Torneo De Candidatas FIDE 2026: Divya Deshmukh (India, 2497)

 

Divya Deshmukh llega como una de las competidoras más jóvenes del certamen, pero ya con un currículum que supera con creces lo que cabría esperar para su edad. Su transición de estrella juvenil a fuerza consolidada en la categoría absoluta se aceleró drásticamente en 2024, cuando ganó el Campeonato Mundial Juvenil Femenino y desempeñó un papel fundamental en la conquista de la medalla de oro por parte de la India en la Olimpiada de Ajedrez, obteniendo además un premio individual por tablero. El momento decisivo llegó en 2025, cuando se adjudicó la Copa del Mundo Femenina de la FIDE con tan solo 19 años, convirtiéndose en la ganadora más joven en la historia del evento y asegurándose el título de Gran Maestra. Desde entonces, Divya ha seguido poniéndose a prueba frente a la élite mundial, compitiendo de igual a igual en torneos abiertos de primer nivel, tales como la Copa del Mundo de la FIDE y el Grand Swiss, logrando incluso unas notables tablas ante el Campeón Mundial Gukesh D en Samarcanda. Su impacto en 2025 trascendió el ámbito ajedrecístico, valiéndole el premio a la Jugadora del Año de ESPN India.

[Event "Prague Challengers"] [Site "Prague CZE"] [Date "2026.02.25"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Deshmukh Divya"] [Black "Benjamin Gledura"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2026.02.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Ne7 8. Bd3 Bf5 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Nf4 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Qc2 Qf6 13. b4 Nb6 14. a4 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Nc4 16. Nb2 Nd6 17. b5 Nef5 18. Nd3 Nc4 19. Nc5 Qg5 20. Kh1 Re7 21. a5 Nfd6 22. Rfb1 Rae8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. a6 h5 25. Qc1 Qg6 26. Ne2 h4 27. Nf4 Qh6 28. h3 g5 29. Nfd3 f5 30. Rb7 g4 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Nc4 33. Qb1 Rxe5 34. Nd7 Re4 35. Nc5 R4e5 36. Nd7 Re4 37. Nc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Challengers"] [Site "Prague CZE"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Deshmukh Divya"] [Black "Daniil Yuffa"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E40"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2026.02.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Re8 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. e4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 h6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb2 Nbd7 14. Re3 c6 15. Qe1 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 d5 17. Re2 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nf6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Re3 Qd7 23. Bb2 Re8 24. d5 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 cxd5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qg3+ Kf8 28. cxd5 Qxd5 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qxa7 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd4 32. Kg1 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. g3 Qd4 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Challengers"] [Site "Prague CZE"] [Date "2026.02.27"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Jiner Zhu"] [Black "Deshmukh Divya"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2497"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2026.02.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Bxa6 10. O-O Bxe2 11. Qxe2 h6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Qc4 Na6 14. Be3 Qb8 15. b3 Bc7 16. Rad1 Ba5 17. d6 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qb2 Nb4 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nd2 Nxd6 22. Bxc5 Nf5 23. Nc4 Qb5 24. Bd6 Na5 25. Nxa5 Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxa5 27. a4 Rab8 28. Rd4 Qe5 29. b4 Ra8 30. a5 Re6 31. Qd2 Rg6 32. g3 d6 33. Re1 Qb5 34. Rxd6 Rg4 35. Rb6 1-0 [Event "Prague Challengers"] [Site "Prague CZE"] [Date "2026.02.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Deshmukh Divya"] [Black "Vaclav Finek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2538"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2026.02.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 h6 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Rb1 Nd5 14. Bd3 Bb4 15. Re5 Nf4 16. d5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qg6 18. Qc4 Bd6 19. Re3 b5 20. Qxb5 Qxc2 21. Rc1 a6 22. Rxc2 axb5 23. Be5 Bb7 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Nd4 Bxd5 26. Nxb5 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Bxa2 28. Nxd6 Be6 29. Kh2 Rd8 30. Ne4 Rc8 31. Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Challengers"] [Site "Prague CZE"] [Date "2026.03.01"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"] [Black "Deshmukh Divya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "2568"] [BlackElo "2497"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2026.02.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 b5 4. Be2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qe3 Rc8 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nf6 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. b3 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rb1 Ne7 18. Ng5 Qe5 19. Nxh7 Qh5 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. f3 Qxh2+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. Kf1 Nd5 24. Qg1 Nc3 25. Be3 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rg8 27. Rd2 Bxf3 28. Bxa6 Rc3 29. Bb5 Bc6 30. Bd3 Be4 31. Bb5 Bc6 32. Bd3 Be4 33. Bb5 Rg7 34. Bd4 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 0-1 [Event "Prague Challengers"] [Site "Prague CZE"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Deshmukh Divya"] [Black "Thomas Beerdsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2525"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2026.02.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O a5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nxc4 a4 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nce5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 c6 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Rfd1 a3 14. bxa3 Ra4 15. Rab1 Qa8 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Qb2 h6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Nd3 Rxa3 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Rxb7 c5 23. Rxe7 cxd4 24. Nb4 Bc4 25. Bc1 Ra4 26. a3 Bf8 27. Re4 Bxb4 28. axb4 Ra1 29. Re1 f5 30. Re5 Rc8 31. Bd2 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Ra8 33. f3 Ra2 34. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Challengers"] [Site "Prague CZE"] [Date "2026.03.04"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Jonas Buhl Bjerre"] [Black "Deshmukh Divya"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2629"] [BlackElo "2497"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2026.02.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Qe1 Nc5 12. Nbd2 Ne6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Re1 Qd7 15. h3 Nf4 16. Qe3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Nb3 Ne6 19. Bd2 Qc2 20. Re2 a5 21. Nfd4 Ncxd4 22. cxd4 Bg5 23. Qf3 Qg6 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Rd1 a4 26. Na1 b4 27. Nc2 b3 28. axb3 axb3 29. Nb4 Ra4 30. Nc6 Ra6 31. Nb4 Ra4 32. Nc6 Ra6 33. Nb4 Ra4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Challengers"] [Site "Prague CZE"] [Date "2026.03.05"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Deshmukh Divya"] [Black "Jachym Nemec"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2466"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "2026.02.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. b4 g6 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Rc5 Qd6 18. Bg5 Rf8 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Bg5 Ne7 21. Qc1 Bd7 22. Be4 b6 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Bf3 Qd7 26. Ng3 Nd5 27. Bh6 Bb7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg5 f6 30. Qg4 Kf7 31. Qh4 h5 32. Qe4 Ba8 33. Qd3 Ne7 34. Bxa8 Rxa8 35. Ne2 Nf5 36. Rc1 Rd8 37. h3 h4 38. Qe4 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Qxc8 40. g4 hxg3 41. fxg3 Qc7 42. Kf2 Nd6 43. Qf4 g5 44. Qc1 Qxc1 45. Nxc1 Nb5 46. a4 Nxd4 47. b5 e5 48. Nd3 Ke6 49. Nb4 Nb3 50. Nc6 Nc5 51. Nxa7 Nxa4 52. h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 Kf5 54. Kg3 Nc3 55. Nc8 Nd5 56. Nd6+ Ke6 57. Nc4 f5 58. h5 Kf6 59. h6 e4 60. Nd6 f4+ 61. Kg4 e3 62. Kf3 Kg6 63. Nf5 Kh7 64. Nd4 Kxh6 65. Ke4 Nc3+ 66. Kxf4 e2 67. Nc2 Kg6 68. Ke3 Kf5 69. Nd4+ Ke5 70. Nxe2 Nxe2 71. Kxe2 Kd4 72. Kd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Challengers"] [Site "Prague CZE"] [Date "2026.03.06"] [Round "9"] [White "Stepan Hrbek"] [Black "Deshmukh Divya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2463"] [BlackElo "2497"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2026.02.24"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 a6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bb7 12. Qe3 Re8 13. f4 b4 14. Na4 Nc6 15. Nc5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Qg3 Nxe5 18. Nxb7 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Qd5 20. Rc1 Qxb7 21. Rxc7 Qb6 22. Rf1 Rf8 23. Qe5+ Kg8 24. Kd2 Ra7 25. Rc5 Rd7 26. h4 f6 0-1