Former world champion Viswanathan Anand showered reward on 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh for successful the FIDE Ladies’s World Cup with a tie-break win over compatriot and extra skilled Koneru Humpy on Monday.The victory not solely earned the 19-year-old the distinguished title but additionally made her a Grandmaster—one thing that seemed unbelievable when she began the match.“Congratulations to @Divyadeshmukh05 on successful the World Cup. Changing into GM and a spot within the Candidates. Superb battle of nerves. @humpy_koneru performed an excellent occasion and confirmed a commendable combating spirit. The good champion she is! It was an ideal celebration of Indian chess, significantly ladies’s chess,” Anand wrote on X.Having drawn the 2 classical video games, it was the primary set of tiebreakers that proved decisive, as Humpy misplaced her nerves. Aside from the World Cup and the Ladies’s World Championship, Humpy has gained every little thing beneath the solar, however as destiny—or nerves—would have it, the World Cup title eluded her.Divya confirmed steely resolve on Monday, and the bonus for her dedication was the Grandmaster title, reserved for the champion of this occasion.For the file, Divya turned the 88th Grandmaster of the nation, and if she continues to stay resolute in her endeavour, she has the power to realize nice success.Emil Sutovsky, CEO of the Worldwide Chess Federation (FIDE), additionally lauded Divya’s achievement.“Divya Deshmukh wins the FIDE Ladies’s World Cup! What an achievement for a 19-year-old Indian participant!Not solely does she grow to be the youngest Ladies’s World Cup winner, but additionally will get a GM title. Superb feat! Bravo!” he wrote on X.Divya is now the fourth Indian girl participant to realize the GM feat after Humpy, Dronavalli Harika, and R. Vaishali.Humpy, 38, turned a Grandmaster in 2002, and Divya was solely born in 2005. Divya was a bundle of vitality as she saved piling strain on Humpy within the opening tiebreaker, tiring out her illustrious opponent, after which going for the kill within the second tiebreaker.
