Humpy and Divya Deshmukh, Fide Women’s World Cup Final (photo @fide_chess on x) New Delhi: The stage takes place in Batumi, Georgia and the curtain on Saturday is rising to the Great Final of the Fide World Cup. On Sunday we can see the crowning of the new queen if the drama on Monday does not overlap to Tiebreak. But one thing is certain: India will leave with gold and silver medals.Female chess has long been a playground of Chinese grandmothers, which currently occupy five of the seven best places in the world ranking. Yet, the third direct time since the founding of the Women’s World Cup, there will be no Chinese player in the finals, thanks to the Indian International Champion (IM) Divya Deshmukh and Grandmaster (GM) Konera Humpy, who defeated the Chinese GM Tan Zhongyi and GM Lei Tingjie.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!“It’s one of the happiest moments for Indian chess fans. The title certainly comes to India,” said Humpy on Thursday after her semifinal victory over Lei.For Humpy, the ruling Rapid World Championship, it is her final performance of the World Cup and a confirmed place in the 2026 candidate tournament, a new career chapter that has been lasting for more than 25 years.
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Sitting opposite the album will be a growing force: 19 -year -old Divya Deshmukh.When she entered the tournament like 15. Seed, very few of them would predict this turbulent run to the finals. However, the teenager from Nagpur knocked every obstacle with a higher value with a fearless concentrated game.Humpy brings calm forged for decades. Wonder plays with the fire of youth. What happens when LED meets fire?“Humpy is of course a legend. It is calm and folded, as great as cucumber, even in time. It remains calm directly from the movement until the game gets. This is one of its largest strengths,” said GM Shyam Sundar Mohanraj, who was with the female national team as a coach and mentor and mentor is for Indian teams. He said that delegation, delegation, Delagová, Delagová, as it occurs for the Indian team for the Indian team, and this is an Indian team for women and mentor. Timesofindia.com On the eve of the big final.“Let him come up with introductory ideas, jump back from loss and save a bad position, was quite inventive. Her technique is on its peak.”In the meantime, Wonder also impressed her preparation.“He doesn’t feel like an inexperienced candidate,” Shyam said. “She’s a self -confident little child. Her introductory preparation, especially with white pieces, was top. She played very well in a tiebreaker against Harice, even in severe time problems. She was troubled for a long time.”While some consider it a generation clash, Shyam believes that experience does not necessarily have an advantage. “Being young depends relatively … It’s a long event, almost a month and younger players usually don’t have responsibility like a family. In Humpy’s case, the mother is also a mother, so staying far from her child is difficult.“This format is also very complicated and of course exhausting for players,” said coach based in Chennai. “It’s not like a Swiss system where you win today, lose tomorrow and there is always another game. It’s a knockout and every game is critical. So, of course, players are visibly tired.”So who has the advantage?“It’s youth and experience,” said Shyam. “It is throwing. Humpy faced many critical matches in her life. Wonder has momentum. Which player has a clear head and more motivated, will be popular.”Due to Humpy, the world’s rapid title last year would Wonder would try to avoid the Tiebreaks?“I don’t think Wonder will be able to think that she has to finish it in classic games,” he said. “She defeated Harik, who is also very good in shorter formats. Yes, Humpy could be a slight favorite in a quick, but Divya doesn’t think. He just tries to play a good chess.”The first game of the final, where Divya holds white pieces, could be crucial. But besides the result, Indian women’s chess never looked more clear.“Right now we have only three women full of GM: Humpy, Harika and Vaisali. If St. wins, it will become fourth,” added the 33 -year -old Grand Master.Whether the crown is based on a veteran eyebrow or a teenager’s head, Indian chess wins in both directions. And as Shyam summed up: “Of course, gold and silver now belong to the Indian team to our Indians – two Indians in candidates. I hope several other Indians will join candidates and eventually become world champion, or at least play for the World Championship match.
