In a twist to Guru & Disciple story, Chess prodigy and Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh has now become India’s top chess player, beating a live ratings record held by Viswanathan Anand for 36 years. This comes after the 17-year-old Gukesh qualified for the third round of the FIDE Chess World Cup, a major single-elimination tournament being held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Gukesh beat Misratdin Iskandaro to secure a live ranking of 2755.9, narrowly beating Anand’s 2754.0.
Gukesh is Anand’s protégé, and saw a huge surge in rankings after breaking into the top 100 in 2023. His current world ranking, based on FIDE’s monthly list, is 11. This differs from the live ratings, which are calculated on a daily basis immediately after matches.
Earlier this year, Gukesh also became the youngest chess player to cross the 2750 mark, edging past a record held by five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who has been World No. 1 since July 2011. Carlsen’s current live rating is 2838.4, trailed by the US’ Fabiano Caruana at 2786.4.
Meanwhile, Grandmaster Viswanathan congratulated Gukesh for this outstanding achievement.
OpinionExpress.In
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