Women’s Chess World Cup Winner Divya Deshmukh: Divya Deshmukh has become the World Champion. This 19 -year -old young player has won the title of Fide Chess World Cup by defeating Koneru Hampi of India. After winning the World Cup, Divya Deshmukh became emotional and could not stop the tears of happiness.
The final match of the Chess World Cup was held at Batumi, Georgia. The classical match played between Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Hampi on Saturday and Sunday was drawn. These matches were on a 1–1 par. After this, in the rapid round on Monday, July 28, Divya Deshmukh defeated Koneru Hampi and won his first Chase World Cup title.
🇮🇳 Divya deshmukh defeats humpy koneru 🇮🇳 to win the 2025 fide women’s world cup 🏆#Fideworldcup pic.twitter.com/h12i7x56kw
– International Chess Federation (@Fide_ches) July 28, 2025
India defeated China in semi -finals
It was a moment of pride for India when both the players who reached the finals of FIDE Chase World Cup were from India. Divya Deshmukh defeated China’s Tan Zhongyi in the semi -final match and confirmed it in the final. With this, Divya became the first woman in the country to make it to the finals of Women’s Chase World. At the same time, Grandmaster Koneru Hampi also defeated Tingji Lei of China in the semi -finals. These daughters of India beaten China and reached the finals. This proved that this time the first title of Women’s Chess World Cup is ready to appear in India.
Divya Deshmukh gets prize money
Divya Deshmukh, who hails from Nagpur, has won the Chase World Cup and won the world in the world. Divya has received an amount of about Rs 42 lakh in reward for becoming the world champion. At the same time, Koneru Hampi has got a prize money of Rs 30 lakh as a runner-up.
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