Koneru Humpy - Wikipedia
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 woman ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster aged 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, a record only since surpassed by Hou ...
Humpy Koneru | Top Chess Players
GM Koneru Humpy is one of the top female chess players in the world and has been so for most of her career. The former Indian chess prodigy has spent just one month outside of the top five women in the world since 2005.
Koneru Humpy: From mulling retirement to a second world rapid …
Humpy battled through racy tiebreaks after a three-way tie for first-place to win her first women’s world rapid title. Only the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to...
Koneru Humpy wins World Rapid Chess Championship, says this …
Dec 29, 2024 · Konery Humpy wins women's World rapid chess championship as 10th seed at age 37 in New York. My aim was to win three of my four games on the second day and would have taken a draw in...
Queen Koneru Humpy: At home with the women’s world rapid …
4 days ago · AMIT KAMATH visits Koneru Humpy at her home in Vijayawada where she is as tactical about family time as she is about her moves on the chess board. The youngest woman to be grandmaster, three decades of playing the sport and now twice World Rapid Champion. Yet, as she says, her “chess ends when I finish a tournament.” AMIT KAMATH visits ...
Koneru Humpy - FIDE
Humpy won the British Women's Championship in 2000 and in 2002, and the Indian Women's Championship in 2003. In May 2002, Koneru achieved her 3rd GM Norm in the Elekes Memorial Grandmaster tournament in Budapest to become the youngest woman at the time to become a …
Koneru Humpy - FIDE
Humpy Koneru was very successful in the 2013-2014 FIDE Grand Prix series. She won the first two stages, but was then overtaken by Hou Yifan. At the 2015 world championship in Sochi, Koneru made it to the quarterfinals, where she was defeated by the future champion Mariya Muzychuk in the tie-break.
I didn’t want to quit like a loser: Koneru Humpy
Bengaluru: After a brutal, barren run for months, the newly-crowned women’s world rapid champion from India, 37-year-old Koneru Humpy, has reason to fall back in love with the grind. In an ...
Chess: Koneru Humpy crowned FIDE Women’s World Rapid …
Dec 29, 2024 · Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy pulled off a sensational turnaround in New York to be crowned FIDE Women’s World Rapid Champion, clinching her second title in this tournament.Humpy, who began the tournament with a loss, bounced back on Day 2 and eventually rose to the top on Day 3 from a crowded field at the top of the standings.
Koneru Humpy - FIDE
Humpy Koneru, with a peak rating of 2623, is India’s highest-rated female player and a dominant force in women's chess. Known for her tactical acumen and excellent positional understanding, Humpy has secured numerous titles, including the 2011 FIDE Grand Prix series and the 2019 Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship.