Teenage Grandmaster Gukesh D registered a historic win over Azarbaijan chess Grandmaster Misratdin Iskandarov in the World Cup to become India's No. 1 chess player on August 3
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The 17-year-old from Chennai won against Iskandarov in 44 moves in the second game of their second-round match
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The official Twitter account of FIDE took to the platform on August 3 to announce the milestone by the young prodigy. Here's what they wrote in a tweet
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin also took to Twitter to congratulate the champion. Here's what he wrote quoting FIDE's Tweet
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Gukesh overtook his idol and Indian chess champion Viswanathan Anand in the live International Chess Federation (FIDE) ranking
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He replaced Anand as the World No. 9 in live rankings while Anand slipped to rank 10th after his win on August 3
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Gukesh's live rating went up to 2755.9 with the win while the five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand's rating was at 2754.0
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Gukesh won the title of International Master (IM) in 2018 and the Candidate Master (CM) title in 2015
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He registered his name in the list of Grandmasters (GM) in 2019
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Gukesh is also the third Indian to enter the top 10 in the world rankings after Anand and Pentala Harikrishna