Archive · 24 Jul 2025
Divya Deshmukh Qualifies for Candidates, Making History
Imagine chess is a big competition, like the Olympics.
Divya Deshmukh, a 19-year-old from India, is doing amazing!
She's made it to the finals of a really important chess tournament.
This means she also gets to play in another big tournament called the Candidates in 2026, which is like a qualifying round for the World Championship!
She beat a tough player from China in a match.
Now, she's guaranteed to finish in the top three.
She might even play another Indian player for the championship title!
It's a big deal because she's the first teenager to qualify for the Candidates in a long time!
Divya Deshmukh, 19, qualified for the 2026 Candidates tournament.
She is the first Indian to reach the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 finals.
Deshmukh defeated China's Tan Zhongyi in the semi-final.
She secured her spot in the Candidates tournament with a runner-up finish or better.
She may face Koneru Humpy in the final.
- Who
- Divya Deshmukh, an Indian chess player
- What
- Divya Deshmukh qualified for the Candidates tournament.
- When
- July 24, 2025
- Where
- Batumi
- Why
- She secured her spot by reaching the finals of the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025.
- Name
- Divya Deshmukh
- Age
- 19
- Achievement
- Qualified for Candidates tournament
- Tournament
- FIDE Women's World Cup 2025
- Opponent Defeated
- Tan Zhongyi