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.

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

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

Last year, he also won Chess.com’s Speed Chess Championship and shared the World Blitz Championship with Ian Nepomniachtchi, a decision which caused controversy within the game.

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.