CHESS | World Champion Gukesh lauds Divya Deshmukh’s World Cup win – ‘It is not simple…’ | Chess News

Chennai: India’s chess may was on show as soon as once more on the current Women’s World Cup in Batumi, the place title-winner Divya Deshmukh scripted a hat-trick of extraordinary successes.Divya, the nation’s newest Grandmaster, powered by means of together with her teen spirit regardless of not being among the many odds-on favourites to clinch the crown.“We (Gukesh and Divya) basically grew up together. We played in the same tournaments right from when we were eight or nine years old. The way Divya won the World Cup was really inspiring. It is not easy to win the tournament, you have to play regularly for a month. I have played the World Cup two times, so I know how difficult it is to win,” Gukesh mentioned in a Velammal Nexus occasion that was organised to felicitate Mount Everest conqueror Ashish.“Both of them (Divya and losing finalist, veteran Koneru Humpy) played amazingly well. For Indian chess, it is important that we have good results in both men (open) and women.”India can full a WorldCup double when the worldwide event is hosted within the nation later this yr. While chess world’s governing physique FIDE have introduced the dates for the occasion – October 30 to November 27 – the host metropolis is but to be finalised.

“For sure, I will take part in the World Cup. I am really excited and looking forward to it. In chess, we do not have many knockout events, so the World Cup is the biggest knockout tournament. After the Olympiad (in 2022), India hosting a big event is important for Indian chess,” added Gukesh, who will probably be gunning for his maiden WC trophy.‘Will play more classical chess in the rest of the year’After enjoying in simply two classical tournaments – Tata Steel Chess in Wijk aan Zee and Norway Chess in Stavanger – within the first half of the yr, Gukesh intends to compete in additional commonplace occasions within the remaining a part of 2025.The 19-yr-outdated completed runner-up in Tata Steel Chess after taking place to compatriot R Praggnanandhaa on tie-breaks and later got here third in Norway Chess. “I had a decent tournament in Norway, it was my last classical event. In the next part of the year, I will be playing in more classical tournaments,” mentioned Gukesh.On his kind within the different codecs, Gukesh mentioned: “My performances in rapid were good in Zagreb (he topped the chart in SuperUnited Rapid), but I need to correct my mistakes in blitz.”