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D Gukesh dethrones Viswanathan Anand to become India's top chess player after 37 Years

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Grandmaster D Gukesh has replaced the legendary Viswanathan Anand as India's top chess player after more than three decades.Anand has been India's No.1 since July 1986. The 17-year-old Chennai GM, who recently lost in the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Cup in Baku to Magnus Carlsen, moved ahead of Anand to be ranked No.8 in the world.