Jan 23, 2025 08:07 AM IST
Together with his win towards Vincent Keymer, D Gukesh grew to become the brand new India No. 1 in chess, overtaking Arjun Erigaisi within the dwell scores.
It wasn’t a simple recreation for D Gukesh, however the reigning world chess champion got here out on high in a nerve-wracking 72-move battle towards Vincent Keymer on Wednesday. It additionally turned out to be the longest recreation of Spherical 5 within the Masters part of the continued Tata Metal Chess event in Wijk aan Zee, on Wednesday. The end result additionally sees Gukesh develop into the brand new India No. 1, overtaking Arjun Erigaisi within the dwell scores, that are up to date real-time.
D Gukesh is the brand new India No. 1.
It’s value noting that Keymer was a part of Gukesh’s staff in Singapore through the World Chess Championship in December final yr. On Wednesday, Gukesh was as soon as once more out in a gray hoodie, and performed with white items. He started with some errors, giving the German early management. However quickly Gukesh’s studying of the sport overcame Keymer’s technique of attempting to tire the Indian out, and the German resigned.
Gukesh has gained seven Elo factors to get his dwell score as much as 2784, and Erigaisi, who was India no. 1 earlier than this event, has misplaced 21.5 factors and is at 2779. Earlier than this occasion, Erigaisi was within the 2800-club, however has been in poor type currently. In Wijk aan Zee, he has misplaced three video games and has drawn twice. He’s positioned at joint-bottom with Leon Luke Mendonca.
In the meantime, Gukesh is at the moment unbeaten within the event, bagging two wins and three attracts, He drew towards Vladimir Fedoseev and Alexey Sarana, however bought wins vs Anish Giri and Vincent Keymer.
The dwell scores are anticipated to alter, and if Erigaisi makes a comeback, he might take his place again from Gukesh once more. There are eight extra swiss rounds to go, and potential playoffs.
Regardless of not taking part within the event, Magnus Carlsen nonetheless leads within the dwell scores with 2832.5, and is adopted by American GM Hikaru Nakamura (2802) and Fabiano Caruana (2798) in second and third respectively. In the meantime, Gukesh is now fourth and Erigaisi is fifth within the leaderboard. In the meantime, R Praggnanandhaa (2753.9) has climbed three positions larger and is tenth, with Viswanathan Anand (2750) is eleventh.
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