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DIVYA EXITS IN FIRST ROUND OF CHESS WORLD CUP
Hindustan Times Pune
|November 03, 2025
Wildcard Divya Deshmukh’s FIDE World Cup campaign ended in the first round after she lost her second straight classical game, even as a flock of young Indians advanced to the next round in Goa on Sunday.
The Women's World Cup winner and the only female in the 206-player field was already up against it after she lost playing with white on Saturday against Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis. Needing a win to take her opening round to the tiebreaks, Divya crumbled under time pressure. With the clock winding down to single digits and her position heavily compromised
This story is from the November 03, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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