15-year-old Gukesh becomes the youngest Indian ever to break into World Top 100

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/04/2022

GM D Gukesh beat GM Nino Batsiashvili (GEO) in the third round of 1st Menorca Open 2022. His live rating is now 2651.4. Thus, it makes him the seventh Indian to be in the World Top 100 rankings in live ratings. According to chessmetrics.com, Vishy Anand first broke into the World Top 100 at the age of 17 years in September 1987. Gukesh became the youngest Indian to break into World Top 100 in the live ratings at the age of 15 years. Ten players are in the lead 3.0/3 including six Indians. They are - Adhiban, Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Sethuraman, Raunak Sadhwani and Aryan Chopra. Round 4 starts today at 5 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Gukesh keeps creating history

Four days after becoming the first Indian to win La Roda International Open in 48 years, the youngest GM of the country, D Gukesh etches his name in history for another record.

The youngest Indian ever to break into World Top 100 - GM D Gukesh | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Gukesh - Batsiashvili, Round 3

Position after 29.Bg1

White's position might look slightly uncomfortable. The reason behind that is Black's pieces are imposing on the king. 29...Rc2 would have maintained the pressure. However, 29...Rd6 allowed White to alleviate it by exchanging the rooks. 30.Rxc3 Nxc3 31.Rc1 Nb5 is a further mistake as 32.Rc4 forces the exchange of the rooks Rd1+ 33.Kf2 Rd4 is the only way to avoid losing material. Gukesh won the game in another twelve moves.

Gukesh's win over Georgia's top woman, GM Nino Batsiashvili earned him a World Top 100 spot | Photo: Menorca Chess Open

GM Arjun Erigaisi - GM Jose Fernando Jimenez Cuenca (ESP): 1-0 | Photo: Menorca Chess Open

GM Sethuraman - IM Claudio Javier Minzer (ARG): 1-0 | Photo: Menorca Chess Open

GM Nihal Sarin 2.5/3 | Photo: Menorca Chess Open

The tournament hall | Photo: Menorca Chess Open

A total of 137 players including 21 GMs, 12 IMs, a WGM and 2 WIMs are taking part from 25 countries across the world in Group A. The tournament is organized by Menorca Chess Association from 20th to 24th April 2022 at Hotel Princesa Playa, Menorca, Spain. The seven-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes each with 30 seconds increment from move no. 1.

Replay Round 1-3 games

Round 3 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2675	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando	2558	14
2	15	IM	Sosa Tomas	2554	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	2656	2
3	3	GM	Nihal Sarin	2648	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Iermito Sebastian	2525	16
4	21	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2500	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2639	4
5	5	GM	Gukesh D	2637	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Batsiashvili Nino	2463	24
6	23	IM	Grigorian Spartak	2470	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Adhiban B.	2633	6
7	7	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	2633	2	1 - 0	2	GM	De La Riva Aguado Oscar	2429	26
8	27	FM	Garcia Ramos Daniel	2429	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2628	8
9	9	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2610	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Minzer Claudio Javier	2427	28
10	29	GM	Romanishin Oleg M	2415	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	2597	10

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Round 4 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	7	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	2633	3		3	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2675	1
2	2	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	2656	3		3	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2610	9
3	12	GM	Heimann Andreas	2583	3		3	GM	Gukesh D	2637	5
4	6	GM	Adhiban B.	2633	3		3	GM	Aryan Chopra	2592	11
5	4	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2639	2½		3	GM	Alonso Rosell Alvar	2564	13
6	18	IM	Peng Li Min	2517	2½		2½	GM	Nihal Sarin	2648	3
7	10	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	2597	2½		2½	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2500	21
8	16	IM	Iermito Sebastian	2525	2½		2½	IM	Kosakowski Jakub	2452	25
9	22	GM	Narciso Dublan Marc	2477	2½		2½	GM	Nasuta Grzegorz	2518	17
10	14	GM	Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando	2558	2		2½	GM	Romanishin Oleg M	2415	29