Assaubayeva to face World Cup winner in women’s Speed Chess quarterfinals & more related news here
The Kazakh grandmaster will face the reigning FIDE World Cup winner, Indian chess player Divya Deshmukh, for a place in the semi-finals. In the round of 16, Assaubayeva convincingly defeated Uzbekistan’s Afruza Khamdamova, 10.5-3.5, while Deshmukh crushed American Rose Atwell, 14-1, without losing a single game. Divya Deshmukh, 20, is considered one of the strongest…
