NAGPUR: City's International Master (IM) Divya Deshmukh kick started her chess world cup campaign with an emphatic win at Baku, Azerbaijan. In the opening round of the women's section, the 2400 Elo Divya outplayed WIM Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa Azhar from Malaysia 1.5-0.5.
A total of 228 players in the Open and Women's section are fighting for the top three places in each group leading to the Candidates tournament, the final qualifying stage to select the next challenger for the title of World Champion. In case of a tie after two classical rounds, the players will be made to play a tie-break round.