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With her FIDE Women’s World Cup victory, Divya Deshmukh cements India’s growing dominance in women’s chess and challenges ...
Divya Deshmukh has followed an unconventional path to the top with her aggressive game, charismatic personality and by ...
Divya Deshmukh recently created history by winning the Chess World Cup, becoming the youngest player and the first Indian to ...
“That may be true,” she says. Story continues below this ad Throughout a heady July, Deshmukh, now 19, summoned those ...
India’s Divya Deshmukh entered the top-15 of FIDE’s world women’s classical chess ranking for the first time after her title ...
Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, felicitated the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 medallists Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy here on Friday.
Teenaged chess sensation Divya Deshmukh on Friday said more than winning the Women's World Cup earlier this week, her "biggest joy" was that the trophy came to India ...
While rising prodigy Divya Deshmukh was present to receive the honour in person, veteran Grandmaster (GM) Koneru Humpy joined ...
Nineteen-year-old Divya Deshmukh triumphed at the Women's World Cup, becoming the youngest winner by defeating fellow Indian Koneru Humpy in a decisive tiebreaker. This victory was celebrated not just ...
The 19-year-old Divya’s victory over compatriot Koneru Humpy in the World Cup final helped her become India’s 88th ...
Divya Deshmukh achieved a hat-trick of successes in Batumi. She returned home as a Grandmaster after winning the World Cup.
India’s moves on the chess board continue to script a story that the game’s young achievers can narrate to their grandkids as ...