Former Indian chess player and Woman International Master, Bhagyashree Thipsay has tipped Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Divya Deshmukh to become a future world champion after the 19-year-old became the first Indian to qualify for the final of the FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup in Batumi, Georgia, on Wednesday.

“She [Deshmukh] will be a world champion, 100 per cent. Considering her age, she will have many chances to do so,” Thipsay, told mid-day on Thursday.

Bhagyashree Thipsay