D Gukesh finishes third at Norway Chess; climbs to World No 13 spot with career-high live rating of 2744 – The Indian Express

Indias Dommaraju Gukesh finished third in the prestigious Norway Chess event with a score of 14.5 to finish just behind winner Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana.

Thanks to his performance at the Norway event, the Indian was able to climb up to the World No 13 spot with a live rating of 2744. Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand is the only Indian ahead of Gukesh.

The chess prodigy, who is known to be youngest player to beat Magnus Carlsen after he became the world champion, turned 17 during the event.

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First published on: 10-06-2023 at 12:35 IST

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