The state of Indian chess at the end of 2023 | Data Premium
The Hindu
Indian chess had a successful 2023 with two GMs qualifying for the 2024 Candidates Tournament & 11 Indians in the world top 100.
The year 2023 was yet another good one for Indian chess. Two chess stalwarts — Grandmasters (GMs) R. Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi — qualified to play in the 2024 Candidates Tournament which will determine the challenger to the current World Champion, Ding Liren, of China.
Praggnanandhaa managed to qualify by finishing runner-up in the Chess World Cup held in July-August 2023. Magnus Carlsen, the highest-rated player in chess today, won that tournament.
Table 1 | The table shows the chess players qualified to enter the 2024 Candidates Tournament
*Expected to withdraw. If he does, Nijat Abasov of Azerbaijan will take his spot.
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Vidit scored an emphatic victory in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament held in October-November 2023 to secure a place in the eight-player Candidates Tournament along with 2023 World Championship runner-up Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia; Carlsen, the five-time World Champion who is expected to withdraw as he has expressed no interest in contending for that crown again; Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura of the U.S.; and Nijat Abasov of Azerbaijan, if Carlsen withdraws.
Two other slots are available in the Candidates Tournament. Caruana leads the 2023 FIDE Circuit, a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2023, but he has already qualified via the Chess World Cup. This has opened up the possibility for Indian GM, D. Gukesh, to qualify as he is ranked second in the Circuit after winning the highest ELO-rated tournament held in India, the Chennai Grand Masters, last week. However, Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi can still upend Gukesh’s chances if he wins the World Rapid Championship, which is to be held from December 26 to 28. And GM Anish Giri of the Netherlands can also take this spot if he features in the Top 3 of the Rapid Championship or finishes first in the World Blitz Championship.
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