Divya deshmukh is an indian chess player from maharashtra who became the senior national women’s chess champion in march 2022. Divya deshmukh, 19, defeated koneru humpy to win the fide women's world cup 2025, earning the grandmaster title and becoming the first indian champion. She is india's 2022 women's chess champion and the 2023 asian women's chess champion.
Divya started taking coaching from rahul joshi. [2] she has won two gold medals and one bronze. Divya deshmukh (born 9 december 2005) is an indian chess grandmaster and the reigning women's chess world cup champion.