Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh move up the 2025 circuit after after tata expand chess Horoics – Firstpost

Rameshbabu praggnanandhaa and Gukesh Domomraju were among the greatest winners in the last ranking of the Fide 2025 circuit after their heroic at the failures of Tata Steel at Wijk Aan Zee, in the Netherlands, where they finished the winner and the finalist respectively.

Praggnanandhaa became the toast of the Indian chess community after having only become the second player in the country after the legendary Viswanathan Anandand to win the prestigious tournament, defeating the defending world champion Gukesh 2-1 in blising blisages after the level finished 8.50 on 8.50 points after 13 laps.

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The Grand Master Chinese Ding Liren seated at the top of the scale with 40.64 points, whom he had won during his faithful world championship battle with Gukesh in Singapore that the latter won 7.5-6.5 in December.

It is followed by Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh, who occupy the second and third places respectively with 25 and 22.37 points. Uzbekistan GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (18.42) and the Russian-Allivized GM Vladimir Fedoseev (15.79) finish the first five.

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Each member of the Top Five Sarring Leader Ding had participated in the 87th edition of the Tata Steel chess tournament, with Abdusattorov and Fedoseev finishing the fourth and fifth in the Masters section behind Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh respectively.

The players of the Challengers section of the Tata Steel chess tournament also moved to the Top 10. Thai Dai Van Nguyen, Aydin Suleymanli and Erwin The friend had finished first, second and third among the challengers and ranked sixth , seventh and eighth in the classification of the Fide circuit.

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The compatriot of Ding Wei Yi and the GM Dutch Anish Giri are respectively in the ninth and 10th places.

The player who ends at the top of the ranking of the Fide 2025 circuit will receive a niche in the candidates tournament next year. According to the new rules for qualifying candidates, there will be two slots reserved for the FIDE circuit – for the winners of the 2024 and 2025 ranking.

However, since Gukesh is the defending world champion, his position in the Fide 2025 circuit will not really matter at the end.

Up to six eligible tournaments for the Fide 2025 circuit in progress this month, including the Prague International Chess Festival. The list of tournaments eligible on the Fide website is also the prestigious Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and Sinquefield Cup, which are both taking place in August.

The Italian-American GM, Fabiano Caruana, had finished in addition to the 2024 circuit ranking, beating Arjun Erigais from India at the top to become the first player to qualify for the tournament next year.