Young sensation Divya Deshmukh created history as she created history to become the first Indian to win the Women’s World Cup 2025 beating compatriot Koneru Humpy in the tie-breaks on Monday, July 28. A match that was evenly matched right from the start, the classical round ended in a stalemate on Sunday, to push the final into tie-breaks.
The first rapid game of the tie-break ended in a draw and the second one, it looked like we were heading into another stalemate. However, time pressure got to Humpy as she made a few blunders that gave Divya the advantage and she took full use of it to secure the win and become India’s 88th grandmaster. Divya won the tie-breaks 1.5-0.5 to secure the magical win on the day and etch her name into the history books.
Divya also became the fourth female Indian grandmaster following in the footsteps of Humpy, R. Vaishali, and Harika Dronavalli.
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