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Chess: Gukesh takes a giant leap in World ranking and ratings

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Chess: Gukesh Takes A Giant Leap In World Ranking And Ratings

By IANS News May 02, 2024 • 17:06 PM View: 1558

World Chess Champion Chinese GM: Teenaged Grandmaster D Gukesh has entered the top ten chess players’ club in the World with an ELO rating of 2,763.

Gukesh, now ranked sixth in the open category, is ahead of the seventh-ranked World Chess Champion Chinese GM Ding Liren with a rating of 2,762.

What is further interesting is that another Indian chess sensation GM Arjun Erigaisi is ranked eighth in the world with a rating of 2,761.

TAGS Teenaged Grandmaster Ding Liren GM Arjun Erigaisi International Chess Federation FIDE Candidates Tournament Candidates Tournament Hindu God Lord Hanuman Sri Lanka Lord Rama Goddess Sita GM Susan Polgar

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