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Born :- March 31, 1987 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Title :- Grandmaster
FIDE :- 2597 (March 2013)
Rating :- No. 2 ranked woman in the November 2012 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating :- 2623 (July 2009)
Number of games in database: 604
Years covered: 1998 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2597
Highest rating achieved in database: 2623
Overall record: +241 -108 =201 (62.1%)
Koneru Humpy was born in Gudivada, near Vijayawada, in Andhra Pradesh and started playing chess when she was 5 years old. Humpy acquired her IM title in 1999, and in May 2002, she achieved her 3rd GM Norm in the Elekes Memorial Grandmaster tournament in Budapest. At the age of 15 years 1 month and 27 days, she became the youngest woman to become an international grandmaster. In October of 2007, she became the second female player ever (Judit Polgar was the first) to cross the 2600-Elo mark on the FIDE World Rating List.
Koneru Humpy was born in Gudivada, near Vijayawada, in Andhra Pradesh and started playing chess when she was 5 years old. Humpy acquired her IM title in 1999, and in May 2002, she achieved her 3rd GM Norm in the Elekes Memorial Grandmaster tournament in Budapest. At the age of 15 years 1 month and 27 days, she became the youngest woman to become an international grandmaster. In October of 2007, she became the second female player ever (Judit Polgar was the first) to cross the 2600-Elo mark on the FIDE World Rating List.
She has won four World Championships, including the World Girls Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 and World Girls Junior championships. She has participated in three Women's World Chess Championships: in 2006 in Ekaterinburg, she advanced to the second round; in 2008 in Nalchik she made it to the fifth round, before bowing out, effectively coming equal third in the competition, and then she played the best-of-ten Hou-Koneru Women's World Championship (2011), losing by 2.5-5.5 (+0 =5 -3). She won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan (2012) on tiebreak with 7.5/11 and placed 2nd in the 2011-12 Women's Grand Prix series. She suffered a shock loss to Natalia Zhukova in the second round of the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012), bowing out of the title contest. She also lost her chance to challenge for the 2013 World Women's title when Yifan Hou also lost in the second round; Koneru's challenge could only have occurred had Hou retained her title, as that latter will now exercise her right as the winner of the Grand Prix series to challenge the new Women's World Champion, GM Anna Ushenina, in 2013.
She is the elder sister of Chandra Hawsa Koneru.
Reference Site - chessgames.com
Born :- March 31, 1987 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Title :- Grandmaster
FIDE :- 2597 (March 2013)
Rating :- No. 2 ranked woman in the November 2012 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating :- 2623 (July 2009)
Number of games in database: 604
Years covered: 1998 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2597
Highest rating achieved in database: 2623
Overall record: +241 -108 =201 (62.1%)
Koneru Humpy was born in Gudivada, near Vijayawada, in Andhra Pradesh and started playing chess when she was 5 years old. Humpy acquired her IM title in 1999, and in May 2002, she achieved her 3rd GM Norm in the Elekes Memorial Grandmaster tournament in Budapest. At the age of 15 years 1 month and 27 days, she became the youngest woman to become an international grandmaster. In October of 2007, she became the second female player ever (Judit Polgar was the first) to cross the 2600-Elo mark on the FIDE World Rating List.
She is the elder sister of Chandra Hawsa Koneru.
As of 1 March 2013, Koneru's rating was 2597 making her the 2nd ranked woman in Asia and the 3rd ranked woman in the world. She is also India's number 7 ranked player and number 23 ranked player in Asia.
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