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{{short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1987)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Koneru|lang=Telugu}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Koneru Humpy
|image = HumpyKoneru.jpg
|caption = Koneru in 2012
|country = India
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|3|31}}
|birth_place = [[Gudivada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2002)
|worldchampion = [[World Rapid Chess Championship|Women's World Rapid Chess Championships]] (2019)
|womensworldchampion =
|rating =
|peakrating = 2623 (July 2009)
|FideID = 5008123
}}
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{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|[[Chess at the 2006 Asian Games|Women's Individual]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|[[Chess at the 2006 Asian Games|Mixed Team]]}}
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'''Koneru Humpy ''' (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian [[chess]] player who is also reigning women's world rapid champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Koneru-Humpy-becomes-Women-World-Rapid-Champion }}</ref> In 2002, she became the youngest woman ever to achieve the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] at the age of 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, beating [[Judit Polgár]]'s previous record by three months<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=333|title=Humpy beats Judit Polgar by three months|work=Chess News|access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref> (this record was subsequently broken by [[Hou Yifan]] in 2008). In October 2007, Koneru became the second female player, after 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|access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.fide.com/ratings/top_files.phtml?id=5008123 Koneru's rating progress chart]. FIDE.</ref>

==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.<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 Koneru 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 eight ever female Grandmaster in 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.<ref>[http://brasilbase.pro.br/w20b2004.htm Cochin 2004 – 43° Campeonato Mundial Juvenil] BrasilBase</ref>

Koneru 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>

She participated in the [[Women's World Chess Championship]] for the first time in [[Women's World Chess Championship 2004|2004]] and since then, she has competed in every edition of the event held with the [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout format]]. Koneru reached the semifinals in 2004, [[Women's World Chess Championship 2008|2008]] and [[Women's World Chess Championship 2010|2010]].

In 2009, she tied for 1st–4th with [[Alexander Areshchenko]], [[Magesh Panchanathan]] and [[Evgenij Miroshnichenko]] in the [[Mumbai]] Mayor Cup.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

In 2009, Koneru accused the [[All India Chess Federation]] of preventing her from participating in the [[37th Chess Olympiad]] in [[Turin]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7060 |title=Humpy pulls it off – wins Doha GM and qualifies | Chess News |publisher=Chessbase.com |access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref> 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 [[FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–12|2011–12]], [[FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–14|2013–14]] and [[FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16|2015–16]] 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.<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|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref>

In 2020, Koneru 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>

==Personal life==
She was originally named "Hampi" by her parents (Koneru Ashok and Latha Ashok) 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>

In August 2014 she 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> Currently she is working with [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation|ONGC Ltd]].<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>

[[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|thumb|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 23 March 2007]]

She gave birth to a baby daughter who is named Ahana in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grandmaster Koneru Humpy learning the moves of a mother|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sport/grandmaster-koneru-humpy-learning-the-moves-of-a-mother/cid/1747071|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==
[[File:Koneru Humpy.jpg|thumb|right|In [[Wijk aan Zee]], 2006]]

* 1999: Asia's youngest Woman International Master (WIM)
* 2001: India's youngest Woman Grandmaster (WGM)
* 2003: [[Arjuna Award]]
* 2007: [[Padma Shri]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{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 }}</ref>
* 2019: Skolkovo 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>
* 2020: 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}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of chess grandmasters]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Humpy Koneru}}
*[http://www.365chess.com/players/Humpy_Koneru Humpy Koneru] chess games at 365Chess.com
*[http://www.365chess.com/players/Koneru_Humpy Koneru Humpy] chess games (1997–2000) at 365Chess.com
*{{chessgames player|id=49497}}
*[http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091001121256/http%3A//www.latestchess.com/showInterview.php?id%3D7 Interview with GM Koneru 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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