D. Gukesh: In a notable milestone, 17-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh has overtaken his idol, Viswanathan Anand, within the real-time world rankings maintained by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). This exceptional feat was completed following Gukesh’s conquer Misratdin Iskandarov of Azerbaijan in a second-round encounter on the World Cup.
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D Gukesh topples the scores
Gukesh showcased his distinctive expertise by outplaying Iskandarov in a mere 44 strikes. With this spectacular efficiency, he earned 2.5 ranking factors, elevating his stay ranking to 2755.9, surpassing Anand’s ranking of 2754.0. As a end result, Gukesh has climbed to the ninth place on this planet stay rankings, whereas the five-time World Champion Anand now holds the tenth spot.
FIDE in a tweet said, “Gukesh D won again today and has overcome Viswanathan Anand in live rating! There is still almost a month till next official FIDE rating list on September 1, but it’s highly likely that 17-year-old will be making it to top 10 in the world as the highest-rated Indian player.”
Anand’s historic file damaged
Anand, who made his debut within the World’s top-10 rankings in July 1991, has held the title of India’s highest-ranked participant since January 1987. Nevertheless, Gukesh’s latest excellent efficiency hints at a possible change on this long-standing file. If Gukesh maintains his lead over Anand till September 1, he’ll develop into the primary Indian to surpass Anand within the FIDE world rankings since Pravin Thipsay completed it in July 1986.
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In the upcoming third spherical of the match, Gukesh is scheduled to compete towards fellow Indian participant S L Narayanan. Besides Gukesh, different Indian gamers like GM R Praggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin, D Harika, and R Vaishali have additionally progressed to the third spherical. However, Indian GM B Adhiban confronted elimination after a defeat towards Daniil Dubov. On the opposite hand, Karthik Venkataraman managed to power a tie-break towards No.2 seed Hikaru Nakamura.
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