India, March 2 -- Reigning world chess champion D Gukesh climbed to a career-high No. 3 rankings in the latest FIDE classical ratings list, further establishing his position as one of the best GMs currently. The latest published standings also saw R Praggnanandhaa re-enter the top-ten in the standings.

Gukesh is third with an Elo rating of 2787, behind second-placed Hikaru Nakamura (2802) and Magnus Carlsen (2833). Meanwhile, Arjun Erigaisi is fifth with an Elo rating of 2777. Also, Praggnanandhaa, who recently won the Tata Masters, is eighth with an Elo rating of 2758.

Chess legend Viswanathan Anand has slipped out of the top-ten and is now 14th in the standings with an Elo rating of 2743.

American GM Fabiano Caruana is fourth with an...