Divya Deshmukh (Fide photo) The Indian chess sensation Divya Deshmukh has earned the subtitles by winning the Fide World Cup at the age of 19 years, but there is a difference that needs clarification: he is the world winner, not the world champion. The current world champion title still belongs to the Chinese Ju Wenjun, who secured his fifth title in April by defeating Lei Tingjie 6.5–2.5.Victory Wonder at the World Championship, which took place in Georgia in Batumi, is no less remarkable. She entered as 15. Seed and amazed the chess world by defeating the highest opponents and culminating in a thrilling final against the highest Indian female woman Humpa Konera. Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!After the classic games ended in drawing, the match got into fast tiebreaks.In the first fast game, Divya stayed on the ground like white and forced a draw. In the second, playing with black pieces, she showed the nerves of steel. Humpy, under heavy time pressure, made several critical mistakes in the end game that wondered the title.This victory has made even more historical that Wonder became the fourth Indian woman and 88. Indin to become Grandmaster (GM). It is a landmark success in a career that is just beginning to bloom.Also read: Chess “Security Protocol”: Why Divya Deshmukh played on the World Cup move to an empty spaceWhile the World Cup is a prestigious format tournament, the World Championship is a separate title, usually determined by a longer match between the ruling champion and challenger. While Divya is now a world champion and Grand Master, Ju Wenjun remains a ruling world champion.It is important that the Wonder World Cup victory brought her a place in the upcoming FIDE Women’s Candidates, the Gateway to the World Cup match. The winner of the candidates will get the right to challenge the ruling world champion and firmly place the wonders on the way so he can claim the final crown in the chess of women.
