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🔆 Divya Deshmukh Becomes India’s 1st Women’s World Cup Champion in Chess

📍 Historic Victory
✅ Divya Deshmukh (19) wins the FIDE Women’s World Cup in Batumi, Georgia.
✅ Defeated Koneru Humpy in tiebreaks — Humpy is World No. 5 and a legend in Indian chess.
✅ Four Indian women reached the quarterfinals — a record performance.

📍 Major Milestones
âś… Divya becomes:
▪️ India’s 88th Grandmaster (GM)
▪️ Only the 4th Indian woman GM after Humpy, D. Harika, R. Vaishali
âś… Won World Junior Championship (2023) & led India to gold in Chess Olympiad (Budapest).

📍 Emulating Anand
âś… Only Indian to win World Cup before: Viswanathan Anand (2002).
✅ Divya & Humpy now qualify for the Candidates Tournament — a step toward the World Championship.

📍 India’s Chess Boom
âś… Last year: 5 Indians (3 men, 2 women) featured in Candidates.
âś… D. Gukesh, at 18, became youngest World Champion (2024), dethroning Ding Liren.

📝 Prelims Question
Which of the following statements is/are true?
1. Divya Deshmukh is India’s first woman to win the FIDE Women’s World Cup.
2. She became the first Indian woman Grandmaster.
3. Viswanathan Anand was the first Indian to win the Chess World Cup in 2002.

Select the correct answer:
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. All of the above
âś… Answer: B

🖋️ Mains Question
Indian chess is witnessing a golden era led by young prodigies. Discuss how institutional support, global exposure, and role models have contributed to India’s recent success in global chess tournaments. (150 words)

#WomenInSports #UPSC2025 #ChessIndia



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🔆 Divya Deshmukh Becomes India’s 1st Women’s World Cup Champion in Chess

📍 Historic Victory
✅ Divya Deshmukh (19) wins the FIDE Women’s World Cup in Batumi, Georgia.
✅ Defeated Koneru Humpy in tiebreaks — Humpy is World No. 5 and a legend in Indian chess.
✅ Four Indian women reached the quarterfinals — a record performance.

📍 Major Milestones
âś… Divya becomes:
▪️ India’s 88th Grandmaster (GM)
▪️ Only the 4th Indian woman GM after Humpy, D. Harika, R. Vaishali
âś… Won World Junior Championship (2023) & led India to gold in Chess Olympiad (Budapest).

📍 Emulating Anand
âś… Only Indian to win World Cup before: Viswanathan Anand (2002).
✅ Divya & Humpy now qualify for the Candidates Tournament — a step toward the World Championship.

📍 India’s Chess Boom
âś… Last year: 5 Indians (3 men, 2 women) featured in Candidates.
âś… D. Gukesh, at 18, became youngest World Champion (2024), dethroning Ding Liren.

📝 Prelims Question
Which of the following statements is/are true?
1. Divya Deshmukh is India’s first woman to win the FIDE Women’s World Cup.
2. She became the first Indian woman Grandmaster.
3. Viswanathan Anand was the first Indian to win the Chess World Cup in 2002.

Select the correct answer:
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. All of the above
âś… Answer: B

🖋️ Mains Question
Indian chess is witnessing a golden era led by young prodigies. Discuss how institutional support, global exposure, and role models have contributed to India’s recent success in global chess tournaments. (150 words)

#WomenInSports #UPSC2025 #ChessIndia

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