Divya Deshmukh and Garry Kasparov New Delhi: In 1989, Garry Kasparov, the undisputed King of World Chess, told Playboy magazine: “Chess with women doesn’t fit right. It’s a fight, do you know? Women are weaker fighters.”Of course a large statement. But then came Judit Polgár, who became the only woman in chess history that climbed around 2700 barriers.“My father believed that the higher the, the higher your goal, the higher you achieve.Kasparov on this front admitted defeat, “If playing like a girl, it would mean inexorable aggression.”
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Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!Today, when Polgar’s legacy still casts a long shadow, the new teenager dares to walk on the same way.19 -year -old Destya Deshmukh, which is currently evaluated 2478, will play after receiving the surrogate brand in the open part of the Fide Grand Swiss 2025 in Samarkand.In July, she stunned the chess world by winning the Fide World Cup and then becoming a Grand (GM) in one swing.Wonder, who has already qualified for female candidates, a tournament that decides on the Challenger at the World Championship, had the opportunity to not participate this year’s Grand Swiss or remain only in the women’s circuit.
Fide Women’s World Cup 2025 Champion Divya Deshmukh (PTI Photo)
Instead, she decided to try in the open large Switzerland, where the strongest men and women in the world compete only two seats in candidates.It is a really courageous choice, with GM Shyam Sundar Mohanraj, coach, who has worked with the Indian female team several times in the last few years and described it as a “logical decision”.Talk to Timesofindia.comShyam Sundar explained: “It’s a very logical and practical decision. Two things have been qualified for candidates, which is the main goal for every player – it’s a dream for every player. The number two has also become GM in the process.” With the milestones, the other bounds are clear: it shows the power against the best in the world.“Of course, it will be very ambitious at this age and focuses on achieving 2700, which is a dream for every player. Now it is almost 2500, so it makes absolute sense to compete in a stronger event. It will play more GMS and can try it and how determined to give a strong comeback,” added Shyam Sundar.Comparison with Polgar is inevitable.
Garry Kasparov vs Judit Polgar (Linares Tournament, 1994)
At a young age she also entered open tournaments, fighting with Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand and Ivanchuk at her peak. This experience, more than anything else, sharpened her into a historical figure.Shyam Sundar attracts the same parallel: “Although the score of less than 50% of the possible 11 laps, it will still be a good experience for her, regardless of the evaluation, whether it happens, minus 10, 30, no matter what it is, it will be so necessary and more experience. The Wonderland will be open brutally hard. It will probably be deployed near the bottom of the field. But that could be liberating.Also read: As India earned 89. GM Rohith Krishna S: Parents’ Sleepless Nights, Coding and Chess“There will be no pressure on it, it can play carefree chess, a very relaxed atmosphere, because it is one of the underdogs … So there is absolutely no pressure, it can play” bindaas “and whenever the player plays such” bindaaas “and free chess, will certainly play better because there is no tension in his back.”If Divy’s ambition has one day a touch of 2600, even 2700, then Samarkand can be the first real test of this dream.
