Nagpur, Aug. 2 -- Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Saturday felicitated young 19-year-old Indian chess player Divya Deshmukh, who won the FIDE Women's Chess World Cup final and also became India's 88th Grandmaster.

Expressing her views on meeting with the Chief Justice of India, Divya Deshmukh told reporters, "I am really happy and honoured that the Chief Justice of India came to our house and I got to know that we have family relations. He made me feel very welcome and congratulated me."

Divya became the first Indian woman to clinch the Chess World Cup after overwhelming Koneru on Monday evening in the final via tiebreaks. She became just the fourth Indian woman grandmaster and overall the 88th in the nation to clinch that title.

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