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News18
3 hours ago
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FIDE World Women's Chess Cup: Divya Pips Harika, Inches Closer To Semis
Last Updated: IM Divya Deshmukh defeated Harika Dronavalli in the first tiebreaker, inching closer to the FIDE World Women's Chess Cup semifinals. IM Divya Deshmukh defeated Harika Dronavalli with white pieces in the first tiebreaker, to move closer to semifinal of the FIDE World Women's Chess Cup. Divya Deshmukh and Harika Dronavalli drew both classical games in their all-Indian quarterfinal clash. The winner of this contest will join compatriot Koneru Humpy and China's Lei Tingjie and Tan Zhongyi in the semifinals. What Is The Format? The tiebreaker format for the FIDE Women's World Cup is as follows if the two-game classical match ends in a draw: A two-game match with each player having 15 minutes and a 10-second increment per move. A two-game match with each player having 10 minutes and a 10-second increment per move. A two-game match with each player having five minutes and a three-second increment per move. A two-game match with each player having three minutes and a two-second increment per move. Players continue with 3+2 games until a decisive result determines the match winner. The World Cup provides three spots for the FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament, scheduled for the first half of 2026. view comments First Published: July 21, 2025, 17:38 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
The Hindu
3 days ago
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- The Hindu
FIDE Women's World Cup Quarterfinals: Indians in action — Schedule, opponents, match order, streaming info
Divya Deshmukh, Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli and R. Vaishali entered the quarterfinals of the FIDE Women's World Cup in Batumi, Georgia, on Friday. The World Cup offers three spots to the FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament, set to happen in the first half of 2026. Opponents for Indians in quarterfinals Divya Deshmukh vs Harika Dronavalli Koneru Humpy vs Yuxin Song (CHN) R Vaishali vs Tan Zhongyi (CHN) Quarterfinals schedule Game 1 - July 19, 4:45 pm IST Game 2 - July 20, 4:45 pm IST Tiebreaks - July 21, 4:35 pm IST Streaming info The Women's World Cup will be streamed live on FIDE's YouTube channel.
India.com
5 days ago
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- India.com
FIDE Women's Chess World Cup: Divya Deshmukh Shocks World No. 2 Zhu Jiner
BATUMI: India's Divya Deshmukh pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the FIDE Women's World Cup so far, defeating world No. 2 Zhu Jiner in the first game of their pre-quarterfinal clash in Batumi, Georgia, on Wednesday. Playing with the white pieces, the 18-year-old Divya displayed strategic maturity and exceptional composure against the Chinese star, who is the tournament's second seed and one of the title favourites. In a tightly controlled game, Divya built her position gradually, maintained pressure through the middlegame, and capitalised on Zhu's inaccuracies to close out a memorable win. With a 1-0 lead in the two-game match, Divya now finds herself one draw away from reaching the quarterfinals—an achievement that would make her only the second Indian woman ever to reach this stage of the Women's World Cup after Harika Dronavalli in 2023. Meanwhile, the other three Indian contenders in the pre-quarterfinals—R. Vaishali, Koneru Humpy, and Harika—were held to draws in their respective Game 1 matches. Vaishali, playing with the white pieces, had a closely fought encounter with Kazakhstan's Meruert Kamalidenova, with neither side gaining a decisive advantage. Humpy and Harika, both experienced campaigners and former World Championship semifinalists, were solid in defence as they held their own with the black pieces against Switzerland's Alexandra Kosteniuk and Russia's Kateryna Lagno respectively. The FIDE Women's World Cup is one of the most prestigious events in the chess calendar, and this edition holds particular importance. The top three finishers in the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament, the next step toward earning a shot at the Women's World Championship crown. All four Indian players will be back on the board for Game 2 of their matches on Thursday.
Indian Express
11-07-2025
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- Indian Express
After 8 games over 3 days, Vantika Agrawal stuns ex-women's world champion Anna Ushenina to enter Round 3 of FIDE Women's World Cup
Vantika Agrawal joined four other Indians in the third round of the prestigious FIDE Women's World Cup after vanquishing Anna Ushenina, a former women's world champion, in an edge-of-the-seat encounter that played out for eight games over three days at Georgia's Batumi. After Vantika won the first of the two-game classical encounter on Wednesday, the Ukrainian hit back on Thursday with a win to push the matter into a tiebreak. So both players returned to the board on Friday for tiebreaks, and played out six games before the 23-year-old Vantika, an International Master, was left standing while the one-time occupier of the most prestigious throne in women's chess is on her way back. The FIDE Women's World Cup is an important event on the calendar since it offers three spots to the prestigious 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament. The Women's Candidates is the final stepping stone to decide the challenger to compete against world champion Ju Wenjun. The FIDE World Cup sees head-to-head knockout battles across two games between two players in classical format with each player playing with white pieces once. If the two games cannot determine a winner, players play best-of-two-game tiebreaks. In the tiebreaks, players first play two games in the 15 minutes (+10 seconds increment per move, popularly called 15+10) format. If that also cannot separate the two players, from this point on, the time gets reduced at each two-game interval unless there's a winner. So, if after the 15+10 games, the scores are still level, players play two more games with 10 minutes (+10 seconds increment per move, called 10+10). Then the time trickles down to five minutes + three seconds (5+3). After this point, if players are still deadlocked, the game enters chess' equivalent of a sudden death: a winner-takes-all single game of three minutes + 2 seconds. This 3+2 game will be played until there's a winner. Remarkably, young Vantika was not the only Indian woman duelling a former women's world champion late in the day on Friday. Padmini Rout also had dragged Alexandra Kosteniuk for eight games across all the three formats before her resistance ended and she lost. In the two classical games there were two draws necessitating a two-game tiebreak in the rapid time control. There too, there were two draws, which necessitated two more games. Vantika will join many of her history-making teammates from the Chess Olympiad gold medal winning Indian women's team. Koneru Humpy (who beat Khamdamova Afruza of Uzbekistan 1.5-0.5), Harika Dronavalli (who beat compatriot Nandhidhaa PV 1.5-0.5), Vaishali Rameshbabu (who prevailed by a 2-0 score over Ouellet Maili-Jade of Canada) and Divya Deshmukh (who defeated Mgeladze Kesaria of Georgia 1.5-0.5) also entered the third round, but sans the drama Vantika had to survive to enter the third round. India's Priyanka K was the other Indian to exit in this round besides Nandhidhaa. The event regulations stipulate that the 21 top seeds in the event get a bye and enter the fray in the second round while 86 players square off in the first. The 43 winners of the first round then play in the second round where there are 64 players. This meant that while Vantika's opponent had a bye in the first round, Vantika had battled her way into the second round.
