Divya Deshmukh after Winning Chess World Cup
Samira Vishwas August 02, 2025 05:24 AM

New Delhi (India), August 1 (ANI): India Newly Crowned Chess Grandmaster, Divya Deshmukh, Shared Her Views on the Recently Concluded Fide Women Chass World Cup 2025, with Took Plays in Georia, Saying that this tournament has been her most significant test of resilience.

Divya, A 19-YEAR-old Rising Sensation in the World of Chess, BECAME The First Indian Woman to Clink the Chess World Cup after Overwhelming Koneru on Monday Evening in the Final Via Tiebreaks. She is just the fourth Indian woman grandmaster and overall the nation to clinch that title.

Speaking to the media, divya said, this tournament has been the biggest test of resilience, and also it was thought a big tournament, so it definitely tested my physical, mental, mental, mental, and how to handle my nundle my novers.

Further Speaking on the Importance of Family Support during the tournaments, the player said, family support is more important. When your family supports you, you feel much more confident to go and give your best. I have been very lucky and blessed. My Mom was taking care of me during the tournament, and she was there I Needed Her.

The youngster also expressed her thoughts after receiving a warm welcome from the fans upon her arrival in India.

It has been very overwhelming coming seeing so much love and support from the people. It has been quite an exhausting trip but i dont think my heart count bey happy, she added.

In the end, the 19-yar-hour said that she was very surprised with her performance in the tournament as she never thought that she would come so far in the competition.

Very Surprising and Didnt Expect. I didnt have a norm going into the tournament and now I am a grandmaster. It has been years of Sacrifice, hard luck and also so much luck in my career, she concluded.

During the tense contest, a string of inaccurax in the second rapid game contributed to koneru downfall. She found herself a pawn in the rook endgame, which played out in divya favorite. The Veteran Allowed The Situation to Sink in and Resigned on the 75th Move and Fell Short in a Gripping Final with a Score of 2.5-1.5.

Divya failed to capitalise on the two windows that koneru left open for her with her inacurate moves. However, on the third time, koneru inflicted more damage on her capturing the f pawn on move 69, which changed the tide in divya fast in the final moment of the contest. This time Around, Divya Made No Mistake, Played The Right Moves and Forced Koneru to Resign after Six Moves.

Her eyes welled up with tears as she began to grasp the scale of her victory. She tried to compese hercelf, but son beCame overwhelmed with emotions again after embracing her mother in a heartfelt moment. (Ani)

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