More Power to Indian Chess
An unprecedented eight Indian Chess Players are at or higher than 2600 on the FIDE ELO ratings list accordingly to their live ratings. The latest gains or losses in ratings can be viewed on the FIDE official site. The biggest gainers will be prodigy Negi, Chanda, and Gopal. While Negi and Chanda leap over 2600, Gopal is only a couple of points short of the magical 2600 figure. On the flip side, Humpy is the unfortunate loser and will fall back below 2600 after quite a few rating periods. Yifan is just a few points behind and may even overtake her if she puts up a strong show in the second half of the Youth vs Experience event that she is participating in. Even in India, Harika is gaining quite a bit, having beaten Humpy this year. The other top players Harikrishna and Sasikiran are losing a few points. India is thus set to climb up the FIDE Country ratings ladder. It will not be long before India has all the top ten players as 2600+ since an even stronger generation is hot on the heels