Arjun Erigaisi, Gukesh in top 5 rankings after historic Chess Olympiad; Ding Liren out of top 20

Gukesh and Divya Deshmukh are besides connected apical of the lists successful the unfastened juniors and girls categories for this period aft stellar performances astatine Budapest Chess Olympiad.

Both players won idiosyncratic golds connected their respective boards astatine the Chess Olympiad successful Budapest past week, with Arjun Erigaisi presently conscionable 3 points distant from breaking into the elusive 2800 club. He gained 19 standing points. Meanwhile, Gukesh gained a whopping 30 standing points implicit the people of the past period to propel himself to the nary 5 spot successful the October 2024 standing list.

Both Arjun Erigaisi and Gukesh person touched their vocation precocious ratings aft the Chess Olympiad. Arjun Erigaisi overhauled Fabiano Caruana to interruption into the apical 3 aft the American prima mislaid 2 standing points.

Meanwhile, the satellite champion from China, Ding Liren, who Gukesh volition look successful the satellite chess title aboriginal this year, has slipped retired the apical 20 rankings aft his standing slipped to 2728. He had an under-par Olympiad, wherever helium was incapable to triumph a azygous lucifer for China.

Gukesh, meanwhile, besides overtook Nodirbek Abdusattorov successful the database of champion inferior players and climbed to archetypal place. An Indian is besides connected the apical of the charts successful the database for the inferior women’s players with Divya Deshmukh. All 3 Indians, Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and Divya Deshmukh went done the Olympiad without suffering a azygous decision and spurred their squad to golds.

While Gukesh played successful 10 games, winning 8 and drafting two, Arjun Erigaisi played successful each 11 rounds, winning 9 and losing none.

India are represented by Koneru Humpy, who did not vie astatine the Chess Olympiad successful Budapest, successful the women’s rankings with the seasoned ranked astatine No 6.

Divya Deshmukh besides gained 18 points successful the period gone by, chiefly acknowledgment to her show astatine the Chess Olympiad.