NAGPUR: City's chess queen and top seed Divya Deshmukh jumped to sole lead at the halfway mark of the World Junior girls chess championship, currently in progress at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on Friday.
In the sixth game of the 11-round championship organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE), Nagpur's International Master (IM) defended well with her black pieces to get the better of Thursday's joint leader and 13th seeded WIM Allahverdiyeva Ayan of Azerbaijan.