October 2024 FIDE Rankings: Gukesh Joins Arjun In World Prime-5

Indian GM Gukesh Dommaraju has damaged into the world top-five for the primary time on the October 2024 FIDE score checklist after scoring double gold on the 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest, whereas additionally rising the hole to his world championship opponent GM Ding Liren to a whopping 66 factors. GM Arjun Erigaisi has additionally moved as much as world number-three on the official checklist, however a loss to 15-year-old Turkish GM Ediz Gurel within the Bundesliga has knocked him again right down to fifth on the reside score checklist.

There is a idea that occasions such because the Olympiad that pair the world’s greatest towards far more different opposition will result in the celebs dropping score, however Budapest largely blew that idea out of the water. The established stars maintained their rankings or made modest positive factors (GM Fabiano Caruana‘s 4/4 begin briefly took him above GM Hikaru Nakamura to world number-two, however attracts noticed him slip again once more), whereas some kids took the prospect to show as soon as once more that they are the way forward for chess. 

All eyes had been on the all-conquering Indian staff, with Gukesh breaking into the top-five with a gold medal 3056-performance that gained him 30 score factors, whereas World Champion Ding didn’t win a sport and dropped eight factors, in order that the hole between them grew by 38 factors in a month. Gukesh has loads to rejoice… 

Manasilayo…with my household buddies!
Idhu epdi irukku 😎 pic.twitter.com/r2hkDWYiJE

— Gukesh D (@DGukesh) September 29, 2024

…although Ding is proud of the function of underdog.

Ding Liren [in a new interview with Singaporean press]: “I like the truth that the media are saying this and the sensation of being the underdog. I’ll then shock them.” https://t.co/dmvE7fiuU9

— Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan) September 30, 2024

Gukesh obtained excessive reward from GM Magnus Carlsen, who has simply gained the 2024 Julius Baer Technology Cup.

“It stays to be seen if Arjun is kind of 2800 power but, however Gukesh is basically actually good. I feel he’s by far the perfect aside from Alireza.” – Magnus Carlsen#ChessChamps https://t.co/Z8XfpXDzuW pic.twitter.com/XvDxVsbgXH

— chess24 (@chess24com) September 29, 2024

GM Alireza Firouza sat out the Olympiad and was pushed right down to seventh place, whereas Arjun’s gorgeous 10/11 noticed him achieve 19 factors (he confronted a lot weaker opposition than Gukesh) and climb to world number-three, although as we’ll see, not for lengthy!

GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov is the opposite younger star who continued his rise, choosing up 17 factors for main Uzbekistan to bronze medals, although he needed to content material himself with sustaining the sixth spot on the rankings. It is noteworthy that 54-year-old Viswanathan Anand is simply edged out of the top-10 on the tiebreak of getting taking part in much less video games (zero) in September than GM Wesley So, who began gradual however completed quick within the Olympiad to assist the U.S. staff to silver.  

Decrease down the rankings, there have been some massive positive factors, together with by Olympiad particular person gold medalists GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (Czech Republic, board two, +16), GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (Uzbekistan, board 4, +18), and GM Frederik Svane (Germany, board 5, +15).  

FIDE Classical Rankings | October 1, 2024

18-year-old Gukesh took over from Abdusattorov because the highest-rated junior, whereas notable positive factors had been made by the Turkish prodigies. 13-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus picked up 9 factors, which was sufficient to smash the file for the youngest participant ever to cross 2600 on an official classical score checklist.

His teammate Ediz Gurel is pushing the file holder because the youngest grandmaster ever, GM Abhimanyu Mishra, to grow to be the very best rated 15-year-old, and his 2755 score efficiency within the Olympiad gained him 23 score factors in addition to particular person bronze on board two.

That is not the tip of the story, nevertheless, since over the weekend he performed within the German League. His first sport was a spectacular loss to GM Max Warmerdam (who had dropped 26 score factors on the Olympiad), however his second on Sunday was a victory over none aside from Arjun, who might have climbed to 2799.9 with a win.

That is why it is price noting that Arjun is now right down to world number-five on the reside score checklist, after dropping 7.3 factors in that one sport. The sport got here too late to be counted for the October score checklist.   

Junior FIDE Classical Rankings (Prime 20) | October 1, 2024

We famous earlier than the Olympiad started that 9 members of the Girls’s top-10 had been lacking, and that is why the top-10 is unchanged, with GM Nana Dzagnidze, the one member to play, making a modest achieve.

The younger stars who did play, nevertheless, took full benefit, with GM Divya Deshmukh‘s gold-medal-winning 9.5/11 on board three gaining her 18 factors. The 18-year-old has crossed 2500 for the primary time and grow to be the Indian number-two, after GMs Harika Dronavalli and Vaishali Rameshbabu had some tough moments. The Indian Girls’s staff’s general success was additionally right down to 22-year-old IM Vantika Agrawal, who climbed 17 locations and picked up 22 score factors in addition to the person gold medal on board 4.

Mother hugs daughter after she gained gold at #ChessOlympiad! @vantikachess pic.twitter.com/afC5k3TeD4

— Chess.com – India (@chesscom_in) October 1, 2024

There have been additionally massive positive factors for gamers on the opposite groups that picked up medals. 21-year-old U.S. star IM Carissa Yip is as much as world number-40 after choosing up 32 score factors and gold on board two (to go along with staff bronze) for her 10/11.

Kazakhstan achieved silver medals with a remarkably younger staff, with 17-year-old WIM Alua Nurman making her debut within the Prime 100 after additionally choosing up 32 score factors. 18-year-old WIM Xeniya Balabayeva picked up 27, whereas 19-year-old IM Meruert Kamalidenova climbed 20 locations not on the again of the Olympiad (the place she misplaced 5 factors) however for among the finest outcomes ever by a feminine participant within the run-up to the occasion.  

Girls’s FIDE Classical Rankings | October 1, 2024

All information courtesy of FIDE.