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Arjun Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003)[2] is an Indian chess grandmaster. He is the reigning Indian national chess champion.[3] He earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days, making him the 32nd youngest person ever to achieve the title of grandmaster. He is the 54th grandmaster from India.
| Arjun Erigaisi | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Born | 3 September 2003 (age 19) Warangal, Telangana, India[1] |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2718 (November 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2728 (October 2022) |
| Ranking | No. 28 (November 2022) |
| Peak ranking | No. 21 (October 2022) |
Career
2015–2018
In 2015, Arjun won a silver medal in the 2015 Asian Youth Championship in Korea.[4] In 2018, he became the first grandmaster from Telangana state.
2021
2021 was a strong year for Arjun Erigaisi, as he became the first Indian to qualify to the Goldmoney Asian Rapid of the Champions Chess Tour 2021[5] ahead of Alireza Firouzja, Daniil Dubov, Peter Svidler and Vidit Gujrathi, only losing to Levon Aronian in tie breaks in a hard-fought match.[6]
In October 2021, Arjun placed 2nd at the Junior U21 Round Table Open Chess Championship (Classical) held in Bulgaria. He scored 7/9, along with Alexey Sarana.[7]
In November 2021, Arjun placed 3rd/82 in the Lindores Abbey Blitz Tournament at Riga ahead of players such as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, David Navara, Daniil Dubov, Peter Svidler and many others.[8] Later that month, Arjun won the Rapid section of the Tata Steel India Chess Tournament (Rapid and Blitz). He scored 6.5/9, ahead of Vidit Gujrathi, Levon Aronian, Sam Shankland and Lê Quang Liêm.[9] He clinched the win by holding Levon Aronian to a draw in a losing position.[10] He was able to play in the Blitz section of the tournament due to a last minute withdrawal by Adhiban Baskaran; he scored 11/18 along with Levon Aronian and placed 2nd after losing to Levon Aronian where Arjun had winning position in 2 Armageddon tiebreak matches.
2022
In January 2022, Arjun won Tata Steel Chess 2022 Challengers,[11] qualifying him to play in the masters section in the next Tata Steel Chess tournament. His final score was 10.5/13 and his TPR in the tournament was 2800+ which propelled his FIDE Rating to 2659.5 thereby breaking into the top 100 in Classical format.
In March 2022, he was crowned the Indian National Champion by winning the 58th MPL National Championship of India 2022 with a score of 8.5/11. Furthermore, in March Arjun won the 19th Delhi Open- edging out Gukesh D and Harsha Bharathakoti on tie-break after all scored 8.5/10.[12]
In April 2022, he participated in the first leg of MPL Indian Chess Tour organised by Chess24 and clinched the victory with a round to spare with a score of 30/45 (+8 =6 -1).[citation needed]
In August 2022, Arjun won the 28th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival with 7.5/9 and a performance rating of 2893. [13]
References
- "Arjun Erigaisi's fast-track to GM title". telanganatoday.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "Erigaisi Arjun". Chess-DB.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "Arjun Erigaisi, Divya Deshmukh Clinch Indian National Championships".
- Subrahmanyam, V. V. (2 August 2016). "Hanamkonda boy set to create ripples in chess world". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2018 – via thehindu.com.
Erigaisi Arjun, a Class VIII student, qualifies for World Youth Chess championship, and the Asian championship
- "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Chess: Arjun makes history, first Indian in quarterfinals". Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
Arjun Erigaisi, the lowest-rated player who now plays league topper Levon Aronian, came up with a display on the final day of the preliminaries
- Rao, Rakesh (30 June 2021). "Arjun falls to Aronian in tiebreaker". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
Arjun Erigiasi’s gallant show against Levon Aronian ended in the blitz tiebreaker
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Junior U21 Round Table Open Chess Championship". chess-results.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter. "Kirill Shevchenko Surprise Winner at Lindores Abbey Blitz". Chess.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2021". chess-results.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Arjun Erigaisi on winning the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and training with Kasimdzhanov, retrieved 20 November 2021
- "Tata Steel Chess 2022: Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi wins Challengers event with a round to spare". www.firstpost.com. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "The Week in Chess 1430". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 28th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival - Masters". chess-results.com. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
External links
- Erigaisi Arjun rating card at FIDE
- Arjun Erigaisi player profile at Chess.com
- Arjun Erigaisi on Twitter
- Arjun Erigaisi player profile at Lichess
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[de] Erigaisi Arjun
Erigaisi Arjun (* 3. September 2003 in Karimnagar, Indien) ist ein indischer Schachspieler.- [en] Arjun Erigaisi
[ru] Эригайси, Арджун
Арджун Эригайси (род. 3 сентября 2003[2][3], Каримнагар, Андхра-Прадеш[3]) — индийский шахматист, гроссмейстер (2018). Стал гроссмейстером в возрасте 14 лет, 11 месяцев и 13 дней, что делает его 32-м в списке самых молодых гроссмейстеров. Он 5-й гроссмейстер из штатов телугу и 54-й из Индии.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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