D gukesh batcomes world no. 3, Arjun and Pragnanandhaa in Top-8; Viswanathan Anand Slips to 12th in Chess Rankings

D gukesh has been in dominant form since his world championship Victory in Singapore in December in December Last Year. The Indian gm secured a hard-forward draw against jorden van foreest on saturday, and now he shares the lead with r pragnanandhaa, who defeated alexey sarana. Saturday’s Tata Steel Masters also Saw Gukesh Climb To Third Position in the Live Elo Rating. The fide ratings haven’T been updated yet.

He is now the world no. 3 with a 2791.9 rating, and is behind second-Placed Hikaru Nakamura (2802) and Magnus Carlsen (2833). Meanwhile, fabiano caruana is fourth with a 2790.2 rating, and is followed by nodirbek abdusattorov (2774), Arjun Erigaisi (2772), Pragnanandhaa (2763.3) and alireza firozja (2759.9). Meanwhile, Viswanathan anand has fallen from 10th to 12th position. The chess legend is the current fide deputy president and rarely participates in tournaments now. He was scheduled to take part in the first leg of the freestyle Grand Slam tour, but withdrew.

On saturday, gukesh after a highly complicated endgame and will face arjun in the final found on Sunday. If both gukesh and pragnanandhaa lose in the final, then abdusattorov has an outside shot at the playoffs.

Gukesh’s Showdown vs Van Foreest was an ePic encounter. The game reacted its climax after the dutch gm sacrified the exchange with 34.rxc4!? Then Five Moves Later, He Missed The CounteRexache Sacrifice, Played with Three Seconds on the Clock. Both followed the winning line until 42… RB1? Then he took 30 seconds of his 19 minutes to take off the e-spawn and head for a draw.

After his draw, gukesh was asked if he was following Pragnandhaa and Nodirbek’s Games too. He replied, “a bit, but mostly I was just focussed on my game. It was clear that abdu had done something wrong and pragg was dominating from the start. “

On Facing Arjun in the Next Round, He Said, “Quite Nice, I am Alredy Happy Today that I Managed to Escape This Game, but everything is set up for an exciting Finish. I will just try to enjoy. “

After the tata step masters, gukesh will travel to geermany for the first leg of the freestyle chess grand slam tour, and will face the wells of magnus carlsen and caruana.