"This tournament has been the biggest test of resilience": Divya Deshmukh after winning Chess World Cup
Aug 01, 2025
Divya, a 19-year-old rising sensation in the world of chess, became the first Indian woman to clinch the Chess World Cup after overwhelming Koneru on Monday evening in the final via tiebreaks. She became just the fourth Indian woman grandmaster and overall the 88th in the nation to clinch that title.