Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh, shows the 2025 FIDE Women’s World Cup trophy following her return after winning the championship held in Georgia, in Nagpur on July 31, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh has said she was not under any kind of pressure while playing the FIDE Women’s World Cup final against compatriot Koneru […]
Divya Deshmukh becomes India’s first Women’s Chess World Cup winner (FIDE Photo/TOI Special Arrangements) NAGPUR: Only a few know that Divya Deshmukh carries in her veins a quiet legacy. The youngest and only Indian woman to win the women’s chess World Cup, Divya ‘inherited’ her love for the 64-square battlefield partly from her maternal great-grandfather, […]
File image of Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh Photo: @AmitShah/ANI Photo Young Indian International Master Divya Deshmukh held her nerves to hold stalwart Koneru Humpy to a draw in game 1 of the FIDE Women’s World Cup final, with both players having their share of opportunities to take the lead here on Saturday. The draw […]
History will be made on Saturday, 26 July, as the final of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 kicks off with an all-Indian showdown between Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy. This marks the first time ever that two Indian players will face each other in the final of the prestigious event. Following a rest day […]
19-year-old Divya Deshmukh defeats former Women’s World Champion, Tan Zhongyi of China, to advance to the final of the FIDE Women’s World Cup, in Batumi. | Photo Credit: ANI Grandmaster Koneru Humpy held her nerves to score a come-from-behind victory over China’sTIngjie Lei in the tiebreaker to set up an all-Indian summit clash against Divya […]
Divya Deshmukh is the first-ever Indian woman to advance to a FIDE Women’s World Cup Final (Image via X/@ChessbaseIndia) International Master (IM) Divya Deshmukh scripted history on Wednesday by storming into the final of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Cup, defeating former world champion Zhongyi Tan of China. With this win, Divya also became the […]
Slowly but surely emerging as one of India’s key players, International Master Divya Deshmukh stunned higher-ranked compatriot Harika Dronavalli 2-0 in the tiebreaks to enter the semifinals of the FIDE World Women’s Chess Cup here. After two uneventful draws in the classical games, the pressure was on Harika in the rapid tiebreaks. Divya capitalised with […]
Koneru Humpy (Anna Shtourman/FIDE) In a historic moment for Indian chess, all four remaining players, Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika, R Vaishali, and International Master Divya Deshmukh, have stormed into the quarterfinals of the FIDE Women’s World Cup. The achievement drew special praise from FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky, who wrote on X, “All four Indian players […]
