Koneru meaning

She was originally named "Hampi" by her parents (Koneru Ashok and Mrs 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.[17][18] In August she married Dasari Anvesh.[19] Currently she is working with ONGC Ltd.

Koneru Humpy won three gold medals at the World Youth Chess Championship: in (under girls' division), (under girls) and (under girls).

In , at the Asian Youth Chess Championship, held in Ahmedabad, she won the under section, competing with the boys.[5] In Koneru won the World Junior Girls Championship. In the following year's edition, she tied for first place with Zhao Xue, but placed second on tiebreak.[6] Koneru competed with the boys in the World Junior Championship, which was won by Pentala Harikrishna, and tied for fifth place, finishing tenth on countback with a score of /13 points.

Koneru won the British Women's Championship in and in In ,