Divya Deshmukh defeated Humpy Konera to become the World Women’s Chess Cup in Georgia. Her companion through all this was a banana. New Delhi: In Georgia in Batumi, the last Handshake left the nineteen-year-old Divya Deshmukh full of raw emotions and tears for the game she just won, but for what it meant: India, for the first time, had a first champion at that moment.Yes, a banana, untouched by tension and triumph, has now turned into the most dangerous witness into one of the most famous Indian chess days.In chess, white pieces traditionally have an advantage based on the first move.But Wonder had black pieces and went to the referee Monday’s fast break against the thirty -eight -year -old legendary Grand Master (GM) Koner Humpym after all three previous classic and fast games ended in draw.The game moved gently, moving after moving until Humpy cracked under time pressure to move 40.Her sequence, 40.E4 followed by 41.D5, forced wondr to play 42 … CXD5 and the veteran survived for the first time. But it wasn’t the last.The game remained on the edge of the knife, with both players who trade washed and brilliance, led more by instinct than the calculation, because the clocks had a menacing.When Humpy played 69.h7, the rating strip dropped again, but never climbed back to her favor. Six movements later resigned by the double world champion. And with that came the coronation of the champion, the new queen 64 squares, Indian 88. GM.
The Council as Divya Deshmukh became the first Indin to win the chess championship.
It seemed like a dream that the 15. Teenger seeds without coming to the tournament with no Grandmaster standards, just became only the fourth woman in India after Humpy, D Harice and R Vaisali to achieve a resolution. But unlike the other three, she did it in one swing without collecting three GM standards.Playing the hall in applause increased. But there, quietly soaked the whole drama, sat in a banana, a ubiquitous figure in wonders these days.This was followed by Indian wonders across the bike, a props that much confused and entertained more.Let’s turn to Sunday evening, after the draw in the second classic game the finals, the wondering eventually asked. “I mean, what else will I do with a banana? I’ll eat it,” she replied. “I don’t know what you are interested in. Obviously I will eat it.”Except she never did.
Divya Deshmukh on stage after winning the gold medal at the World Chess Fide Cup. (Figure: x/Fide)
“My opponents will never let me eat,” she smiled as she pressed. “If I start eating a banana then you should know that I am quite relaxed in my body.”But because there was no room for relaxation, the banana became its constant in chaos.Asked if it was lucky, it laughed with a quick “no!” But then we saw Rafael Nadal over his water bottles and Mrs. Dhoni with his rituals gloves.However, the banana sat only in centimeters away, enjoying the best view, because Wonder took off the players twice her age and gained the admiration of the legends and love for the 150 crore-wearing nation.And now, while Wonder may not have been bitten into it, she has something much sweeter to sink her teeth: a gold medal.Divya Deshmukh survived Batumi. Likewise, a banana.
