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India’s five-time world chess champion Viswanathan doffs his hat to new Women’s World Cup-winner Divya Deshmukh; insists ...
India's chess prodigies continue their reign as Divya Deshmukh, at 19, triumphs at the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025, securing ...
India now boasts 88 chess Grandmasters as of July 2025! Discover the full list, including new GM Divya Deshmukh & rising ...
The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday passed a resolution congratulating 19-year-old chess prodigy Divya Deshmukh for becoming youngest Women’s World Chess winner ...
India’s Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy led a historic campaign at the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss, sealing two Candidates spots ...
Legendary Grandmaster Susan Polgar has credited Divya Deshmukh's stunning World Cup victory to her unwavering determination ...
The 19-year-old beats compatriot GM Koneru Humpy in the second rapid tiebreak game to be crowned FIDE Women’s World Cup ...
Judit Polgar was impressed with ‘Indian chess’ as Divya Deshmukh beat Koneru Humpy in an all-Indian FIDE Women's World Cup ...
Divya Deshmukh triumphed over Koneru Humpy to claim the 2025 Chess World Cup title in Batumi. This victory highlights India’s growing supremacy in global chess and sets the stage for continued success ...
Divya’s win was dubbed by the legendary Viswanathan Anand as a ‘great celebration of Indian chess’. Nothing could have been more apt than those words of the iconic Anand, a five-time world chess ...
FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky refuted American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s statement suggesting the rating spot in the Candidates ...
Trailblazers Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh make history with first all-Indian final at Women’s World Cup, both booking 2026 ...