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Divya Deshmukh dominates again, topples China’s Lei Tingjie to reach Women’s Speed Chess Championship quarterfinals

written by Atharva Jori
Divya annihilated Lei 10-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Women’s Speed Chess Championship 2025 on Monday. Indian teenage prodigy Divya Deshmukh is just unstoppable at the moment as she continues to dominate her opponents while putting cracks in the great Chinese wall and their dominance with each passing game. Divya’s latest prey was China’s Lei Tingjie, who finished fourth in the recently concluded FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 in Batumi, Georgia. India’s latest (88th) Grandmaster and only the fourth female GM from the country after winning the Women’s World Cup, Divya, beat Lei in the Women’s Speed Chess Championship 2025 on Monday. Divya annihilated Lei 10-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the event conducted by chess.com in an online format. A high-on-confidence Divya decimated Lei with both white and black pieces. She lost only one game while ending up winning eight and drawing four to get an eight-point win over the Chinese. Earlier, Divya beat compatriot Koneru Humpy in the finals of the Women’s World Cup for her biggest win in her career. Winning the FIDE Women’s World Cup also helped her secure a spot in the FIDE Women’s Candidates tournament, where eight players will battle for the right to challenge the reigning women’s world champion Ju Wenjun in the next Women’s World Championship.

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