (b. 2017).<ref>{{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}}</ref> Since 2016, Humpy has been working with [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited]] (ONGC).<ref>{{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}}</ref>
===Blitz===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 87%"
! S.No
! Year
! Tournament
! Venue
! Result
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2022
| align="left" | [[World Blitz Chess Championship 2022]]
| align="left" | [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver'''
|}


==FIDE Women's Grand Prix Titles==
==FIDE Women's Grand Prix Titles==
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| align="left" | 7/11 (+3=8-0)
| align="left" | 7/11 (+3=8-0)
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver'''
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver'''
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 13
| align="center" | [[FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–25|2025]]
| align="center" | 17–28 February 2025
| align="left" | [[Monte Carlo, Monaco]]
| align="left" | 5½/10
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver - Tied 1st Place'''
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 14
| align="center" | [[FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–25|2025]]
| align="center" | 14–25 April 2025
| align="left" | [[Pune]], [[India]]
| align="left" | 7/10
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold'''
|}
|}


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* 2019: Skolkovo Women's Grand Prix 2019–20
* 2019: Skolkovo Women's Grand Prix 2019–20
* 2019: Monaco Women's Grand Prix 2019–20
* 2019: Monaco Women's Grand Prix 2019–20
* 2019: Women's [[World Rapid Chess Championship]]<ref name="Humpy pockets first world chess crown, clinches Women's rapid ..">{{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}}</ref>
* 2019: Winner of the Women's [[World Rapid Chess Championship]]<ref name="Humpy pockets first world chess crown, clinches Women's rapid ..">{{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}}</ref>
* 2020: Gold at [[Cairns Cup]]<ref>{{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 |archive-date=16 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616220332/https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=241914 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2020: Gold at [[Cairns Cup]]<ref>{{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 |archive-date=16 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616220332/https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=241914 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2020: Silver at Speed Chess Championship
* 2020: Silver at Speed Chess Championship
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* 2023: Silver at Women's [[Tata Steel India Chess Tournament]] Blitz
* 2023: Silver at Women's [[Tata Steel India Chess Tournament]] Blitz
* 2024: Silver at Women's Candidates Tournament [[Women's Candidates Tournament 2024]]
* 2024: Silver at Women's Candidates Tournament [[Women's Candidates Tournament 2024]]
* 2024: Winner of the [[World Rapid Chess Championship]]<ref name="auto"/>
* 2024: Winner of the Women's [[World Rapid Chess Championship]]<ref name="auto"/>


==Awards==
==Awards==
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[[Category:Indian female chess players]]
[[Category:Indian female chess players]]
[[Category:Chess Grandmasters]]
[[Category:Chess Grandmasters]]

Latest revision as of 12:15, 31 December 2025

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Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Humpy is a runner-up of the Women's World Chess Championship and the reigning two-time Women's World Rapid Chess Champion.[1][2] In 2002, she became the youngest female player—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.[3][4] Humpy is a gold medalist at the Olympiad, Asian Games, and Asian Championship.[5]

In October 2007, she became the second female player, after Judit Polgár, to exceed the 2600 Elo rating mark, being rated 2606.[6][7]

Humpy won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship in 2019 and 2024.

Early life

File:Koneru Humpy.jpg
Humpy in Wijk aan Zee, 2006

Koneru Humpy was born in a Telugu family on 31 March 1987 in Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh.[8] She was originally named "Hampi" by her parents, Koneru Ashok and Koneru Latha,[9] who derived the name from the word "champion". Her father later changed the spelling to Humpy, to more closely resemble a Russian-sounding name.[10][11] 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 Humpy was six-years-old then. In the same year, she 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.[8]

Personal life

In August 2014, Humpy married Dasari Anvesh.[12] They have a daughter together named Ahana (b. 2017).[13] Since 2016, Humpy has been working with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC).[14]

Career

Humpy 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.[15] In 2001, Humpy 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.[16] She became the eighth woman to earn the Grandmaster title in 2002, and the first Indian female player[17] 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.[18] Humpy 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.[19]

Humpy 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.[20][21] 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.[22]

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. Humpy 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.[23]

In 2009, Humpy accused the All India Chess Federation of preventing her from participating in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin.[24][25] Her father Koneru Ashok, who was coaching her, was not allowed to travel with her for tournaments.

Humpy 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.[26][27] Hou Yifan won the match, winning three games and drawing five. She 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.[28]

In December 2019, Humpy won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship 2019 after coming back from a two-year maternity sabbatical.[29]

In 2020, she won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year award, following a public vote.[30]

She also competed at the 2022 Chess Olympiad as part of the women's India team, which achieved a bronze medal.[31]

In 2023, she was the runner up in the World Rapid championships.[32]

In December 2024, Humpy won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 became the Women's World Rapid Chess Champion for the second time in her career.[33]

In July 2025, she defeated Lei Tingjie by 5-3 in the semifinals of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup to set up an All-Indian summit clash with 19 year old compatriot Divya Deshmukh. Her victory came after two draws in the classical format and a come from behind victory in the tiebreaks by winning three consecutive games after being down 2-3. In the final, she lost during tiebreaks, drawing the first game and losing the second, finishing in second place. Through winning her semifinal she automatically qualified to the Women's Candidates Tournament 2026.[34][35][36]

World Titles

Classical

S.No Year Tournament Venue Result
1 2011 Women's World Chess Championship 2011 Tirana, Albania Silver Silver
2 2025 Women's Chess World Cup 2025 Batumi, Georgia Silver Silver

Rapid

S.No Year Tournament Venue Result
1 2012 World Rapid Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan Bronze Bronze
2 2019 World Rapid Chess Championship 2019 Moscow, Russia Gold Gold
3 2023 World Rapid Chess Championship 2023 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Silver Silver
4 2024 World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 New York City, United States Gold Gold
5 2025 World Rapid Chess Championship 2025 Doha, Qatar Bronze Bronze

Blitz

S.No Year Tournament Venue Result
1 2022 World Blitz Chess Championship 2022 Almaty, Kazakhstan Silver Silver

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Titles

S.No Year Date Venue Points (Win/draw/loss) Result
1 2009 7–19 March 2009 Istanbul, Turkey 8.5/11 (+7=3-1) Gold Gold
2 2010 30 July – 11 August 2010 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 6.5/11 Bronze Bronze
3 2011 23 February – 5 March 2011 Doha, Qatar 8/11 (+6=4-1) Gold Gold
4 2012 10–21 June 2012 Kazan, Russia 7.5/11 (+4 =7 –0) Gold Gold
5 2012 16–28 September 2012 Ankara, Turkey 8.5/11 (+7 =3 –1) Gold Gold
6 2013 June 15 – 29 June 2013 Dilijan, Armenia 8/11 (+5=6–0) Gold Gold
7 2013 17 September – 1 October 2013 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 8/11 (+6=4–1) Gold Gold
8 2015 2–16 October 2015 Monte Carlo, Monaco 7/11 Bronze Bronze
9 2016 1–15 July 2016 Chengdu, China 7/11 (+5=4-2) Silver Silver
10 2019 10–23 September 2019 Skolkovo, Russia 8/11 (+5=6-0) Gold Gold
11 2019 2–15 December 2019 Monaco 7/11 (+4=6-1) Gold Gold - Shared 1st Place
12 2023 1–14 February 2023 Munich, Germany 7/11 (+3=8-0) Silver Silver
13 2025 17–28 February 2025 Monte Carlo, Monaco 5½/10 Silver Silver - Tied 1st Place
14 2025 14–25 April 2025 Pune, India 7/10 Gold Gold

Achievements

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
President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (left) presenting Padma Shri to Humpy (right), 2007

See also

References

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