♦ India’s Arjun Erigaisi has made history by climbing to No. 2 in the FIDE World Chess Rankings with 2805.8 points. He achieved this feat after his round 3 win over Aleksey Sarana at the Chennai Grand Masters on 7 November 2024. 

♦ Norway's Magnus Carlsen is ahead of Arjun at the moment with 2831.0 points in the ratings. USA’s Fabiano Caruana (2805.0 points), American GM Hikaru Nakamura (2802 points), and India’s Gukesh (2783.0 points) are ranked third, fourth, and fifth, respectively.

♦ Arjun became only the sixteenth player ever to cross 2800 Elo in live ratings last month (October 2024).