D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi in top-five in newest FIDE chess rankings; Koneru Humpy leads India’s girls contingent

Koneru is sixth within the FIDE rankings for ladies with a score of 2523, with Divya Deshmukh in 14th spot with a score of 2490. In the meantime, D Harika is sixteenth with an ELO score 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 high of the ladies’s standings, with eight wins and three attracts to succeed in the knockout stage.

Magnus Carlsen stays because the chief within the FIDE rankings with an ELO score of 2831, adopted by American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura. In the meantime, Viswanathan Anand is tenth with an ELO score of 2750.

Gukesh defeated defending champion Ding Liren on the World Chess Championship, popping out on high within the decisive fourteenth recreation. The sport started on an equal footing and it regarded prefer it was going in keeping with Liren’s plan, however a large blunder by the Chinese language Grandmaster within the fifty fifth transfer noticed him resign and concede to Gukesh, who grew to become 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 unfavorable 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.