17-year-old D Gukesh Overtakes GM Viswanathan Anand As India's Top-Ranked Chess Player
The 17-year-old teenage prodigy D. Gukesh ended Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand's 37-year reign as India's top chess player in the live world rankings on Thursday. Gukesh, who defeated Mistradin Iskandarov in the second round of the FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, got a live rating of 2755.9 to move up to world number 9 in the classic open category. Anand, who has a score of 2754.0 dropped to tenth place. Anand has only dropped to second place in the live world rankings twice since 1986.