India`s chess player Divya Deshmukh said that she has faced sexist behaviours from spectators at the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands. She said they focused on irrelevant things like her hair, clothes and accent during the tournament.

The 18-year-old Divya, who won the Asian women`s chess championship in 2023 shared a social media post calling out the hatred that women players face based on her experience in Wijk Aan Zee.