Arjun Erigaisi at 4th, D Gukesh 5th in latest FIDE Chess rankings | Chess News – Newz9

NEW DELHI: Indian Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi and D Gukesh retained their fourth and fifth spots in the latest chess rankings printed on Wednesday.
Erigaisi just lately achieved the spectacular 2800 ELO ranking, making him solely the second Indian, after Viswanathan Anand, and the sixteenth participant globally to achieve the milestone. His ranking stays at 2801.
Fifth ranked Gukesh, the 18-12 months-previous World Champion boasts a ranking of 2783. His current victory towards Ding Liren of China secured him the World Championship title.
Magnus Carlsen of Norway continued to dominate the rankings. He holds the highest spot with a 2831 ranking. Following intently behind had been American gamers Fabiano Caruana (2803) and Hikaru Nakamura (2802).
Viswanathan Anand, one other Indian chess legend, is ranked tenth. His ELO ranking is presently 2750.
India’s robust presence in the highest 50 is noteworthy.
Six different Indian gamers joined Erigaisi, Gukesh, and Anand. R Praggnanandhaa (thirteenth), Aravindh Chithambaram (twenty third), Vidit Gujarathi (twenty fourth), Pentala Harikrishna (thirty sixth), Nihal Sarin (forty first), and Raunak Sadhwani (forty eighth) all function.
Koneru Humpy led the Indian girls’s contingent. She just lately gained the Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship. Humpy holds the sixth spot with a 2523 ranking.
Four Chinese gamers presently dominate the ladies’s rankings. Hou Yifan leads with a 2633 ELO ranking, adopted by Ju Wenjun (2561), Tan Zhongyi (2561), and Lei Tingjie (2552).
Divya Deshmukh is ranked 14th with a ranking of 2490. Dronavalli Harika is shut behind at sixteenth with a ranking of 2489.
R Vaishali just lately secured a bronze medal in the Women’s World Blitz Championship. She is presently ranked nineteenth with a 2476 ranking.
In the junior males’s class, Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa held the highest two positions.