D Gukesh finishes third at Norway Chess; climbs to World No 13 spot with career-high live rating of 2744

World No 1 Magnus Carlsen meanwhile ended the tournament without a single win.

India's Dommaraju Gukesh in Norway's Stavanger during the Norway Chess tournament. (PHOTO: Twitter/@DGukesh)

Listen to this article

00:00

1x 1.5x 1.8x

India’s Dommaraju Gukesh finished third in the prestigious Norway Chess event with a score of 14.5 to finish just behind winner Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana.

Thanks to his performance at the Norway event, the Indian was able to climb up to the World No 13 spot with a live rating of 2744. Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand is the only Indian ahead of Gukesh.

The chess prodigy, who is known to be youngest player to beat Magnus Carlsen after he became the world champion, turned 17 during the event.

2023 #NorwayChess comes to an end♟️ Thank you all for coming to Stavanger, watching the event online via @chesscom and @tv2sport, commenting on your favourite moments on social media, and sharing the news! Congratulations to all the players who gave their best👏 Special congrats… pic.twitter.com/oqKd13m8ef

— Norway Chess (@NorwayChess) June 9, 2023

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Story continues below this ad

In the event, he held his own against Carlsen in their individual match up. The duo will be teaming up in the inaugural edition of the Global Chess League as part of the SG Alpine Warriors.

Meanwhile, World No 1 Carlsen ended the tournament without a single win and 11.5 points. He ended up sixth in the event, just behind fourth-placed Anish Giri and No 5 Wesley So.

Congratulations @DGukesh ! An excellent performance and good play in the armageddons @WacaChess

— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) June 10, 2023

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Carlsen was the only player not to score a classical win in the event. This is the first time since 2007 that the former world champion finished a classical round robin without a win.