Divya Deshmukh Crowned Best Female Chess Player at FIDE Excellence Awards
India s chess success has received another major spotlight with Divya Deshmukh being named Best Chess Player Female at the FIDE Excellence Awards The award recognises Divya s title-winning performance at the Women s World Cup over the past year adding another milestone to the young Grandmaster s rapidly growing career Uzbekistan s Javokhir Sindarov was named Best Chess Player Male The awards were held following the th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand Uzbekistan where Indian chess once again made its presence felt across multiple categories India Named Best TeamThe recognition did not stop with individual honours India s open and women s national teams were jointly named Best Team after recording the highest combined points among all participating countries The achievement came during another strong Olympiad campaign India s open team won the silver medal while the women s team secured bronze Indian players also collected six individual medals underlining
