India, Oct. 2 -- The October FIDE chess ratings have been officially released and reigning World Champion D Gukesh has slipped out of the top ten rankings, on Wednesday. This comes after Gukesh's poor performance at the FIDE Grand Swiss, where he finished 41st out of 116 players. He lost three games in a row, and then was held to four draws in the 11-round tournament.

Gukesh is 11th in the classical chess rankings, with a rating of 2752. The Grand Swiss saw Gukesh lose 15 rating points, from 2767 in September to 2752 in October. Last October, Gukesh had a rating of 2794, and now he has lost 43 rating points now.

Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen is still World No. 1 with a rating of 2839, and Hikaru Nakamura is second with a rating of 2816 (+9)...