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Five Indian Chess Players Among Top 10 In Junior World Rankings
World Chess Champion Liren Ding: For the first time in the history, young Indian chess players occupied five slots -- including the top spot -- in the junior world rankings.
The honours go to Grandmasters (GM) the top-ranked R.Praggnanandhaa (Elo rating 2747), D.Gukesh (2743) ranked third, Nihal Sarin (2693) ranked sixth, Raunak Sadhwani (2654) ranked seventh and Leon Luke Meondonca (2631) ranked tenth as per International Chess Federation or FIDE's latest ranking list.
Interestingly, Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh will be playing in the upcoming Candidates Tournament in Canada. The winner of the tournament will challenge the World Chess Champion Liren Ding (2762) for the world title.
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