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Divya Desmukh is now the first Indian woman to win the FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup. She is a 19 year old girl from Nagpur, Maharashtra. She defeated another Indian legend Grandmaster Koneru Humpy in the final by 1.5 – 0.5 in the tiebreaks in Batumi, Georgia on 28th July, 2025. It was an all Indian final in which two Indian women participated. After two days of intense classical chess the match was decided in tiebreaks. Divya Desmukh is the third ever winner of this trophy after Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk and Grandmaster Aleksandra Goryachkina . With this win Divya became the prestigious Grandmaster automatically rather than collecting three GM norms and 2500 points. She also qualified for the 2026 Candidates tournament.


A . Read the passage and answer the questions below –     2×2=4

1 . Who is Divya Desmukh?



2. How did Divya Desmukh become a Grandmaster ?




B . Fill in the blanks with suitable information from the passage –    1×3=3

1 . Divya Desmukh is from ——————————————————–.

2. The final was held in —————————-.

3. Divya Desmukh also qualified for ———————————————————.



C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false .
Provide supporting statement for your answer – 2×3=6

1 . No one has won the FIDE  Women’s Chess World Cup before Divya Desmukh .

Supporting Statement –



2. Two Indian women participated in the final of the FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup.

Supporting Statement –



3. The final match was decided in a single day.

Supporting Statement –



D. Give a suitable title to the passage and provide reason to choose the title.     2



E . Writing Skills –

1 . Write a newspaper report based on the final of the FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup 2025 .      10



2. Write a paragraph on Divya Desmukh and her achievement.      10




3. Write a story based on the title ‘Divya Desmukh – A Teenage sensation’ .      10



4. Suppose you like to play chess. Write a letter to your father requesting him to attend a professional training in chess.   10