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Chess World Cup 2025

Venue: Goa, India.
Winner: Javokhir Sindarov, Uzbekistan.
Historic Achievement: He became the youngest player to win the World Cup at the age of 19.
Runner-Up: Wei Yi, China.

FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025

Venue: Batumi, Georgia.
Finalists: Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy, both from India.
Winner: Divya Deshmukh.

Significance

First time two Indian women reached the final.
Divya Deshmukh became the first Indian woman to win the Women’s World Cup title.
She also became the youngest-ever Women’s World Cup champion.

Divya Deshmukh

Hometown: Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Title Earned: India’s 88th Grandmaster.
Achievement: Fourth Indian woman to become a Grandmaster.

Women Grandmasters of India

No.	Name	State
1	Humpy Koneru	Andhra Pradesh
2	Harika Dronavalli	Andhra Pradesh
3	Vaishali Rameshbabu	Tamil Nadu
4	Divya Deshmukh	Maharashtra

Norway Chess 2025

Winners

Open Section: Magnus Carlsen, Norway, won his seventh Norway Chess title.
Women’s Section: Anna Muzychuk, Ukraine.

Indian Performance

Open Section: D. Gukesh finished 3rd; Arjun Erigaisi finished 5th.
Women’s Section: Koneru Humpy finished 3rd; Vaishali Rameshbabu finished 5th.

Key Facts: Viswanathan Anand Cup

The FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 trophy has been renamed after Indian chess icon Viswanathan Anand.
The trophy will officially be known as the Viswanathan Anand Cup.
The renaming honours Anand’s contribution as a five-time world champion.

PT Facts

The Chess World Cup 2025 was held in Goa, India.
Javokhir Sindarov became the youngest-ever World Cup winner at age 19.
The FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 was held in Batumi, Georgia.
Divya Deshmukh became the first Indian woman to win the Women’s World Cup title.
Divya Deshmukh became India’s 88th Grandmaster.
She is the fourth Indian woman to become a Grandmaster.
Magnus Carlsen won his seventh Norway Chess title.
Anna Muzychuk won the Women’s section at Norway Chess 2025.
The FIDE Chess World Cup trophy is now called the Viswanathan Anand Cup.
Viswanathan Anand is a five-time world chess champion.

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