Chess | Who is Divya Deshmukh? The Indian star congratulated PM Modi after winning the world no. 1 hou yifan | Chess news
NEW Delhi: Divya Deshmukh, one of India’s most talented young chess talent, is creating waves on the global stage, and now, he has attracted the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The 18 -year -old Rising Star of the Indian chess shocked the world of chess by defeating Chinese legend and world number 1 Hou Yifan at the World Blitz Team Chess Championship held in London.Yifan, who represented the WR Chess team, defeated Divya in the first phase of his round-robin semi-final clash. Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!But Divya, showing remarkable flexibility and strategic sharp, bounced back to the other leg. Playing with white pieces, he put capital on his initial profit and managed his watch brilliantly, to dominate the game, a significant skill in Blitz Chess.This achievement earned widespread praise, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who posted on X (East Twitter): “Congratulations to Divya Deshmukh to defeat World No. 1, Hu Yifan included Hu Yifen in the Blacks Championships in the Bloitz semi -finals. The effort.,
Who is Divya Deshmukh?
On 9 December 2005, in Nagpur, Maharashtra, Dr. Parents Jitendra and Divya Deshmukh, born in Namrath, discovered chess in five. Initially, when his sister enrolled in badminton, he fell in love with the game and quickly upgraded. She won the Under -7 National Championship at the age of seven in 2012, followed by U’10 (Durban, 2014) and U, 12 (Brazil, 2017) categories in the world youth titles.Divya quickly became a master as a woman, and won the title of her female Grandmaster (WGM) by October 2021, which was the first of Vidarbha and the 22nd of India under that rating. He then won his International Master (IM) title in 2023 Known as World Junior No. 1, Divya shines in 2024 by winning the World Junior Girls You In 20 Championships, with a major score of 10/11.
He also contributed to the gold of India’s team in the 45th chess Olympiad (2024) at Budapest and earned personal honors, gaining more than 2600 performance ratings in the Blitz segment of the World Team Rapid and Blitz Championship. To date, she holds several medals: three golds in Olympiad, several Asians and World Youth titles.Trained under GM RB Ramesh at Chess Gurukul in Chennai, Divya is praised for her fast strategic vision, irreversible composition and creative nature.
