Mumbai, July 1: The title of Koneru Humpy, India's greatest lady chess participant ever and reigning ladies's World Fast Chess Championship champion, has been proposed for the best sports activities accolade of the nation. On Thursday, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) despatched to the Sports activities Ministry its suggestions for the nationwide sports activities awards for the 12 months 2019-2020, with Koneru's title topping the record.
The AICF has additionally really useful six gamers -- world No 22 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, former nationwide champion B Adhiban, SP Sethuraman, MR Lalit Babu, WGM Bhakti Kulkarni, and Padmini Rout -- for the Arjuna Award. GM Abhijit Kunte's title has been put ahead for the Main Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement award. Viswanathan Anand was honoured with the inaugural Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1992. Since then no chess participant has obtained this honour. Vishwanathan Anand & Koneru Humpy Will Begin ‘Checkmate COVID’ Marketing campaign Which can Present Medical & Monetary Help to Ones Affected By Pandemic.
Koneru has the perfect credentials amongst chess gamers to be thought of for the award. The 34-year-old from Vijaywada, ranked No.3 in FIDE rankings, gained the ladies's World Fast Chess Championship in December 2019 and just lately certified for the ladies's World Championship qualifier in 2022. She performed an essential function as India and Russia shared the FIDE On-line Olympiad final 12 months.
Koneru has performed in all main chess tournaments and gained many titles. She has gained the World Beneath-10, World Beneath-12, and Beneath-14 titles and the World Junior Chess Championship in 2001.At the moment she has a ranking of 2586, behind China's Hou Yifan (2658) and Russian Aleksandra Goryachkina (2596). Gujrathi is the third highest ranked Indian chess participant within the Open class after Anand (15) and P Harikrishna (21). He has risen quickly within the rankings in the previous few years and maintained a ranking of 2700-plus
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