19-year-old Divya Deshmukh became the champion of FIDE Women's World Cup 2025

Divya Deshmukh is an Indian chess grandmaster.

She won two gold medals and one bronze medal in the women's chess olympiad and in 2025 she won the chess world cup. She qualified for the women's candidate tournament in 2026. She defeated Koneru Humpy, the world's top female chess player, in the final

Born 9 December 2005 Nagpur

Fee rating 2643 July

Peak rating 2501 October

Titles - Grandmaster (2025), International Master (2023)

Women Grandmaster

Bah becomes the 4th Indian woman and 88th player in total to become a Grandmaster

2. Harika Dronavalli

Titled Grandmaster

Three-time bronze medalist in Women's World Championship (2012/2015/2017)

3.Vaishali Rameshbabu

4.Tanya Sachdev