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Why women lose at chess GM Koneru Humpy and Chinese GM Ju Wenjun at the 2019 Skolkovo Women Grand Prix. Photo: David Llada/Fide 12 min read Share Via Read Full Story When she first started participating in chess tournaments at age 7, Koneru Humpy would play in both draws of boys and girls. “They considered girls as ‘underdog players’, so I was allowed to participate, she recalls. “But mostly girls themselves didn’t dare do that because the competition (in the boys’ draw) was very tough. Humpy was no underdog. In 1999 and 2000, she won the Asian under-12 and national under-14 titles at ages 12 and 13, respectively, both in the boys’ category. Her performance against girls was even better: She swept up the top prize at the under 10, 12, 14 and 20 world championships. At the age of 15, she became a chess grandmaster (GM), the youngest woman in the world at the time to enter the elite club. She even broke the record of Judit Polgár, the highest rated woman chess p

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