- 18-year-old Nagpur girl and International Master of chess Divya Deshmukh has won the FIDE Junior U-20 Girls World Chess Championship.
- In the men’s category, 20-year-old chess player Grand Master Kazybek Nogerbek of Kazakhstan won the world title. The 2024 FIDE U-20 World Chess Championship was organized by the world chess governing body, International Chess Federation (FIDE).
- The FIDE World Junior Chess Championship 2024 was held in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, from 2 to 13 June 2024. Around 230 players from chess associations of 44 different countries participated in this competition.
- Divya Deshmukh is the fourth Indian woman to win the FIDE Under-20 Girls World Chess Championship after Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli and Soumya Swaminathan.
- Divya Deshmukh remained unbeaten in this year’s competition. In her last round-robin match, she defeated Bulgarian Grand Master Beloslava Krasteva. She finished on top with a total of 10 out of a possible 11 points to win the gold medal.
- This was her second consecutive title after winning the Sharjah Challenger event in May 2024.
- Armenia’s International Master Mariam Mkrtchyan finished second with a total of 9.5 points.
- Azerbaijan’s International Master Ayan Allahverdiyeva finished third with 8.5 points.
Indian winners of the World Junior Chess Championship
| Serial Number | Player | Year |
| 1 | Vishwanathan Anand (Male) | 1987 |
| 2 | Pentala Harikrishana (Male) | 2004 |
| 3 | Abhijeet Gupta (Male) | 2008 |
| Girls winner | ||
| 4. | Koneru Humpy | 2001 |
| 5 | Harika Dronavalli | 2008 |
| 6 | Suamya Swaminathan | 2009 |