India, July 29 -- A historic campaign at the FIDE Women's Chess World Cup could easily be just about the champion Divya Deshmukh and the runner-up Koneru Humpy, but for India, it is so much more. The triumph is a sign that the chess revolution in India transcends the gender divide. This achievement by the duo stands on the shoulders of those who came before them. It includes the Khadilkar sisters (Vasanti, Jayanti, Rohini), who emerged in the 1970s and won the first 10 women's national championships among them, demanding to compete alongside men. Bhagyashree Thipsay played a role in the '80s and early '90s, but it was Humpy herself who took it up more than a few notches, by becoming India's first female Grandmaster (GM) at 15 and establis...