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Koneru Humpy was born on 31 March, 1987 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, is an Indian chess grandmaster (born 1987). Discover Koneru Humpy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 36 years old?
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Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India |
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India
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Koneru Humpy Height, Weight & Measurements
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Koneru Humpy Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Koneru Humpy worth at the age of 36 years old? Koneru Humpy’s income source is mostly from being a successful grandmaster. She is from India. We have estimated Koneru Humpy's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian chess player best known for winning the FIDE Women's rapid chess championship in 2019.
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.
Humpy won the British Women's Championship in 2000 and in 2002.
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.
In 2002, she became the youngest woman ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster (GM) at the age of 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, beating Judit Polgár's previous record by three months (this record was subsequently broken by Hou Yifan in 2008).
She became the eighth ever female Grandmaster in 2002.
In 2003, she won the 10th Asian Women's Individual Championship and the Indian Women's Championship.
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.
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 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.
In October 2007, Humpy became the second female player, after Polgár, to exceed the 2600 Elo rating mark, being rated 2606.
In 2009, Humpy accused the All India Chess Federation of preventing her from participating in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin.
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.
Hou Yifan won the match, winning three games and drawing five.
Humpy finished runner-up in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix series also in the 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16 and 2019–21 editions.
In August 2014 she married Dasari Anvesh.
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.
Since 2016 she is working with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (OMGC).
She gave birth to a baby daughter named Ahana in 2017.
In 2019, she became women's World Rapid champion after coming back from a two-year maternity sabbatical.
In 2020, Humpy won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year award, following a public vote.
Humpy competed at the 2022 Chess Olympiad as part of the women's India team, which achieved a bronze medal.
She was originally named "Hampi" by her parents (Koneru Ashok and Koneru Latha ) who derived the name from the word "champion".
Her father later changed the spelling to Humpy, to more closely resemble a Russian-sounding name.
