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Chess: Four Indians in world's top 10 rankings for the 1st time
Hindustan Times Noida
|June 04, 2025
Away from the pitched battle between current and former world champions in the Norwegian city of Stavanger — which has India's D Gukesh sweeping the headlines — another Indian is quietly breaking barriers and raising the roof. For the first time ever, India has four active chess players in the top 10 of the live ratings — Gukesh — world No. 4 (Elo 2782.3) Arjun Erigaisi — world No. 5 (Elo 2772.6) R Praggnanandhaa — world No. 7 (Elo 2765.9) and Aravindh Chithambaram — world No. 10 (Elo 2753.5).
BENGALURU: Away from the pitched battle between current and former world champions in the Norwegian city of Stavanger — which has India's D Gukesh sweeping the headlines — another Indian is quietly breaking barriers and raising the roof. For the first time ever, India has four active chess players in the top 10 of the live ratings — Gukesh — world No. 4 (Elo 2782.3) Arjun Erigaisi — world No. 5 (Elo 2772.6) R Praggnanandhaa — world No. 7 (Elo 2765.9) and Aravindh Chithambaram — world No. 10 (Elo 2753.5).
This story is from the June 04, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Noida.
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