Gukesh did this! – Vishy Anand

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5/6/2023 – D Gukesh made a fantastic start at 28th TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2023 in Sweden. He destroyed Germany's No. 1 Vincent Keymer with a spectacular bishop sacrifice. This win takes the 16-year-old's live rating to his career highest at 2741, and elevates him to the World's No. 15. Listen to Sagar Shah of ChessBase India explain and enthuse over the game.

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Gukesh (2730) has never lost a rated game against Vincent Keymer (2700). He has beaten Keymer five times in-a-row in all formats of the game including Chess960 in ten days last year in Biel GMT. It goes without saying that Gukesh had both psychological and statistical edge over his opponent even before a move was made.

The maestro Vishy Anand liked Gukesh's execution of the excellent sacrifice and tweeted:

Gukesh did this! @tepesigeman pic.twitter.com/5aSJXUpBtg
— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) May 5, 2023

Black had made the positional mistake of 21...Nc4-d6. It allowed White to launch a devastating attack 22.Bxh6! which he was certainly aiming for in this position.

Watch Sagar's very instructive commentary of the game

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Gukesh is now World No. 15, and India's No.2:

With a career high live rating of 2741 he is now just 13 points behind his mentor and teacher, five times World Champion Viswanathan Anand. Prepare for a full assault, Vishy!