Koneru Humpy is India’s top-ranked woman in chess. She is two-time World Rapid Champion. Humpy became a chess Grandmaster in 2002 at the age of 15. The 37-year-old readies her bid for the Women’s Grand Prix in Pune (April 13-24), Norway (May 26-June 6), then the World Cup (July 5-29) Humpy tells TimesofIndia.com: \”I always feel motherhood is a strength. It cannot make you sidestep your profession\” ‘I never want to pressurise her,\” Humpy says of her daughter Ahana. \”I just want her to grow up as a positive person. That’s more important to me than which profession she chooses,\” she adds. ‘I’m not a book reader at all. I’d love to read on a laptop or a tab, but not in books,\” she laughs. ‘People often say they couldn’t tell whether I won or lost a game because I always maintained the same calm,’ she says.