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Date: 28 Oct 2007 01:24:43
From: fruitella
Subject: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy rates 2800
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Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy showed some great chess in recently
conduced European Club Cup 2007. She played for the team Cercle
d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo and scored an amazing 5.5/6 with a rating
performance of 2800! ,which of course was good enough for her team to
win the Womens Championships quite easily.
While the Men's Championship was more tensed and finally won by Linex
Magic-Merida. Almost all of worlds top grandmasters participated in
this prestigious team event which was held at Kemer, Antalya, Turkey
from October 2nd to 10th.
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biography :
Humpy Koneru (born 31 ch 1987 in Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh) is a
chess grandmaster from India. Her October 2007 FIDE Elo rating is
2606, placing her at number two in the world for women (behind Judit
Polgar), breaking the record of 2577 set by Susan Polgar for the
second-highest ranked female player in Chess history and becoming the
the second female player ever, after Judit Polgar, to cross the 2600
points .[1][2]
Humpy was originally named Hampi by her parents but her father later
changed it to Humpy, a more Russian-sounding name. She writes her
family name (Koneru) before her given name.
Humpy holds the record for the youngest woman ever to become a
grandmaster (not merely a Woman Grandmaster), which she achieved in 15
years, 1 month, 27 days, beating Judit Polgar's previous record by 3
months.[3]
In 2001 she won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship. In 2006 she
participated in the Women's World Chess Championship, but was
eliminated in the second round.[4]
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Date: 31 Oct 2007 13:37:58
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy rates 2800
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On Oct 29, 5:01 pm, Larry Tapper <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Oct 28, 10:05 am, SBD <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Yes very good! Congratulations to her.
>
> > To my American ears, "Humpy" doesn't sound Russian at all. What makes
> > it sound Russian and was the intent to mimic other Russian players, a
> > salute to Russia, so to speak?
>
> Yes, that note about how she got her name was a bit of a puzzle.
>
> You'd think it would be "Gumpy" at least, by analogy with "Gamlet" and
> "Geller".
>
> LT
I think that Humpy was a poor choice for a name. I thought it was a
derogatory rek when I first heard it.
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Date: 29 Oct 2007 14:01:57
From: Larry Tapper
Subject: Re: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy rates 2800
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On Oct 28, 10:05 am, SBD <[email protected] > wrote:
> Yes very good! Congratulations to her.
>
> To my American ears, "Humpy" doesn't sound Russian at all. What makes
> it sound Russian and was the intent to mimic other Russian players, a
> salute to Russia, so to speak?
Yes, that note about how she got her name was a bit of a puzzle.
You'd think it would be "Gumpy" at least, by analogy with "Gamlet" and
"Geller".
LT
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Date: 29 Oct 2007 11:16:40
From: Richard
Subject: Re: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy rates 2800
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On Oct 28, 3:52 pm, fruitella <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Oct 28, 7:16 pm, SBD <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Oct 28, 1:57 pm, fruitella <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > On Oct 28, 2:05 pm, SBD <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Yes very good! Congratulations to her.
>
> > > > To my American ears, "Humpy" doesn't sound Russian at all. What makes
> > > > it sound Russian and was the intent to mimic other Russian players, a
> > > > salute to Russia, so to speak?
>
> > > She is from India not Russia.
>
> > > Hampi (pronounced Hampe) is the name of a village in India.
>
> > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampi
>
> > I know she is from India. Have followed her for a few years. However
> > in the text it was noted that her name was changed to sound more
> > Russian.
>
> > Maybe if you read before commenting?
>
> My mistake.
>
> Just like a drive by shooting, it was a drive by posting.
>
> :-)
Drive by postings are always a bad idea. I always lose control of the
car while typing.
--Richard
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Date: 28 Oct 2007 12:52:29
From: fruitella
Subject: Re: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy rates 2800
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On Oct 28, 7:16 pm, SBD <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Oct 28, 1:57 pm, fruitella <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Oct 28, 2:05 pm, SBD <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Yes very good! Congratulations to her.
>
> > > To my American ears, "Humpy" doesn't sound Russian at all. What makes
> > > it sound Russian and was the intent to mimic other Russian players, a
> > > salute to Russia, so to speak?
>
> > She is from India not Russia.
>
> > Hampi (pronounced Hampe) is the name of a village in India.
>
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampi
>
> I know she is from India. Have followed her for a few years. However
> in the text it was noted that her name was changed to sound more
> Russian.
>
> Maybe if you read before commenting?
My mistake.
Just like a drive by shooting, it was a drive by posting.
:-)
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Date: 28 Oct 2007 19:16:42
From: SBD
Subject: Re: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy rates 2800
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On Oct 28, 1:57 pm, fruitella <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Oct 28, 2:05 pm, SBD <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Yes very good! Congratulations to her.
>
> > To my American ears, "Humpy" doesn't sound Russian at all. What makes
> > it sound Russian and was the intent to mimic other Russian players, a
> > salute to Russia, so to speak?
>
> She is from India not Russia.
>
> Hampi (pronounced Hampe) is the name of a village in India.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampi
I know she is from India. Have followed her for a few years. However
in the text it was noted that her name was changed to sound more
Russian.
Maybe if you read before commenting?
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Date: 28 Oct 2007 11:57:16
From: fruitella
Subject: Re: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy rates 2800
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On Oct 28, 2:05 pm, SBD <[email protected] > wrote:
> Yes very good! Congratulations to her.
>
> To my American ears, "Humpy" doesn't sound Russian at all. What makes
> it sound Russian and was the intent to mimic other Russian players, a
> salute to Russia, so to speak?
She is from India not Russia.
Hampi (pronounced Hampe) is the name of a village in India.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampi
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Date: 28 Oct 2007 14:05:46
From: SBD
Subject: Re: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy rates 2800
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Yes very good! Congratulations to her.
To my American ears, "Humpy" doesn't sound Russian at all. What makes
it sound Russian and was the intent to mimic other Russian players, a
salute to Russia, so to speak?
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Date: 28 Oct 2007 09:15:55
From: j.d.walker
Subject: Re: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy rates 2800
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On Oct 28, 1:24 am, fruitella <[email protected] > wrote:
> Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy showed some great chess in recently
> conduced European Club Cup 2007. She played for the team Cercle
> d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo and scored an amazing 5.5/6 with a rating
> performance of 2800! ,which of course was good enough for her team to
> win the Womens Championships quite easily.
>
> While the Men's Championship was more tensed and finally won by Linex
> Magic-Merida. Almost all of worlds top grandmasters participated in
> this prestigious team event which was held at Kemer, Antalya, Turkey
> from October 2nd to 10th.
>
> ------
>
> biography :
>
> Humpy Koneru (born 31 ch 1987 in Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh) is a
> chess grandmaster from India. Her October 2007 FIDE Elo rating is
> 2606, placing her at number two in the world for women (behind Judit
> Polgar), breaking the record of 2577 set by Susan Polgar for the
> second-highest ranked female player in Chess history and becoming the
> the second female player ever, after Judit Polgar, to cross the 2600
> points .[1][2]
>
> Humpy was originally named Hampi by her parents but her father later
> changed it to Humpy, a more Russian-sounding name. She writes her
> family name (Koneru) before her given name.
>
> Humpy holds the record for the youngest woman ever to become a
> grandmaster (not merely a Woman Grandmaster), which she achieved in 15
> years, 1 month, 27 days, beating Judit Polgar's previous record by 3
> months.[3]
>
> In 2001 she won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship. In 2006 she
> participated in the Women's World Chess Championship, but was
> eliminated in the second round.[4]
Excellent! She surely will get stronger.
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