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  As the dust settles down after another wonderful tournament (stressful for the players), it is now time to take a peek at what happened to their ratings. Gukesh gains 20 points in the April 2024 ratings list and is now world no. 6 ahead of world champion Ding Liren, whom he will face in the World Championships finals in November-December. Pragg stays where he is in terms of points and Vidit loses 6 points. In the Women's section, Indian legend Koneru Humpy managed to stem the losses and sits at 2545. Vaishali's miraculous performance in the last five round helped her to climb back to 2489.

D Gukesh won the Candidates Chess tournaments and is now the official Challenger for the World Championship! After we witnessed a dramatic candidates tournament, many were left wondering what makes D Gukesh tick. Well there are really no secrets. We will list some important points in a few posts on this site. 1. Gukesh has always believed in following the process and enjoying it. What does this mean?  It means that he focuses on the now and what is to be done at the moment once his goals are set. He probably does not have to think too much about goals anyway because he is always either aiming at the No.1 spot in a tournament or in the world! So, what's left after that is simply to immerse himself in the details of all aspects of the game such as psychology, openings, middle game, and many other aspects. Even when the chips are down in a particular game, he still focuses on what is to be done to get out of a difficult situation. And, when he is winning, how not to get go of the vice

 Arjun Erigaisi won a couple of points in the German Bundesliga and moved to his highest live rating of 2756.3, which also makes him the India no. 1 for the moment. We've already noticed that the India No. 1 title is up for grabs because four of the Indian players (Pragg, Vishy, Gukesh) are rated quite close to each other. Arjun has moved up five places this month and he is currently placed at World no. 9. He can easily overtake Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alireza Firouzja, and Ding Liren. Even Nodirbek Abdusattorov is not too far ahead. Anish Giri has dropped several points this month and is placed No. 15 in the world, which is quite a slip for the classy Giri. The biggest moves will come in the candidates.  Yes, these guys are at unbelievable rating levels. But the good news is that you too can at least strive to get your first initial FIDE Chess rating. Want to know how? Write to bestoptimizer08@gmail.com or text us at +91 (India) 9822091862

The following are general guidelines. Please remember that you need to first train and reach a good level of playing strength before you get a rating. A player who is rated 1000 on the FIDE scale is quite strong in India compared to a person in the general population who plays Chess for recreation. The following need to be met: The player must play at least 9 rated games against opponents in FIDE-rated tournaments. The games can be spread over one or more than one tournaments. The games must be played against five different opponents These nine games can be spread over 26 months. The player must achieve a rating performance over 1000 (this is going to change in a few weeks to 1400). We'll write a separate article about this soon. After the tournaments, the organizers submit the results to FIDE, who will then process it each time, and once all the requirement are met, they'll publish the initial rating for the player. Please write to us at bestoptimizer08@gmail.com for more info

 There are six women players from India who are in the top 50 Women FIDE Chess rated in the World. 3 Koneru, Humpy 2554.0 11 Dronavalli, Harika              2503.0 14 Vaishali, Rameshbabu 2481.0 33 Velpula Sarayu 2436.8 38 Divya Deshmukh 2427.0 50 Vantika Agrawal 2398.0 Do you have a FIDE or USCF Chess rating? Want to know how to get one? Write to bestoptimizer08@gmail.com

In an unlikely situation that is probably never going to happen again, Four of our top most rated Chess players on the live FIDE rating scale are rated between 2747 and 2748! Anand is on 2748, and Gukesh Dommaraju, Vidit Gujrathi, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu are all on 2747! Mark this date. This actually appeared on Feb 5th morning.