GM Gukesh D is expected to be the youngest player to have a published rating of 2750 in history when the next FIDE rating list comes out in 11 days (when he will be 17.17 years old). This news comes just off the heels of his countryman GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu breaking 2700 for the first time, a day ago. The sky seems to be the limit as India’s teenage grandmasters continue to break records.
At 17 years, one month, and 21 days, Gukesh is the world number-11 on the live rating list and Indian number two. He closes in on Indian number-one GM Viswanathan Anand’s 2754 rating. Anand, 53, has been India’s highest-rated player since July 1986. (In 2016 GM Pentala Harikrishna became the Indian number-one on the live rating list, but Anand hasn’t been surpassed in published rating for 37 years.)
GM Magnus Carlsen was the previous record-holder for youngest 2750, and GM Alireza Firouzja also made it at 17 years old. Firouzja is the youngest to break 2800 at the age of 18 and five months, the 14th player in history to do so.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “Menorca Open”]
[Site “-“]
[Date “2023.04.15”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Gukesh D”]
[Black “Aryan Chopra”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “2730”]
[BlackElo “2607”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D43”]
[Opening “Semi-Slav Defense”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 { D43 Semi-Slav Defense } 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 a6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 Nbd7?! { (-0.42 → 0.42) Inaccuracy. Qxd4 was best. } (9… Qxd4 10. Bf4) 10. Rd1 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qb8 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Bd6 Rd8?! { (1.31 → 2.27) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } (16… O-O-O 17. Bf3) 17. Qc5 f6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. Qxd6 Qe5 21. Qc5 Rf7 22. Rd4 Rd7 23. e3 f5 24. e4 fxe4 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Qc1 e3 27. Rxe3 c5 28. Rxe6+ Qxe6 29. Re4 Qxe4?! { (1.61 → 2.59) Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } (29… Nf4 30. Rxe6+) 30. Bxe4 Nc3 31. Qxc3 Bxe4 32. Qe5+ Re7 33. Qxc5 g6 34. f4 Kf7 35. g4 Bb7 36. Kf2 Rd7 37. Qb6 Re7 38. Kg3 Bd5 39. b4 Bc4 40. f5?! { (4.09 → 3.00) Inaccuracy. Kh4 was best. } (40. Kh4 h6 41. f5 gxf5 42. gxf5 Re5 43. Qg6+ Ke7 44. Qg7+ Kd6 45. Qxh6+ Kd5 46. Kg4 Re4+) 40… gxf5 41. gxf5 Ke8 42. Kf4 Kd7 43. Qxa6 Rf7 44. Ke5 Re7+ 45. Kd4 Rf7 46. f6 Kd8?! { (4.21 → 5.49) Inaccuracy. Kc7 was best. } (46… Kc7 47. Kc5) 47. Kc5 Rd7 48. Kc6 Rc7+ 49. Kb6 Bd5 50. Qa5 Kd7 51. Qxb5+ Rc6+ 52. Qxc6+ *
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