Koneru Humpy compared to chess legend Judith Polgar by World No. 3, who once accused Indian GM Arjun of cheating
Hindustan TimesFirst it was D Gukesh, who became the world chess champion, and now it is Koneru Humpy, who added to the list of chess laurels for India in 2024. Humpy clinched a historic second world title in rapid chess, winning the year-ended World Rapid Chess Championship by defeating Indonesia’s Irene Sukandar. Speaking on Magnus Carlsen co-owned Take Take Take chess YouTube channel, he said, “Humpy is a player who’s been 2600 for many, many years, I think, for a long time. “I think that it’s really great to see is when you look at chess, I think the Indian model right now is very clearly the best.” In 2002, Humpy became the youngest woman to ever achieve the title of Grandmaster aged 15 years, one month and 27 days. I think he’s getting 300,000 Dollars a year sponsorship.” “I mean, I know Pragg, I mean, Vidit, you know, Gukesh, all of them have very serious sponsorships.” Explaining how the financial structure in chess for Indian grandmasters was different than players belonging to other countries, he hailed the local governments.
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