Grandmaster Koneru Humpy crowned 2024 FIDE Women’s World Rapid Champion: Who is she?
- India’s Koneru Humpy bagged an epochal second World Rapid Chess Championship title.
After D Gukesh winning the World Chess Championship, there is more good news in store for the Indian Chess fraternity with Grandmaster Koneru Humpy being crowned the 2024 FIDE Women’s World Rapid Champion.
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The 37-year-old Humpy finished the tournament with 8.5 out of 11 points.
Who is Koneru Humpy?
Humpy had won the event back in 2019 at Georgia and is only the second player after China’s Ju Wenjun to clinch the title more than once.
Earlier, in the Rapid worlds, she had won a bronze medal in the 2012 edition event held in Moscow and a silver in 2023 at Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Koneru's father, Koneru Ashok, served as her coach and heldped her hone her skills, which was an advantage for Koneru but also carried a lot of challenges.
Earlier in September, while speaking to ANI, she had said, “Definitely, as a player, having a father (as coach) is an advantage because you are not restricted with the timing. Psychologically, he used to correct me.”
She also added that she never had a father-daughter relationship when they were training. "He used to be be very strict, and he used to scold me. After the session, I would still not come out of that. I would feel bad about it. But slowly, growing up, I got ased to it. I understood it is important to be tough with the kids and to take them in the right direction," she said as quoted by ANI .
Koneru also said that she carried the legacy and passed on the basics of chess to her daughter, Ahana, however, she feels it's unlikely that her seven-year-old daughter will pursue chess in the future.
(With inputs from agencies)
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First Published:29 Dec 2024, 06:40 AM IST
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