Grandmaster
Which title was conferred to Koneru Humpy in 2002?
Koneru Humpy Koneru Humpy ( born 31 March 1987 ) is an Indian chess player who is also reigning womens world rapid champion . In 2002 , she became the youngest woman ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years , 1 month , 27 days , beating Judit Polgárs previous record by three months ( this record was subsequently broken by Hou Yifan in 2008 ) . In October 2007 , Koneru became the second female player , after Polgár , to exceed the 2600 Elo rating mark , being rated 2606 . Career . Koneru won three gold medals at the World Youth Chess Championship : in 1997 ( under-10 girls division ) , 1998 ( under-12 girls ) and 2000 ( under-14 girls ) . In 1999 , at the Asian Youth Chess Championship , held in Ahmedabad , she won the under-12 section , competing with the boys . In 2001 Koneru won the World Junior Girls Championship . In the following years edition , she tied for first place with Zhao Xue , but placed second on tiebreak . She became the eight ever female Grandmaster in 2002 . Koneru competed with the boys in the 2004 World Junior Championship , which was won by Pentala Harikrishna and tied for fifth place , finishing tenth on countback with a score of 8.5/13 points . Koneru won the British Womens Championship in 2000 and in 2002 . In 2003 , she won the 10th Asian Womens Individual Championship and the Indian Womens Championship . In 2005 , she won the North Urals Cup , a round-robin tournament held in Krasnoturyinsk , Russia featuring ten of the strongest female players in the world at the time . She participated in the Womens World Chess Championship for the first time in 2004 and since then , she has competed in every edition of the event held with the knockout format . Koneru reached the semifinals in 2004 , 2008 and 2010 . In 2009 , she tied for 1st–4th with Alexander Areshchenko , Magesh Panchanathan and Evgenij Miroshnichenko in the Mumbai Mayor Cup . In 2009 , Koneru accused the All India Chess Federation of preventing her from participating in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin . Her father Koneru Ashok , who was coaching her , was not allowed to travel with her for tournaments . Koneru took part in the FIDE Womens Grand Prix 2009–2011 and finished in overall second position , in turn qualifying as challenger for Womens World Chess Championship 2011 . Hou Yifan won the match , winning three games and drawing five . Koneru finished runner-up in the FIDE Womens Grand Prix series also in the 2011–12 , 2013–14 and 2015–16 editions . She won the individual bronze at the Womens World Team Chess Championship 2015 held in Chengdu , China . Team India finished fourth in the competition – a point behind China , which won the bronze medal . In 2019 , she became womens World Rapid champion after coming back from a two-year maternity sabbatical . In 2020 , Koneru won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year award , following a public vote . Personal life . She was originally named Hampi by her parents ( Koneru Ashok and Latha Ashok ) who derived the name from the word champion . Her father later changed the spelling to Humpy , to more closely resemble a Russian-sounding name . In August 2014 she married Dasari Anvesh . Currently she is working with ONGC Ltd . She gave birth to a baby daughter who is named Ahana in 2017 . Awards and achievements . - 1999 : Asias youngest Woman International Master ( WIM ) - 2001 : Indias youngest Woman Grandmaster ( WGM ) - 2003 : Arjuna Award - 2007 : Padma Shri - 2019 : Skolkovo Womens Grand Prix 2019–20 - 2019 : Monaco Womens Grand Prix 2019–20 - 2019 : Womens World Rapid Chess Championship - 2020 : Cairns Cup