As widely anticipated, D. Gukesh overtook Viswanathan Anand in live world rankings after overpowering home favourite Misratdin Iskandarov in 44 moves for the second time in their second-round match in the FIDE World Cup at Baku (Azerbaijan) on Thursday.
The latest gain of 2.5 rating points raised Gukesh’s live rating to 2755.9 to Anand’s 2754.0. With this, Gukesh replaced Anand as the World No. 9 in live rankings while the five-time World champion slipped to 10th.
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