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==Personal life== [[File:Koneru Humpy.jpg|thumb|left|Humpy in [[Wijk aan Zee]], 2006]] Koneru Humpy was born in [[Gudivada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], on 31 March 1987.<ref name="frontline">{{cite magazine |last=Aaron |first=Manuel |date=10β23 January 1998 |title=The making of a champion |url=http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1501/15011310.htm |language=en |magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |access-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010211084303/http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1501/15011310.htm |archive-date=11 February 2001}}</ref> She was originally named "Hampi" by her parents, Koneru Ashok and Koneru Latha,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aicf.in/fide-womens-grand-prix-2014/| title=Harika wins, Setback for Humpy}}</ref> who derived the name from the word champion. Her father later changed the spelling to Humpy, to more closely resemble a Russian-sounding name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=333 |title=Humpy beats Judit Polgar by three months |date=31 May 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060408/spr-trib.htm#3 |title=Humpy's moves |date=8 April 2006 |newspaper=The Tribune |location=Chandigarh, India}}</ref> She was coached in chess at a young age by her father Ashok after he discovered her talent when she suggested a move as played out by a game from ''[[Chess Informant|The Chess Informator]]''. It was 1993, and Humpy was six-years-old then. In the same year, she won the [[Vijayawada]] city and [[Krishna district]] under-eight championships. She won the State-level championships in 1994 and 1995 and qualified for the national under-eight championship for girls in [[Madurai]] in 1995, where she finished fourth. From that year, her father started coaching her exclusively. She would then go on to win the national under-10 championship for girls in 1996 in [[Mumbai]], which led to a qualification for the 1997 World Under-10 Girls Chess Championship at [[Cannes]], France, which she would go on to win.<ref name="frontline"/> In August 2014, Humpy married Dasari Anvesh.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/article11198991.ece |title=Humpy enters wedlock with Anvesh |author=J. R. Shridharan |work=The Hindu |access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref> They have a daughter together named Ahana (b. 2017).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grandmaster Koneru Humpy learning the moves of a mother |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/grandmaster-koneru-humpy-learning-the-moves-of-a-mother/cid/1747071 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en |access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> Since 2016, Humpy has been working with [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited]] (ONGC).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/humpy-joins-ongc/article3105213.ece |title=Humpy joins ONGC |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=23 January 2016}}</ref>
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