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A star is born: Susan Polgar on Deshmukh's Chess World Cup win
short by Pravel Jain / on 28 Jul 2025,Monday
Chess legend Susan Polgar took to X to congratulate Divya Deshmukh on becoming the first-ever Indian woman to win the Chess World Cup. "A star is born and a newly crowned Grandmaster," she said. "What a magnificent feat for this talented and mentally tough young lady!" Polgar added. Deshmukh defeated India's Grandmaster (GM) Koneru Humpy in tiebreaks in the final.
short by Pravel Jain / 08:22 pm on 28 Jul
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