Jan 02, 2025 08:16 PM IST
Magnus Carlsen stays because the chief within the FIDE rankings with an ELO ranking of 2831, adopted by American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura.
2024 was an action-packed yr for India in chess as D Gukesh reigned supreme to clinch the World Chess Championship in Singapore. It was adopted by Koneru Humpy successful the World Fast Championship in New York. Within the newest FIDE rankings, which have been launched on Wednesday, Gukesh stays in fifth place, behind Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi, who’s fourth with a ranking of 2801. In the meantime, Gukesh has an ELO ranking of 2783.
D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi throughout the forty fifth FIDE Olympiad.(AP)
Koneru is sixth within the FIDE rankings for girls with a ranking of 2523, with Divya Deshmukh in 14th spot with a ranking of 2490. In the meantime, D Harika is sixteenth with an ELO ranking of 2489. R Vaishali, who bagged bronze on the Blitz C’ship, is nineteenth within the standings. The 21-year-old Grandmaster defeated Zhu Jiner 2.5-1.5 within the quarterfinals, however then misplaced to eventual champion Ju Wenjun 0.5-2.5 within the semi-finals. On Day 1 of the blitz competitors, Vaishali was on prime of the ladies’s standings, with eight wins and three attracts to achieve the knockout stage.
Magnus Carlsen stays because the chief within the FIDE rankings with an ELO ranking of 2831, adopted by American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura. In the meantime, Viswanathan Anand is tenth with an ELO ranking of 2750.
Gukesh defeated defending champion Ding Liren on the World Chess Championship, popping out on prime within the decisive fourteenth sport. The sport started on an equal footing and it seemed prefer it was going in keeping with Liren’s plan, however an enormous blunder by the Chinese language Grandmaster within the fifty fifth transfer noticed him resign and concede to Gukesh, who turned the youngest-ever world champion, and in addition India’s second after Anand.
Gukesh’s win despatched social media right into a state of meltdown, with followers, present and former chess gamers paying tributes. But it surely additionally acquired a destructive response from some, together with Carlsen, Nakamura and former world champion Vladimir Kramnik. The trio felt that the World Championship was of poor high quality. After his victory, Gukesh can also be set to get the Khel Ratna award.
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