"It was fate"
"I need time to process it," says Divya Deshmukh immediately after her win to FIDE. "I think it was fate [earning the GM title]. Before this I did not have even one norm. Before the tournament I was thinking I can get one norm, now I am Grandmaster.
"There is a lot more to achieve. This is just a start," she adds.
Update: 2025-07-28 10:29 GMT
Stay connected with The Bridge on #socials.