Chess Rocks!
#The Kings: Post 2 - Gukesh Dommaraju, Nodirbek Abdusattorov & Alireza Firouzja
Today we deep dive into the lives of the 5th, 6th and 7th highest rated players. Source for all content in "The Kings" edition is Google and https://www.chess.com/players. Also, all ratings mentioned are of classical. You can search for rapid and blitz ratings of players on the internet.
Gukesh Dommaraju
An amazing player from Tamil Nadu, South India, Gukesh is the current World Champion and the youngest to achieve said title, with a current rating of 2777 (peak rating --> 2794). This Indian Grandmaster is the third-youngest to have surpassed 2700 Elo at the age of 16 and youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2750, doing so at the age of 17. He started playing chess at age 7, and in 11 years we have seen numerous achievements, especially in recent times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSRBVRHo5To
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
An Uzbek Grandmaster Prodigy, he defeated Magnus Carlsen in the Superbet Poland 2024 tournament. He won the 2021 World Rapid Championship and played on 1st board for Team Uzbekistan which won the 44th Chess Olympiad, both at age 17, becoming the youngest to do so. Current Rating at 2768, his first major success was at 2012 World Youth Championships U8 Divisions, which he won. Two years later, at the age of nine, he defeated two GMs, Andrey Zhigalko and Rustam Khusnutdinov, in a single tournament. On the FIDE April 2015 rating list, the 11-year-old prodigy set a record by becoming the youngest player to enter the top-100 juniors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auykfyZlz5w
Alireza Firouzja
An Iranian-born grandmaster who now plays for France, he is a two-time World Champion candidate and two-time Iranian champion. Alireza electrified the chess world in late 2019-early 2020 by finishing in second place for World Rapid Championship (1 point behind Champ Magnus Carlsen) and his amazing 5/7 start at 2020 Tata Steel Tournament. His Grand Swiss victory qualified Firouzja for the 2022 Candidates Tournament at the age of 18, one of the youngest ever to achieve that feat, and Firouzja also broke the record for youngest player to surpass a 2800 rating (though now he's at 2763).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwaLjDTFHSg
Conclusion
Hopefully this blog not only provides you with some information about these top players, but gives you some inspiration and tactical ideas.
The schedule for posting has slightly changed: Next Post will include GM Ian (8th Place), along with 9th and 10th highest rated players.
Until Next Time,
Ciao!
~ Enthusiast976
You may also like
Enthusiast976#The Kings: Post 4 - The Champion
Magnus Carlsen is the No.1 Chess Player in the World Today, and everyone in the chess community know…
Enthusiast976#The Kings: Post 3 - Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wei Yi and Vishwanathan Anand
Hope you're ready for another deep dive on these amazing players! To learn more about playing styles…
Enthusiast976