She achieved the record after beating Judit Polgar's previous record only by 3 months. She won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship in the year 2001. She participated in the year 2006 in the Women's World Chess Championship, but she was eliminated in the second round. Career of Humpy Koneru The most notable games she has played against are: Koneru vs Z Nemeth in the year 2005 won by 1-0, Koneru vs N Berry in the year 1999 won by 1-0, Koneru vs T Kosintseva in the year 2004 won by 1-0, Koneru vs Hebden in the year 2002 won by 1-0, L Bruzon vs Koneru in the year 2003 won by 0-1, Shaobin vs Koneru in the year 2005 won by 0-1, Koneru vs E Kovalevskaya in the year 2004 1/2-1/2, Kosteniuk vs Koneru in the year 2004 won by 0-1, C Deepan vs Koneru in the year 2006 won by 0-1. She started playing chess when she was only 5 years old. She has won four World Championships, including the World Girls under 10, Under 12, Under 14 and World Girls Junior championships. Humpy Koneru participated in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009-2011 where she competed hard and finished in overall second position, in turn qualifying as challenger for Women's World Chess Championship 2011. Awards won by Humpy Koneru 2003: Arjuna award 2007: Padma Shri award 2008: Raja Lakshmi Award |