Latest Chess Interview with Humpy

LatestChess:- Hello Humpy, We are glad to have you on LatestChess. Congratulations for crossing 2600+ ELO rating, you performed very well in European Team Championships and Asian indoor games as well. You must be very happy with your performances.Koneru

Humpy:- Thank you, I’m happy with my performance in European Club Cup. I scored 5.5 out of 6 games with a performance rating of 2800. However, I had mixed results in Asian Indoor Games. I知 not satisfied with my performance in rapid & classical. But, winning against Zhu Chen in the finals and taking Gold Medal in Blitz is satisfactory.

LatestChess:- You almost got selected in the last years India men’s chess team for Olympiad, this year if you qualify, would you prefer to play in men’s team or considering your need for the women’s team, you would play in women’s team?

Koneru Humpy:- In case, I get a chance to play in men’s team, I’d prefer to play in men’s chess only. There is no point in expecting to win a medal in Women Olympiad unless we have players with 2500+ rating.

LatestChess:- According to a study done in London, women chess players play worse against their male counterparts. The survey suggests that Women feel inferior when they play chess against men. We are sure you wont agree with this survey, what are your views on this?

Koneru Humpy:- As you said, I definitely won’t agree with this survey. Number of players in women’s section is insignificant when compared to men. This number should increase, so that there will be more competition that will enable to strengthen women’s chess. As you can observe, now there are more women players with rating around 2500. Earlier we barely had one or two players at that rating level. I’m sure, we can find more women players at 2600 level in future.

Here is the full interview.