Hyderabad: Warangal lad Arjun Erigaisi added another feather in his cap by capturing the Tata Steel Challengers trophy with a round to spare, in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands, on Saturday. Being held simultaneously with the Masters event, Arjun, the 18-year-old from Telangana, drew his 12th round against Thai Dan Van Nguyen to amass 9.5 points […]
Hyderabad: Playing in his maiden World Blitz event, Telangana chess player Arjun Erigaisi finished at a credible 24th overall in a field comprising top players across the globe. The Warangal lad, who recently became India No.1 in blitz surpassing Viswanathan Anand, scored 12.5 points from 21 rounds. Considering the tough competition, Arjun’s performance was impressive. […]
Hyderabad: Telangana chess player Arjun Erigaisi dethroned five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand to be top ranked player in the blitz, on Thursday. The 18-year-old from Warangal now has 2765 rating points to be the top player in the country. He is also ranked No.13 in the world list which is led by Magnus Carlsen with […]
Hyderabad: Much before the start of the prestigious TATA Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata, Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi looked little disappointed as he failed to get an entry in his favourite format blitz. However, in a turn of fortunes, the Kolkata turned out to be his best performance of his career as he not only […]
Hyderabad: Telangana chess player Arjun Erigaisi continued his dream run at the TATA Steel Chess India Tournament in Kolkata. Two days after winning the title in the rapid event, the 18-year-old from Warangal dished out impressive performances to clinch the second place in the blitz event. He was tied with World No 10 Levon Aronian […]
Hyderabad: Telangana chess player Arjun Erigaisi continued his good run to win the Tata Steel Chess India’s rapid title, in Kolkata on Friday. The youngster from Warangal held off a strong challenge from world number four Levon Aronian in the final round to come out on the top. R Praggnanandhaa finished third, while Vidit Gujrathi […]
Hyderabad: Telangana chess player Arjun Erigaisi added another feather in his cap. Playing in a strong field, which included top chess players from the world, the 18-year-old from Warangal finished third with 13.5 points from 18 games in the Lindores Abbey Blitz Tournament in Riga, Latvia. Speaking from Latvia, the Grandmaster said he was elated […]
Hyderabad: Telangana’s Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi scored seven points from nine rounds to finish second in the Junior U-21 Round Table Open Chess Championship on Sunday. The 18-year old Arjun from Warangal finished equal on seven points with Russian GM Alexey Sarana but lost out on winning the top prize due to an inferior tie-break score. […]
