The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday passed a resolution congratulating 19-year-old chess prodigy Divya Deshmukh for becoming youngest Women’s World Chess winner ...

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 ...

India’s five-time world chess champion Viswanathan doffs his hat to new Women’s World Cup-winner Divya Deshmukh; insists ...

19-yr-old is the new face of women’s chess.

Two Indian women facing each other in the final of the Women’s Chess World Cup in Batumi, Georgia, for the first time in ...

Teenager shows great fighting spirit to hold veteran Koneru Humpy to two draws before prevailing in rapid format ...

India now boasts 88 chess Grandmasters as of July 2025! Discover the full list, including new GM Divya Deshmukh & rising ...

Legendary Grandmaster Susan Polgar has credited Divya Deshmukh's stunning World Cup victory to her unwavering determination ...

Divya Deshmukh's World Cup win underlines the depth of Indian chess across all categories — open, junior, and now women's.

India’s Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy led a historic campaign at the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss, sealing two Candidates spots ...

Judit Polgar was impressed with ‘Indian chess’ as Divya Deshmukh beat Koneru Humpy in an all-Indian FIDE Women's World Cup ...

The 19-year-old beats compatriot GM Koneru Humpy in the second rapid tiebreak game to be crowned FIDE Women’s World Cup ...