File photo of Arjun Erigaisi. Arjun Erigaisi closes at the position of Indian number 1 Gukesh No. 1 and gets five points in the FIDE list to reach five points from Gukesh 2787. The rise of Erigaisi also brought him to the world 4 and overtaken Fabiano Caruana.
Erigaisi previously lost his Indian rating No. 1 in January after the performance at Tata Steel Masters in Wijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands. While Gukesh was secured by the finalist, Erigaisi fought with only two wins in 14 games.
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21-year-old Erigaisi, who was previously at the 2800-ELO club, showed a strong recovery with four victories in the Bundesliga. His recent performance means a significant return from his New Year.
Gukesh keeps his position 3 in the ranking. Hikaru Nakamura holds stable in second place with 2804 points, while Magnus Carlsen continues his dominance at the top of 2837 points, a position he has held since mid -2011.
Other Indian players also achieved remarkable success. R Pragggnanandhaa reached his career ranking and moved to seventh position by relocating the Chinese Wei Yi. ARAVINDH Chithambarama has made a remarkable progress and gained 17.5 points to reach its best ranking of 11.
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