Legendary Grandmaster Susan Polgar has hailed Divya Deshmukh’s remarkable Women’s World Cup triumph as a victory fuelled by “mental toughness” and an unshakable will to win, after the 19-year-old etched yet another historic chapter in Indian chess. In a thrilling all-Indian final held in Batumi, Georgia, Divya stunned the vastly more experienced Koneru Humpy in…
Divya Deshmukh with her mother (FIDE) Legendary chess players famously known as the Polgar sisters — Susan and Judit — hailed 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh for winning the FIDE Women’s World Cup.She defeated seasoned compatriot Koneru Humpy in a tie-break.After the drawn games, it was the first set of tiebreakers that proved decisive, as Humpy lost…
PM Modi and chess legend Susan Polgar NEW DELHI: Chess legend Susan Polgar reminisced about receiving a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Republic Day eve 2022, acknowledging her contributions to developing young Indian chess talent.Recently, PM Modi extended congratulations to Gukesh Dommaraju for achieving his first classical chess victory against Magnus Carlsen, world…