D gukesh will become international no. 3, arjun and praggnanandhaa in pinnacle-8; viswanathan anand slips to 12th in chess ratings
D gukesh has been in dominant shape because his international chess championship victory in singapore in december ultimate 12 months. The indian gm secured a difficult-fought draw against jorden van foreest on saturday, and now he stocks the lead with r praggnanandhaa, who defeated alexey sarana. Saturday's tata steel masters additionally noticed gukesh climb to 1/3 position within the live elo ratings. The fide rankings have not been updated yet.
He's now the world no. Three with a 2791.9 score, and is behind 2d-positioned hikaru nakamura (2802) and magnus carlsen (2833). In the meantime, fabiano caruana is fourth with a 2790.2 score, and is observed through nodirbek abdusattorov (2774), arjun erigaisi (2772), praggnanandhaa (2763.3) and alireza firouzja (2759.nine). Meanwhile, viswanathan anand has fallen from tenth to 12th position. The chess legend is the modern fide deputy president and rarely participates in tournaments now. He was scheduled to take part inside the first leg of the freestyle grand slam tour, however withdrew. On Saturday, gukesh after a relatively complicated endgame and could face arjun in the very last round on sunday. If each gukesh and praggnanandhaa loses inside the final, then abdusattorov has an out of doors shot on the playoffs. Gukesh's showdown vs van foreest turned into an epic come across. The game reached its climax after the dutch gm sacrificed the exchange with 34.rxc4!?. Then five actions later, he missed the counterexchange sacrifice, performed with 3 seconds at the clock. Both accompanied the triumphing line till forty two…rb1?, which gave white the advantage but van foreest neglected that too. Then he took 30 seconds of his 19 mins to take off the e-pawn and head for a draw.
After his draw, gukesh was asked if he become following praggnandhaa and nodirbek's games too. He spoke back, "a piece, but commonly i was just focussed on my sport. It was clear that abdu had performed something incorrect and pragg turned into dominating from the begin."On dealing with arjun in the next round, he said, "pretty satisfactory, i'm already glad today that i managed to get away this sport, but the whole lot is set up for an thrilling end. I can simply try to enjoy."A fter the tata metallic masters, gukesh will tour to germany for the first leg of the freestyle chess grand slam excursion, and could face the likes of magnus carlsen and caruana.
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