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Arjun Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003) [1] is an Indian chess grandmaster.A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days.In September 2024 he became India's top rated player, and in December 2024 he achieved his peak rating of 2801 which makes him the fifteenth-highest rated player in history and second Indian ever to cross the 2800 threshold ...
The squad consisted of the challenger in the World Chess Championship 2024 Gukesh Dommaraju on board one followed by R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna. [14] Former five-time World Champion Vishwanathan Anand decided to step aside for the younger generation and was the only of India's top-rated players who ...
The 45th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 23 September 2024.It consisted of two main tournaments—an Open event, enabling participation of players from all genders, and a Women's event, enabling participation of female players only—as well as several events to promote chess.
Chess Olympiad: Budapest: Swiss 10 – 23 Sep Teams India: United States: Uzbekistan: WR Chess Masters Cup London: Single elimination 14 – 17 Oct 16 (9) Arjun Erigaisi: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: R Praggnanandhaa Alireza Firouzja: Chennai Grand Masters Chennai: Round robin 5 – 11 Oct 8 (6) Aravindh Chithambaram: Levon Aronian: Arjun Erigaisi
The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is a series of Chess960 tournaments in 2025 organized by Freestyle Chess Operations. It will consist of five "Grand Slam" tournaments following a format similar to the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge, held in 2024. Players will score points based on placement in each event.
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic , FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and 2021 , with a rapid time control that affected players' online ratings.
The top 100 junior players of the world include 20 Indian players, among them Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu at Rank 2, Arjun Erigaisi at Rank 5, Gukesh D at rank 6, and Nihal Sarin at Rank 8. [7] The top 100 junior girl players of the world include 7 Indian players, among them Velpula Sarayu at rank 2, Divya Deshmukh at rank 5 and Savitha Shri B at ...
India's first Chess Olympiad medal was a bronze in 2014. ... Arjun Erigaisi: 4 2801 21 years, 168 days 2 GM Gukesh Dommaraju: 5 2777 18 years, 265 days 3 GM