Divya Deshmukh became the 88th Indian to earn the title of Grandmaster courtesy her victory at the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025. 286K Followers, 279 Following, 104 Posts - Divya Deshmukh (@divyachess) on Instagram: "📍Nagpur Grand Master For sponsorships: divya .jitendra. deshmukh @gmail.com" Divya Deshmukh lost game 1 of her round 1 match in the FIDE World Cup 2025 to Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (0-1, with Divya as white). Game 2 is set for tomorrow and she'll need a win to force tiebreaks. Nineteen-year-old Divya Deshmukh beat higher-ranked Koneru Humpy in tiebreaks to become the FIDE Women’s World Cup Champion 2025 , the first Indian to do so. With the win, she also directly secured the title of Grandmaster, becoming just the 88th from India to get there.
