Divya Deshmukh won the 2023 Tata Steel Chess India Women's Rapid Tournament

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Category : Sports Published on: September 07 2023

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Divya Deshmukh, a 17-year-old female chess grandmaster from Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, won the women's rapid category of the Tata Steel Chess India Tournament.
Divya won all three rounds of the tournament held at the National Library, Kolkata on September 1, 2023.
She outperformed her competitors and stood first with a remarkable score of 7 points.
The defending world champion, Ju Wenjun of China finished second with 6.5 points.
Russia's Polina Shuvalova finished third with 5.5 points.