Feb 02, 2025 11:18 AM IST
D Gukesh has climbed to 3rd place within the stay Elo chess rankings, and is behind Hakaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen.
D Gukesh has been in dominant kind since his World Chess Championship victory in Singapore in December final yr. The Indian GM secured a hard-fought draw towards Jorden van Foreest on Saturday, and now he shares the lead with R Praggnanandhaa, who defeated Alexey Sarana. Saturday’s Tata Metal Masters additionally noticed Gukesh climb to 3rd place within the stay Elo rankings. The FIDE rankings have not been up to date but.
D Gukesh is now the World No. 3 with a 2791.9 score.(PTI)
He’s now the World No. 3 with a 2791.9 score, and is behind second-placed Hikaru Nakamura (2802) and Magnus Carlsen (2833). In the meantime, Fabiano Caruana is fourth with a 2790.2 score, and is adopted by Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2774), Arjun Erigaisi (2772), Praggnanandhaa (2763.3) and Alireza Firouzja (2759.9). In the meantime, Viswanathan Anand has fallen from tenth to twelfth place. The chess legend is the present FIDE deputy president and barely participates in tournaments now. He was scheduled to participate within the first leg of the Freestyle Grand Slam Tour, however withdrew.
On Saturday, Gukesh after a extremely difficult endgame and can face Arjun within the closing spherical on Sunday. If each Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa lose within the closing, then Abdusattorov has an out of doors shot on the playoffs.
Gukesh’s showdown vs Van Foreest was an epic encounter. The sport reached its climax after the Dutch GM sacrificed the trade with 34.Rxc4!?. Then 5 strikes later, he missed the counterexchange sacrifice, performed with three seconds on the clock. Each adopted the profitable line till 42…Rb1?, which gave White the benefit however Van Foreest missed that too. Then he took 30 seconds of his 19 minutes to take off the e-pawn and head for a draw.
After his draw, Gukesh was requested if he was following Praggnandhaa and Nodirbek’s video games too. He replied, “A bit, but mostly I was just focussed on my game. It was clear that Abdu had done something wrong and Pragg was dominating from the start.”
On going through Arjun within the subsequent spherical, he stated, “Quite nice, I am already happy today that I managed to escape this game, but everything is set up for an exciting finish. I will just try to enjoy.”
After the Tata Metal Masters, Gukesh will journey to Germany for the primary leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, and can face the likes of Magnus Carlsen and Caruana.
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