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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1987-03-31 ) 31 March 1987 (age 39) , Gudivada , Andhra Pradesh, India
- Spouse
- Dasari Anvesh (m. 2014)
- Country
- India
- Title
- Grandmaster (2002)
- Fide rating
- 2535 (June 2026)
- Peak rating
- 2623 (July 2009)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Vijayawada
- Occupation
- chess player
- Languages spoken
- Telugu
- Native language
- Telugu
- Award
- Arjuna Award
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- India
- Image
- HumpyKoneru.jpg
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- Commons category
- Humpy Koneru
- date of birth
- 1987-03-31
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- Humpy Koneru
- title of chess person
- Woman International Master
- name in native language
- కోనేరు హంపి
- Elo rating
- 2535
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Encyclopedic overview
Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Koneru is a runner-up of the Women's World Chess Championship and two-time Women's World Rapid Chess Champion. In 2002, she became the youngest female player—and the first Indian female player—to achieve the title of Grandmaster, aged 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, a record only since surpassed by Hou Yifan. Koneru is a gold medallist at the Olympiad, Asian Games, and Asian Championship.
In October 2007, she became the second female player, after Judit Polgár, to exceed the 2600 Elo rating mark, being rated 2606, As of May 2026 she is the third highest rated women ever behind Judit Polgár and Hou Yifan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Koneru Humpy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.