Divya Deshmukh, the winner of the FIDE Women World Chess Cup, is now playing in the open competition that has just started in Goa, India. Her round 1 opponent is Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis and you can follow their game here.
While some people believe this is a balanced pairing, other think this is the most difficult pairing for Divya Deshmukh. Just missing a comma in the sentence, this pairing becomes divine! “Oh wow, Divya is playing Jesus” a youtube user, cited by Az exclaimed. IndieChess commented on the game, “[Her opponent] played the Bethlehem gambit!”
More live: World Chess Cup 2025 live / Chessdom’s Twitter/X page
