19-year-old Divya Deshmukh created historical past by changing into the first-ever Indian girl to win the FIDE Ladies’s World Cup ultimate defeating veteran Koneru Humpy within the tie-breaker on Monday.
After 24 days of combating chess within the Georgian metropolis of Batumi, Divya Deshmukh additionally grew to become eligible to be India’s fourth girl to turn into a grandmaster, which is important as a result of earlier than the occasion began, she had not one of the three norms required to turn into a grandmaster.
5-time world champion Viswanathan Anand, who was doing commentary for the official dwell broadcast summed up the ultimate by saying: “Dramatic! Humpy simply collapsed. It was completely self-inflicted. This was a kind of conditions the place your nerves get the higher of you, and there’s nothing you are able to do about it.”
Congratulations to @Divyadeshmukh05 on successful the World Cup. Changing into GM and a spot within the candidates. Superb battle of nerves. @humpy_koneru performed an excellent occasion and confirmed a commendable combating spirit . The good champion she is!
It was a fantastic celebration of Indian…— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) July 28, 2025
Right here is how the world of social media reacted to Divya’s achievements:
Viswanathan Anand took X to congratulate each Divya and Humpy for the stellar finale. He wrote,” Congratulations to @Divyadeshmukh05 on successful the World Cup. Changing into GM and a spot within the candidates. Superb battle of nerves. @humpy_koneru performed an excellent occasion and confirmed a commendable combating spirit . The good champion she is! It was a fantastic celebration of Indian chess, significantly Ladies’s chess.”
One other Chess prodigy and Grandmaster 21-year-old Nihal Sarin posted a photograph with Divya from their early days and congratulated her.
Congratulations @DivyaDeshmukh05!! First Indian to win the Ladies’s World Cup! Additionally congrats on changing into a grandmaster! pic.twitter.com/tGYFoAbnuG
— Nihal Sarin (@NihalSarin) July 28, 2025
He wrote on X,”Congratulations @DivyaDeshmukh05!! First Indian to win the Ladies’s World Cup! Additionally congrats on changing into a grandmaster!”
Worldwide Chess Federation posted a video of an emotional Divya hugging her mom moments after defeating Humpy with caption, “Divya’s hug to her mother says the whole lot ❤️”. The video has since turn into viral gaining over 105k views and the entire of India sharing it.
Divya’s hug to her mother says the whole lot ❤️#FIDEWorldCup @DivyaDeshmukh05 pic.twitter.com/jeOa6CjNc1
— Worldwide Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) July 28, 2025
The legendary Polgar sisters additionally took X to congratulate the Indian teenager.
Susan Polgar wrote,”A star is born & a newly topped Grandmaster! IM Divya Deshmukh 🇮🇳 defeated GM Humpy Koneru 🇮🇳 within the tiebreaks to win the 2025 Ladies’s World Cup! What an impressive feat for this proficient and mentally powerful younger girl!,” whereas Judit wrote, “Congrats to @DivyaDeshmukh05 🇮🇳, who has clinched the 2025 Ladies’s Chess World Cup title, defeating her compatriot Koneru Humpy in a tense tiebreak.Indian chess is simply unbelievable.”
A star is born & a newly topped Grandmaster!
IM Divya Deshmukh 🇮🇳 defeated GM Humpy Koneru 🇮🇳 within the tiebreaks to win the 2025 Ladies’s World Cup! What an impressive feat for this proficient and mentally powerful younger girl!
With this victory, she is now the forty fourth girl to carry the… pic.twitter.com/9I7FS2VPYD
— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) July 28, 2025
Congrats to @DivyaDeshmukh05 🇮🇳, who has clinched the 2025 Ladies’s Chess World Cup title, defeating her compatriot Koneru Humpy in a tense tiebreak.
Indian chess is simply unbelievable!
However don’t forget: it has causes.😉#ChessConnectsUs #India
📷 FIDE / Anna Shtourman &… pic.twitter.com/eebNVB2sLA— Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar) July 28, 2025
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Chessbase India posted a video from 2017 the place an 11-year-old Divya could be seen speaking about combating until the tip.
Divya Deshmukh is Womens’s World Cup winner and 88th Grandmaster of India 🇮🇳👑
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.#divyadeshmukh #chessbaseindia #worldcup pic.twitter.com/CVVCh93p7N— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) July 28, 2025
The Indian president Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally congratulated Divya for her achievements.
A historic ultimate that includes two excellent Indian chess gamers!
Pleased with the younger Divya Deshmukh on changing into FIDE Ladies’s World Chess Champion 2025. Congratulations to her for this outstanding feat, which is able to encourage a number of children.
Koneru Humpy has additionally displayed… pic.twitter.com/l7fWeA3qLw
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 28, 2025
My heartiest congratulations to Divya Deshmukh who has turn into the primary Indian girl to win the FIDE Ladies’s World Cup, that too, at a really younger age of 19. Koneru Humpy being the runner up, each the finalists of the chess world championship have been from India. This underlines…
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) July 28, 2025
“A historic ultimate that includes two excellent Indian chess gamers! Pleased with the younger Divya Deshmukh on changing into FIDE Ladies’s World Chess Champion 2025. Congratulations to her for this outstanding feat, which is able to encourage a number of children. Koneru Humpy has additionally displayed immense prowess all through the championship,” PM Modi wrote on X.