Grand Swiss: Divya Deshmukh has kept D Gukesh to draw after 103 tricks in a 6-hour battle.

World champion Gukesh Domraju was drawn by Divya Deshmukh after six hours in eight rounds eight of the Fid Grand Swiss in Samarkand. It was an attractive battle between the World Champion and the Women’s World Cup winner, which caught fans of chess worldwide on Friday, 12 September.

The result was noteworthy that in view of the Gulf of 289 rating points between the two Indians, 2767 and Divya 2478 was rated with Gukesh. The game ended in a Ruk-And-Night vs. Rook Andge-a rare and high-technical landscape in which the player enjoys the material benefits with an additional summit, yet the defending side may be accompanied by playing a bluff.

On the occasion, Gukesh pressed with better crooks-and-night, but Divya rescued with accuracy, navigated one of the most studied theoretical endgeams in chess. Such posts are notorious: a wrong step by the defender can quickly tip the balance. That Divya organized her land for more than 100 moves under tireless pressure to show her defensive technique and mental flexibility.

Gukesh and Divya could have agreed for a draw earlier, but the world champion kept putting pressure, expecting an error that never came. In the end, it was Gukesh who offered a draw, and Divya accepted without hesitation.

Divya defeated Gukesh

For Divya, who came in the match behind the victory against two male Grandmasters, this was another step in the right direction as she climbed the Grand Swiss ladder after choosing to compete in the open section. With speed with him World cup win behind him, Divya opted for open category In search of a strong run, which can eventually create a place in the candidates and, potentially, a shot in the World Championship match next year.

Meanwhile, Gukesh has ended a difficult time in Grand Swiss. The ruled world champion has suffered a defeat with Razun Erigasi and 14 -year -old Yagiz Kan Erdogamas as Abhimanyu Mishra, Ediz Gurle and Nicholas Theodorou.

Against Divya, however, the story was her resistance-and her historical opportunity. One win would have made her the first woman to defeat a world champion in a classical chess.

With a draw, Divya overtook Gukesh in Grand Swiss Standing with four points after eight rounds, half a digit more than her compatriot.

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