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Gukesh D
GM🇮🇳FIDE 46616543· Male· India· Born in 2006
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Gukesh D, a 20-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2732 and ranked 1st among players worldwide under 20, and 18th worldwide. He has slipped back 44 Elo over the past 12 months. 70 rated games in the past year (≈124/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL - MASTERS TOURNAMENT 2026, Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Masters, and FIDE World Cup 2025. Also played 7 rapid (including 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown) and 4 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2794 was reached at age 18 (Oct 2024); he also reached World #3 in Mar 2025 and spent 24 months in the world top 10.
Awarded GM in 2019 (age 13), IM in 2018 (age 12), and CM in 2015 (age 9). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10 and World #20 in U8.
Current rating
2732
Standard
Rpd2684·Blz2655
All-time high
2794
−62 pts below
Oct 2024 · age 18
Oct 2024 · age 18
Activity
81
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
61 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#1
#1 · players worldwide under 20 · of 10,035
24 months in World top 10 (2023–2026)
24 months in World top 10 (2023–2026)
Career timeline
28 entries2026
24 months in world top 10
longest streak 17 months · since Sep 2023
Mar 2026
2025
1st U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2787
Apr 2025
Peak World rank: #3
at age 19 · rated 2787
Mar 2025
2024
All-time peak 2794
at age 18 · −62 from today
Oct 2024
Re-crossed 2750
at age 18
May 2024
2023
Peak Indian rank: #1
at age 17 · rated 2758
Sep 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-44
2776 → 2732
Tournaments
6
51 games
Score
26/ 5151.0%
13W26D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 3.5/9 | #10 | 2627 | -16.0 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 6.5/13 | #9 | 2721 | -5.8 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 2/4 | R128 | 2589 | -9.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4/5 | #202 | 2928 | +10.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6/11 | #40 | 2664 | -14.5 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 4/9 | #8 | 2708 | -8.6 |
Worst Elo result: PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL - MASTERS TOURNAMENT 2026 (-16.0 Elo, finished #10).
Most-Played Opponents
vsNodirbek AbdusattorovGM
🇺🇿UZB·2777
+9 −17 =25
51 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsFabiano CaruanaGM
🇺🇸USA·2792
+12 −13 =13
38 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsPraggnanandhaa RGM
🇮🇳IND·2735
+10 −10 =11
31 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsErigaisi ArjunGM
🇮🇳IND·2761
+4 −12 =10
26 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAlireza FirouzjaGM
🇫🇷FRA·2744
+5 −12 =8
25 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
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India
#4
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#9
in continent
World
#18
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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World
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