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Koneru Humpy Profile

Koneru Humpy has broke new grounds with her achievements in chess-long considered a male fiefdom. With hard work and sheer determination, the soft-spoken Humpy is giving her male peers a good run for their money.

Humpy's ascent to success has been possible under the tutelage of her father Koneru Ashok who gave up a teaching job to devote his time to Humpy.

Humpy's Achievements:

World under-14 championship, 2001, Castellan, Spain.
Asia's youngest International Woman Master, 1999.
India's youngest Woman GM, 2001.
World junior championship, 2001, Athens.
In 2002, Koneru Humpy become the first woman chess player from India to receive the Men's Grandmaster title.
At 15 years, one month and 27 days, Koneru also became the world's youngest Women Grandmaster to achieve full Grandmaster status, beating the record of her idol Judith Polgar, who achieved the feat at 15 years, four months and 27 days.
As of July, 2006, Humpy is world number 2 in women's rankings with an Elo score of 2545.