First Indian woman World Champion in chess - Koneru Humpy

Grand Master Koneru Humpy, one of the prominent and world's top female chess player with FIDE rating 2586, and India's best women chess player

In 2020, Koneru Humpy claimed title Cairns Cup, which is known as strongest tournament ever held in women’s chess edge passing World Champion Ju

And year before in 2019, She won Skolkovo FIDE Grand Prix and World Rapid Championship

In her earlier days of chess, She began by winning a district chess championship

Also rattled off four Indian national championships: an under-8 title in 1995 followed by under-10, under-12 and under-15 titles in 1996

In 1999 Koneru won two open titles the under-14 national championship and the under-12 Asian Youth Chess Championship

By the end of 2000, at only 13 years of age, Koneru became the youngest to win the British Ladies Championship

Her accomplishment broke the 61-year record held by WIM Elaine Pritchard

And by this Koneru achieved her first GM norm at nearly 14 years and three months old

By 2002 after winning the VIII Elekes Memorial Grandmaster tournament, she became Grand Master at the age of 15

In 2003, She was awarded by Arjuna award and in 2007 by Padma Shri