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17-year-old D Gukesh overtakes Viswanathan Anand

The 17-year-old teenage prodigy D. Gukesh ended Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand’s 37-year reign as India’s top chess player in the live world rankings. Gukesh, who defeated Mistradin Iskandarov in the second round of the FIDE World Cup in Baku earlier this week. The 17-year-old outclassed Iskandarov of Azerbaijan in 44 moves in the second game of their second-round match. This victory saw him jump inside the top 10 of the live world (FIDE) rankings.
Gukesh is now the highest-ranked Indian in the rankings, ahead of the Vishwanathan. Anand Mahindra, who is the chairman of the Mahindra Group, congartulated Gukesh over the same and also had a special message for Vishwanathan. Anand, who has a score of 2754.0 dropped to tenth place. Anand has only dropped to second place in the live world rankings twice since 1986.
“Gukesh D won again today and has overcome Viswanathan Anand in live rating! There is still almost a month till next official FIDE rating list on September 1, but it’s highly likely that 17-year-old will be making it to top 10 in the world as the highest-rated Indian player!” International Chess Federation (ICF) tweeted.

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