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Arjun Erigaisi held Vincent Keymer to a draw at the Chennai Grand Masters, while Pranesh stunned Abhimanyu in the Challengers, creating tight title battles in both sections of the tournament

Vincent Keymer stayed atop the Chennai Grandmasters table with a draw against Vidit. Arjun Erigaisi followed closely, while Abhimanyu Puranik extended his lead in the Challengers section with another win

Nihal Sarin ended Arjun Erigaisi’s unbeaten run in the Chennai Grand Masters, while Vincent Keymer maintained the lead. In Challengers, Abhimanyu Puranik emerged as sole leader after a crucial win

Vincent Keymer maintained his unbeaten run at the Chennai Grand Masters 2025, defeating Karthikeyan Murali. Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi, and Awonder Liang also won, while standings in the Challengers section remain tight

Vincent Keymer took the sole lead in the Masters section of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 after beating V. Pranav. Robson shocked Vidit, while most other matches ended in draws

Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi advanced to the semifinals of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, defeating Nodirbek Abdusattorov, while R Praggnanandhaa lost to Fabiano Caruana, eliminating him from the title race

Labelled as the favourite in the six-player double round-robin 'Open' category, Gukesh is scraping the bottom of the points table having lost the opening two rounds

R Praggnanandhaa in joint lead with Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov after the third round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament

The 19-year-0ld Praggnanandhaa's win over Harikrishna was a master class on defence and counter-attack

Vaishali impressed her fans as she triumphed in the women's section, scoring 9.5 points out of a possible 11 with three draws

Grandmasters Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi finished fifth and sixth respectively while former bronze medallist D Harika took fourth place and 2006 champion Koneru Humpy ended seventh

Carlsen took down the 17-year old Gukesh with black pieces showing his endgame mastery and gained the upperhand over the Indian prodigy

Gukesh defeated China's Wang Hao 1.5-0.5 to set up a much-awaited quarterfinal clash against world No.1 Magnus Carlsen while Praggnanandhaa completed a win to book a match against compatriot Erigaisi

Hyderabad: Playing his maiden Chess Olympiad, Telangana grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi, who was part of India A team, had a good run. Though the team missed out on a medal by a whisker finishing fourth, the Warangal lad impressed everyone with his performance. He clinched a silver medal on Board 3 and also crossed 2700 rating […]

Mamallapuram: Chess Olympiad fever peaks here with Indian teams appearing primed for glory in the 44th edition of the prestigious event that starts from Thursday. With powerhouses Russia and China missing, India will be fielding three teams each in the Open and women’s sections respectively. Though the five-time world champion and legendary Viswanathan Anand has […]

Hyderabad: Excited to play his maiden Chess Olympiad, Grandmaster from Telangana Arjun Erigaisi is hoping to make it a memorable one. The 18-year-old from Warangal is in super form this year winning a few prestigious tournaments, including the Junior Speed Chess Champion, recently. He also won the Challengers section of the Tata Steel chess tournament […]

Hyderabad: Telangana chess player Arjun Erigaisi continued his good run of form and clinched the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament on Tuesday. The youngster from Warangal crashed through the defences of Karthik Venkataraman to win the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament here on Tuesday. Starting the day in a five-way lead and having […]

New Delhi: Top seed Arjun Erigaisi cruised for his second straight win at the expense of seasoned Grandmaster P Karthikeyan. Whereas, India’s youngest Grandmaster D Gukesh suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of unheralded Ranindu Liyanage of Sri Lanka in the second round of 19th Delhi International open chess tournament here on Wednesday. On […]

Hyderabad: Arjun Erigaisi, who emerged champion in the 58th Senior National Championship in Kanpur on Thursday, was delighted with the maiden title. With the victory, he also got some crucial rating points that will boost his rankings. However, the decision to participate in the tournament was a last-minute one. The Telangana lad, who hails from […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s first Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi continued his impressive run to become the national champion at the MPL 58th Senior National Championship, concluded in Kanpur, on Thursday. The Warangal lad shared points in the final round match against former champion SP Sethuraman of PSPB at Ganges Club. Scoring 8.5 points out of a possible 11, […]