India has two representatives within the high 5 rankings in FIDE’s newest revealed rankings after a historic Chess Olympiad the place each the Indian groups gained gold medals whereas there have been 4 particular person golds as effectively for the nation’s chess gamers.
Within the chess rankings that are revealed each month, Arjun Erigaisi is ranked No 3 on this planet whereas Gukesh is ranked No 5.
Gukesh and Divya Deshmukh are additionally on high of the lists within the open juniors and ladies classes for this month after stellar performances at Budapest Chess Olympiad.
Each gamers gained particular person golds on their respective boards on the Chess Olympiad in Budapest final week, with Arjun Erigaisi presently simply three factors away from breaking into the elusive 2800 membership. He gained 19 score factors. In the meantime, Gukesh gained a whopping 30 score factors over the course of the previous month to propel himself to the no 5 spot within the October 2024 score listing.
Each Arjun Erigaisi and Gukesh have touched their profession excessive rankings after the Chess Olympiad. Arjun Erigaisi overhauled Fabiano Caruana to interrupt into the highest 3 after the American star misplaced two score factors.
In the meantime, the world champion from China, Ding Liren, who Gukesh will face on this planet chess championship later this 12 months, has slipped out the highest 20 rankings after his score slipped to 2728. He had an under-par Olympiad, the place he was unable to win a single match for China.
Gukesh, in the meantime, additionally overtook Nodirbek Abdusattorov within the listing of greatest junior gamers and climbed to first place. An Indian can also be on the highest of the charts within the listing for the junior girls’s gamers with Divya Deshmukh. All three Indians, Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and Divya Deshmukh went via the Olympiad with out struggling a single defeat and spurred their crew to golds.
Whereas Gukesh performed in 10 video games, successful eight and drawing two, Arjun Erigaisi performed in all 11 rounds, successful 9 and dropping none.
India are represented by Koneru Humpy, who didn’t compete on the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, within the girls’s rankings with the veteran ranked at No 6.
Divya Deshmukh additionally gained 18 factors within the month passed by, primarily because of her efficiency on the Chess Olympiad.