Divya Deshmukh (born 9 December 2005) is an Indian chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM).[3][4] In June 2024, she won the FIDE World Junior Girls Chess Championship.[5]
| Divya Deshmukh | |
|---|---|
 Deshmukh in 2024 | |
| Country | India |
| Born | 9 December 2005[1] Nagpur, Maharashtra, India |
| Title | International Master (2023) Woman Grandmaster (2021) |
| FIDE rating | 2483 (September 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2483 (September 2024)[2] |
| Peak ranking | No. 1 (September 2024) |
Early life and education
editDivya was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra.[6] Her parents, Jitendra Deshmukh and Namratha Deshmukh, are doctors. She completed her Class 12 board examinations.[7]
Chess career
editDivya became India's 21st woman chess Grandmaster in 2021.[6] She won the 2022 Women's Indian Chess Championship. She also won an individual bronze medal at the 2022 Chess Olympiad. She was also part of the gold medal-winning FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 team.[8][9] As of August 2024, she is the 4th ranked woman chess player in India.[10]
In 2023, in Almaty she won the Asian Women's Chess Championship.[11] She then finished first in the women's rapid section of the Tata Steel India Chess Tournament, despite being the bottom seed. At the tournament, she defeated Harika Dronavalli, Vantika Agrawal, Koneru Humpy, Savitha Shri B, Irina Krush, and Nino Batsiashvili, drew against Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun and Anna Ushenina, and suffered her only loss to Polina Shuvalova.[12]
In May 2024, Deshmukh was the Sharjah Challengers champion, a large open tournament win that earned her a spot in the Sharjah Masters the following year.[13] In June, she became 2024 FIDE World U20 Girls Chess Champion. She became the fourth Indian to win the World Junior Girls' title after Koneru Humpy in 2001, Dronavalli Harika in 2008, Soumya Swaminathan in 2009.[5] Needing a win in the final round, she defeated Bulgaria’s third seed Krasteva Beloslava in a five-hour marathon battle to secure 10 points out of a possible 11 and won the championship.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Divya Deshmukh". Twitter. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Divya Deshmukh FIDE profile". Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ Navalgund, Niranjan (5 March 2022). "Arjun Erigaisi, Divya Deshmukh Clinch Indian National Championships". chess.com. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (19 October 2021). "Divya Deshmukh becomes the 22nd Woman Grandmaster of India". Chessbase India. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
Divya Deshmukh scored her final WGM-norm in her first tournament in over 17 months at First Saturday GM October 2021.
- ^ a b Raghavan, R. Srinivasa (20 June 2024). "Divya Deshmukh, India's new chess star, looks set to checkmate the world". thefederal.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Meet Divya Deshmukh: All You Need To Know About Indian Chess Player Who Faced Sexism From Fans - In Pics". Zee News. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Nagpur's queen India's pride: Divya Deshmukh is world junior chess champion". The Times of India. 14 June 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "India – FIDE Online Olympiad 2020". FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 / 24 July - August 30. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Who is Divya Deshmukh? Nagpur chess prodigy bags World U-20 Chess Championship title - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "FIDE Ratings". Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ Asian Continental Women Chess Championship 2023
- ^ TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2023 (WOMEN)
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid. "Divya Deshmukh wins Sharjah Challengers 2024". ChessBase India. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
External links
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- Divya Deshmukh rating card at FIDE
- Divya Deshmukh player profile at Chess.com
- Divya Deshmukh player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Divya Deshmukh chess games at 365Chess.com
- Divya Desmukh on Twitter
