Chess | Women’s World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh becomes India’s 88th GM – full list of Grandmasters | Chess News

Divya Deshmukh (File Photo)

Indian chess prodigy Divya Deshmukh, aged 19, has secured the FIDE Women’s World Cup title by defeating India’s prime-ranked participant Koneru Humpy within the fast tiebreaks of the ultimate in Batumi, Georgia.This victory holds particular significance because it earned Divya her last Grandmaster norm, making her the fourth Indian girl to attain the distinguished GM title. She becomes the 88th Indian total to succeed in this milestone.Starting because the fifteenth seed, Divya showcased distinctive ability all through the match, defeating a number of prime-ranked gamers earlier than dealing with Humpy within the last match.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The last started with two classical video games that resulted in attracts, resulting in fast tiebreaks to find out the winner.The first fast sport with Divya taking part in White items resulted in a balanced draw. In the second sport, Divya performed with Black items and maintained outstanding composure.Humpy, 38, made a number of essential errors through the endgame whereas underneath time stress. Divya efficiently capitalised on these errors to safe the championship title.Divya’s match efficiency was notable as she entered with out being thought of a prime favorite. She constantly demonstrated robust attacking play and thorough preparation in opposition to increased-ranked opponents. Her achievement represents the rising expertise in Indian chess, with younger gamers making their mark on the worldwide stage.The 19-yr-outdated’s World Cup victory marks a major milestone in her profession and provides one other achievement to Indian chess historical past.

List of Indian chess Grandmasters

1987 – Viswanathan Anand, Tamil Nadu1991 – Dibyendu Barua, West Bengal1997 – Pravin Thipsay, Maharashtra2000 – Abhijit Kunte, Maharashtra2000 – Okay Sasikiran, Tamil Nadu2001 – Pentala Harikrishna, Andhra Pradesh2002 – Koneru Humpy, Andhra Pradesh2003 – Surya Sekhar Ganguly, West Bengal2003 – Sandipan Chanda, West Bengal2004 – RB Ramesh, Tamil Nadu2004 – Tejas Bakre, Gujarat2006 – P.Magesh Chandran, Tamil Nadu2006 – Deepan Chakravarthy, Tamil Nadu2006 – Neelotpal Das, West Bengal2006 – Parimarjan Negi, Delhi2007 – GN Gopal, Kerala2008 – Abhijeet Gupta, Rajasthan2008 – S.Arun Prasad, Tamil Nadu2009 – S.Kidambi, Tamil Nadu2009 – RR Laxman, Tamil Nadu2010 – Sriram Jha, Delhi2010 – Deep Sengupta, West Bengal2010 – B Adhiban, Tamil Nadu2011 – SP Sethuraman, Tamil Nadu2011 – Harika Dronavalli, Andhra Pradesh2012 – Lalith Babu M R, Andhra Pradesh2012 – Vaibhav Suri, Delhi2012 – MR Venkatesh, Tamil Nadu2012 – Sahaj Grover, Delhi2013 – Vidit Gujrathi, Maharashtra2013 – Shyam Sundar M, Tamil Nadu2013 – Akhshayraj Kore, Maharashtra2013 – Vishnu Prasanna,Tamil Nadu2013 – Debashis Das, Odisha2013 – Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury, West Bengal2014 – Ankit Rajpara, Gujarat2015 – Aravindh Chithambaram, Tamil Nadu2015 – Karthikeyan Murali, Tamil Nadu2015 – Ashwin Jayaram, Tamil Nadu2015 – Swapnil S Dhopade, Maharashtra2015 – SL Narayanan, Kerala2016 – Shardul Gagare, Maharashtra2016 – Diptayan Ghosh, West Bengal2016 – Priyadarshan Okay, Tamil Nadu2017 – Aryan Chopra, Delhi2017 – Srinath Narayanan, Tamil Nadu2017 – Himanshu Sharma, Haryana2017 – Anurag Mhamal, Goa2017 – Abhimanyu Puranik, Maharashtra2017 – Thej Kumar M S, Karnataka2018 – Saptarshi Roy, West Bengal2018 – Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Tamil Nadu2018 – Nihal Sarin, Kerala2018 – Erigaisi Arjun, Telangana2018 – Karthik Venkataraman, Telangana2018 – Harsha Bharathakoti, Telangana2018 – P Karthikeyan, Tamil Nadu2018 – Stany George Anthony, Karnataka2019 – Visakh N R, Tamil Nadu2019 – Dommaraju Gukesh, Tamil Nadu2019 – PanneerselvamIniyan, Tamil Nadu2019 – Swayams Mishra, Odisha2019 – Girish Koushik, Karnataka2019 – Prithu Gupta, Delhi2019 – Raunak Sadhwani, Maharashtra2020 – Akash Ganesan, Tamil Nadu2020 – Leon Mendonca, Goa2021 – Arjun Kalyan, Tamil Nadu2021 – Harshit Raja, Maharashtra2021 – Raja Rithvik, Telangana2021 – Sankalp Gupta, Maharashtra2021 – Mitrabha Guha, West Bengal2022 – Bharath Subramaniyam, Tamil Nadu2022 – Rahul Srivatshav P, Telangana2022 – V Pranav, Tamil Nadu2022 – Pranav Anand, Karnatka2022 – Aditya Mittal, Maharashtra2023 – Koustav Chatterjee, West Bengal2023 – Pranesh M, Tamil Nadu2023 – Vignesh N R, Tamil Nadu2023 – Sayantan Das, West Bengal2023 – Vuppala Prraneeth, Telengana2023 – Aditya Samant, Maharashtra2023 – Vaishali Rameshbabu, Tamil Nadu2024 – Shyaam Nikhil P, Tamil Nadu2025 – Srihari LR, Tamil Nadu2025 – Harikrishnan A Ra, Tamil Nadu2025 – Divya Deshmukh, Maharashtra