NAGPUR: Asian champion Divya Deshmukh utilized her opening advantage well to outplay Russia’s Kseniya Norman to remain in lead in the World Junior girl’s chess championship currently in progress at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on Monday.
The top seeded Divya took just 36 moves to win her eighth-round contest against Norman and maintain a half-point lead with an unbeaten run in the World Chess Federation (FIDE) organized U-20 championship.