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Divya Deshmukh (born 9 December 2005) is an Indian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. [2] She is a three-time gold medalist at the Olympiad . Deshmukh has also won multiple golds at the Asian Championship , the World Junior Championship as well as the World Youth Championship .
India scored a convincing 3½–½ victory over Azerbaijan with wins by Harika Dronavalli, Divya Deshmukh and Vantika Agrawal to win the gold medal, whereas Kazakhstan drew with the United States in a match with one win per side. The Kazakh team had chances to win the match as Alua Nurman won a pawn after Alice Lee missed a tactic.
Twenty individuals have been awarded the Arjuna Award for exceptional performance in chess at the international level. Manuel Aaron was the first chess player to receive this award in its inception year of 1961. [12] Rohini Khadilkar was the second chess player and first female chess player to receive this award in 1980–81. In total, seven ...
The 18-year-old Indian expressed her frustration at comments focussed on her appearance rather than her chess success
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 was the 87th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Wijk aan Zee.It was held from 17 January to 2 February 2025. The field of 14 players in the Masters section included the defending champion Wei Yi, as well as 2024 Challengers winner Leon Luke Mendonca.
Georgia dominated the second Indian team by 3–1 with two wins on the lower boards where Lela Javakhishvili outplayed Soumya Swaminathan and Meri Arabidze defeated Divya Deshmukh. On the other boards, Vantika Agarwal fought hard to save the game against Nana Dzagnidze, while Padmini Rout made a draw with Nino Batsiashvili.
The 45th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 23 September 2024.It consisted of two main tournaments—an Open event, enabling participation of players from all genders, and a Women's event, enabling participation of female players only—as well as several events to promote chess.
Srinath is the former coach of prodigies like Grandmasters Nihal Sarin [14] and Arjun Erigaisi and International Master Divya Deshmukh. As coach, he has played an important role in Indian Chess team performances across tournaments. He was the coach of the Junior team that won the silver medal at the 2018 World Youth Chess Olympiad. [15]