Chess | Banana survives in Butumi; India gets its first women’s World Cup champion in Divya Deshmukh chess news
New Delhi: In Batumi, Georgia, the last handshahek left nineteen-year-old Divya Deshmukh full of raw emotions and tears-only for the game she won, but what did it mean: India, first, a women’s World Cup chess champion was the champion-her closest partner was not her parents, coaches or a humble.Yes, a banana, which is untouched through stress and victory, now turned into a unique witness for one of the most spectacular days of Indian chess.In chess, white pieces traditionally gain profit on the first step basis.But Divya had black pieces, after Monday’s Rapid Tie-Brex, after the thirty-six-year-old mythical Grandmaster (GM) Konaru Hampi, after all three classical and rapid games, after all three, ended into the draw.The game stepped into delicately, moved after the steps, until the humpy cracked under time pressure on 40.His sequence, 41.d5, after 40.E4, forced Divya to play 42 … CXD5, and the experienced first survived. But this was not the last.The game was on the edge of the knife from there, with both players both blunder and brightness, the clock ticks from mentioning due to more instinct than calculations.When Hampi played 69.h7, the evaluation repeatedly fell, but never returned to his favor. Six steps later, the two -time world rapid champion resigned. And the coronation of a champion came with it, a new queen of 64 classes, 88th GM of India.
The board became the first Indian to win the Women’s Chess World Cup as Divya Deshmukh.
It felt like a dream that the 15th -seeded teenager, in which no Grandmaster criteria were coming to the tournament, had become only the fourth woman in India after Hampi, D Harika and R Vairishali to achieve dirt. But unlike the other three, he did in a swing, without collecting three GM criteria.The playing hall plays applause. But there, quietly soaking all the plays, bananas sitting, these days a omnipresent person in Divya’s sports.It followed the Indian prose after the round, a propus that many were surprised and more happy.Let’s rewind on Sunday evening, after a draw in the second classical game of the final, Divya was eventually asked about it. “I mean, what else am I going to do with banana? I am going to eat it,” she replied. “I don’t know what you are thinking about. I am going to eat it, obviously.”Except, he never did it.
Divya Deshmukh at Podium after winning the gold medal in the Fid Women’s Chess World Cup. (Image: X/Fid)
“My opponents are never allowing me to eat it,” she smiled when pressed further. “If I start eating banana, you should know that I am taking a lot of rest in my body.”But since there was no place for relaxation, banana became constant in chaos.Asked if it is proving lucky, he is a quick “not!” But then, we all have seen Rafael Nadal with our water bottles and MS Dhoni with their glove rituals.Nevertheless, the banana sat only centimeter away, enjoying the best scene because Divya took a player down twice in her age, praising legends and 150 million-150 million-the love of the nation.And now, while Divya could not cut it, she has some sweet to sink her teeth: a gold medal.Divya Deshmukh survived Batumi. So banana did it.
