Divya Deshmukh

Divya Deshmukh
Divya Deshmukh
	Deshmukh in 2025
Country	India
Born	December 9, 2005 (age 19); Nagpur, India
Title	International Master (2023); Woman Grandmaster (2021);
FIDE rating	2469 (May 2025)
Peak rating	2501 (October 2024)

Divya Deshmukh (born 9 December 2005) is an Indian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster and International Master.^[2] She is a three-time gold medalist at the Olympiad. Deshmukh has also won multiple golds at the Asian Championship, the World Junior Championship as well as the World Youth Championship.^[3]

^ "Divya Deshmukh FIDE profile". Retrieved 8 December 2020.
^ Ahmed, Shahid (19 October 2021). "Divya Deshmukh becomes the 22nd Woman Grandmaster of India". Chessbase India. Retrieved 27 February 2022. Divya Deshmukh scored her final WGM-norm in her first tournament in over 17 months at First Saturday GM October 2021.
^ Raghavan, R. Srinivasa (20 June 2024). "Divya Deshmukh, India's new chess star, looks set to checkmate the world". thefederal.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.