With the Candidates in mind, India's rising star Divya Deshmukh will compete in the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Open section.

Divya Deshmukh is all set to compete in the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 in Samarkand after receiving a wildcard. This tournament ...

In the third edition of the Women's World Cup, Divya, the 15th seed at this tournament, is now its youngest finalist - a year younger than Nurgyul Salimova was when she made the final of the previous ...

Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh, who had recently defeated Koneru Humpy in an all-Indian Women’s Chess World Cup final recently, ...

Moving on to the Open category at the fourth edition of the FIDE Grand Swiss event, Divya will be up against a stacked field ...

After winning the 2025 Women’s Chess World Cup in style and becoming India’s 88th Grandmaster, Divya Deshmukh faces a brand ...

That girl was Divya Deshmukh. She took a gulp of water, steadying herself, before letting the moment sink in. Her eyes darted around, searching for her mother, and then came the outpouring of emotion.

So Divya Deshmukh will be taking on the men at the FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament in Uzbekistan next month.

After becoming the first Indian woman to lift the World Cup, the 19-year-old is now at an important stage of her career.

R. Vaishali, the other Indian in the field, was eliminated after losing 6-8 to American IM Alice Lee in the first round.

Divya Deshmukh, India's latest Grandmaster and World Cup winner, defeated Koneru Humpy in a thrilling tiebreaker for the ...