Indian Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh, who created history by winning the FIDE World Cup recently held in Georgia, entered the quarter-finals of the Women’s Speed Chess Championship 2025 by defeating Chinese grademan Lei Tingjie 10-3 on Monday.
19 year old Divya dominated Lei in the opening round itself and registered a spectacular victory. Now in the quarterfinals, she will face three-time world champion and Chinese grademan Hou Yifan. This match will be played on Thursday.
Another participant from India, R. Vaishali has already gone out. She had lost 6-8 against American IM Alice Lee last week.
The first and quarterfinal rounds consist of three segments – first 5+1 games for 45 minutes, then 3+1 games for 30 minutes, and finally 1+1 games for 15 minutes. The deadline is extended in the semi-finals and finals. A win is worth one point and a draw is worth half a point.
Divya was ahead by 3.5-0.5 after the first segment. By the end of the second segment, she increased her lead to 7.5–1.5 and then sealed the tie by winning the final segment 2.5–1.5.
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