After the success of the candidates, D Gukesh took a huge leap in the world ranking and rating. chess news

Teenage Grandmaster D Gukesh has entered the club of world’s top ten chess players with an ELO rating of 2,763. Gukesh, now ranked sixth in the open category, is ahead of seventh-ranked world chess champion Chinese GM Ding Liren with a rating of 2,762. What’s more interesting is that another Indian chess sensation, GM Arjun Erigaysi is ranked eighth in the world with a rating of 2,761. According to the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Gukesh got twenty points after winning the recently concluded FIDE Candidates Tournament in Canada.

By virtue of winning the Candidates Tournament, Gukesh has become a challenger for the world title now held by Liren.

It was a big jump for Gukesh to be ranked sixth now as he was ranked 16th before the Candidates Tournament.

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“I believe Gukesh will be a slight favorite against Ding Liren. The world champion is a very good player. However, she is not very active and her form is not at its peak,” GM Susan Polgar Former women’s world champion (1996-99) told IANS when asked about the Indian’s chances of becoming world champion.

On his part, Errigassi received five points, according to the rating list released by FIDE.

Perhaps it is also for the time being that two Indians feature in the world’s top ten chess clubs in the FIDE list.

According to FIDE, two Indian women grandmasters (WGM), Priyanka Nutakki (rating 2,357) and PV Nandidha (2,359) scored 83 and 81 in separate rating tournaments last month, while GM R.Vaishali scored 83 and 81 in the Women Candidates Tournament. Scored 14 points.

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