Gukesh’s coach Vishnu Prasanna is “obviously happy!” as, on Thursday, the seventeen-year-old surpassed Viswanathan Anand to become the highest-ranked Indian (World No. 9) in the live chess ratings.
“He’s entered the top-10, that is very important. Overall, I’m very happy with how he’s growing, because he has really grown over the last year. This year, he’s been very consistent.
“I thought it was quite possible at the beginning of the year. We wanted him to enter the top-10 this year,” says Vishnu Prasanna over phone.
