Watch Divya Deshmukh take on World No. 1 Hou Yifan in the Women’s Speed Chess Championship 2025 quarterfinals. Live streaming ...

R. Vaishali, the other Indian in the field, was eliminated after losing 6-8 to American IM Alice Lee in the first round.

Moving on to the Open category at the fourth edition of the FIDE Grand Swiss event, Divya will be up against a stacked field ...

Fresh from her historic Women’s World Cup triumph, 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh underlined her status as India’s brightest ...

In fact, according to calculations by FiveThirtyEight, there's a 0.02 percent chance this World Chess Championship will end in Armageddon. We'll just have to watch to find out.