India, Jan. 26 -- 19-year-old Indian International Master Divya Deshmukh was left shellshocked at the ongoing Tata Chess Masters, as she crashed to a shock defeat against Argentina chess prodigy, Faustino Oro. Oro, who is 11-years-old, holds the world record for the youngest IM, a title which he bagged in June 2024 at only 10 years, eight months and 16 days, breaking Abhimanyu Mishra's record. But his record has since been broken by Roman Shogdzhiev in January 2025.

D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa, who were also present at the venue, were in action in their matches, at the same time as Deshmukh's match. The two Indian Grandmasters were also spotted pausing when Oro sealed his win against Deshmukh, and they turned to look at the scene in am...