R. Vaishali, the other Indian in the field, was eliminated after losing 6-8 to American IM Alice Lee in the first round.

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Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh achieved a historic victory by becoming the first Indian woman to win the FIDE Women's World Cup.

Divya Deshmukh became the first Indian woman to clinch the Chess World Cup. She became just the fourth Indian woman grandmaster and overall the 88th in the nation to clinch that title.