Humpy Koneru

Quick Facts

Full Name	Humpy Koneru
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 31, 1987(1987-03-31)
Age	37
Birthplace	India
Country	India
Horoscope	Aries

Humpy Koneru Biography

Humpy Koneru is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on March 31, 1987 in India, India. Female chess Grandmaster and rising star who has been ranked as highly as second in the world.

She is among Magnus Carlsen as one of the biggest stars in modern chess.

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

She was born and raised in India.

Humpy Koneru Net Worth

Humpy Koneru is one of the richest Chess Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Humpy Koneru 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She became the youngest woman ever to become a Grandmaster in 2002.

She and the Polgar sisters are considered to be the best female chess players in the world.

Humpy Koneru (born 31 March 1987, Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh) is an Indian chess grandmaster and current Women’s World Rapid Chess Champion. In October 2007, she became the second female player, after Judit Polgár, to exceed the 2600 Elo rating mark, being rated 2606.

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Who is Humpy Koneru Dating?

According to our records, Humpy Koneru married to Dasari Anvesh. As of December 1, 2023, Humpy Koneru’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2009, she tied for 1st–4th with Alexander Areshchenko, Magesh Panchanathan and Evgenij Miroshnichenko in the Mumbai Mayor Cup.

Facts & Trivia

Humpy Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Humpy Koneru celebrates birthday on March 31 of every year.

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.

What is Koneru Humpy famous for?

Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian chess player best known for winning the FIDE Women’s rapid chess championship in 2019.

Who is Koneru Humpy husband?

Dasari Anvesh

Where is Koneru Humpy from?

Gudivada, India

When Koneru Humpy started playing chess?

Koneru Humpy got interested in chess from 5 by watching her father play the game. Later her father trained her and soon she was district champion in 1993, when she was just 6. By 1995 she was national chess champion in the under-8 category, followed by winning all the under-10, 12, and 15 competitions in 1996.

Why was Chennai named the chess capital of India?

Ans: Chennai was for long called the chess capital of India because it produced champions like Viswanathan Anand, Manuel Aaron and V. Ravi Kumar.