The Grand Master Indian Gukesh has climbed in the world’s place n ° 3 in the live chess ranking while Arigaisi has slipped to sixth place. GUKESH is undefeated during the TATA 2025 steel chess tournament with five victories and six draws.
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Friday, the world chess champion Domommaju Gukesh has become the new world n ° 3 on the live chess side. Gukesh exceeded Fabiano Caruana and jumped in the ranking after his undefeated race in the failures of Tata Steel 2025 in progress, his last result being a draw against the title champion Wei Yi in China. Caruana, on the other hand, lost against the Grand Master Indian R Praggnanandhaa on Friday.
A total of 11 laps during the TATA 2025 steel chess tournament in the Netherlands have been completed and Gukesh has earned 16 points of the event so far. GUKESH currently has 2,793.2 live rating points, a point less than his personal record of 2794 points he obtained in October from last year. Arjun Erigaisi, the compatriot of Gukesh, slipped to sixth place in the live note after losing 33 points. Arjun, who is without victory at the Tata Steel chess tournament, has 2767.5 points.
In Fide’s official note, however, Gukesh remains fifth in the world with an Elo note from 2777 and Arjun is fourth (2801). Magnus Carlsen is world n ° 1 with a note of 2833, followed by Fabiano Caruana (2803) and Hikaru Nakamura (2802).
Gukesh continues to rise in the ranking of chess
In December, Arjun only became the second Indian, after Viswanathan Anand, to exceed the 2800 Elo note.
Gukesh is currently heading the Masters section of the Tata 2025 steel chess tournament with 8 points, 0.5 points that R Praggnanandhaa and Nodirbek Abdusattarov, who share second place. Arjun Erigaisi, on the other hand, is in 13th place in the classification of 14 players with 3.5 points.
So far, Gukesh has won five wins and six draws in 11 games at the Tata Steel chess tournament. This is the first 18-year-old tournament since he defeated Dingn of China to win the title of the 2024 world chess championship. Gukesh had beaten with a margin of 7.5-6.5.
Last week, Gukesh passed Arjun to become India’s n ° 1 after defeating Anish Giri and Vincent Keymer in the Tata Steel chess tournament, while playing prints against Fabiano Caruana, Vladimir Fedoseev and Alexey Sarana . Gukesh then finished fourth while Arjun was placed fifth.
Living chess notes (January 31, 2025)
| Row | Player (country) | Notation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen (NOR) | 2832.5 |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura (USA) | 2802 |
| 3 | D GUKESH (Ind) | 2793.2 |
| 4 | Fabiano Caruana (USA) | 2792.4 |
| 5 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) | 2778.7 |
| 6 | Arjun Erigaisi | 2767.5 |
| 7 | Alireza Firzouzja (FRA) | 2760.5 |
| 8 | R Praggnanandhaa (Ind) | 2759.2 |
| 9 | Wei Yi (Chn) | 2756.2 |
| 10 | Ian Nepomniachtchi (Fide) | 2754 |
