India’s teenage famous person Divya Deshmukh’s dream run on the ongoing FIDE Girls’s World Cup 2025 continued as she knocked out former World Champion China’s Tan Zhongyi within the semifinal in Batumi on Wednesday, changing into the primary Indian to achieve the finals of this elite event.
The 19-year-old shocked World No. 4 for the most important win of her profession. She handed Tan a loss within the second leg of their semifinal conflict by white items to win the tie 1.5-0.5 after drawing the primary leg with black items.
Divya performed a wild Alapin Sicilian Protection sport to transform a match which ebbed and flowed each methods.
The teenage sensation had earlier ousted second seed China‘s Zhu Jiner within the fourth spherical, earlier than eliminating compatriot Harika Dronavalli within the quarterfinals. The India No. 2 Harika, who had already reached the quarterfinals in 2023 (the primary Indian to make the highest eight), took the quarterfinal conflict to the tiebreaks after taking part in two attracts within the Classical leg, however the teen proved too good to deal with for the 34-year-old Harika.
Divya will tackle the winner of the second semifinal performed between high seed China’s Lei Tingjie and India No. 1 Koneru Humpy. The Humpy vs Lei sport moved to tiebreaks after the duo performed two attracts within the Classical legs.
Divya’s end result meant two Indians can get a spot on the prestigious Candidate event. If Humpy qualifies for the ultimate, she will even be assured of a Candidates spot. Even when she loses, Humpy could have one other shot at making it into the World Championship challenger event.
The FIDE Girls’s World Cup is essentially the most essential occasion within the World Championship cycle, providing three qualifying spots for Candidates. The Girls’s Grand Prix Collection 2024-25 and the Grand Swiss present two spots every, whereas the final is reserved for the highest-placed participant within the ‘FIDE Girls’s Occasions 2025-26’ sequence. The winner of the Candidates will earn the proper to problem the reigning World Champion, on this case, China’s Ju Wenjun.
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