Indian chess sensation D Gukesh has become India’s number a person chess participant right after his stunning victory more than Firouzja Alireza of France in the Candidates Chess match on Sunday.
Gukesh’s extraordinary general performance not only secured his lead in the tournament but also positioned him as the youngest contender ever for the planet championship title.
Surging forward with a commanding overall of 8.5 points out of a feasible 13, the 17-year-previous prodigy from Chennai now stands fifty percent a stage in advance of his closest rivals, Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi and American Hikaru Nakamura.
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Gukesh D. wins versus Alireza, is now the sole leader of the competition with just just one spherical to go. He is also the Indian no. 1 now, jumping up 10 sites to reach earth no. 6⃣ pic.twitter.com/bEiI9oL9lg
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Gukesh’s rise to the leading spot in India’s chess rankings will come as a outcome of his extraordinary exhibiting in the Candidates tournament, where by he shown strategic brilliance and willpower on the board. With this accomplishment, he surpasses Erigaisi Arjun to declare the coveted India amount just one rank. Gukesh’s stellar overall performance has propelled him to the sixth posture in the entire world rankings.
He was the initially player to break the 37-yr-very long reign of the preceding Indian quantity a single, Viswanathan Anand. His journey to the prime place commenced with a decisive victory versus GM Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE) in Spherical 2.2 of the FIDE Entire world Cup 2023, setting the phase for his meteoric increase in the world of chess.