Arjun was the only Indian left in the fray at the quarterfinal stage, and after drawing both the classical games, the tiebreak was always going to be a tricky contest
GM Arjun Erigaisi was held to a draw by GM Wei Yi in their FIDE World Cup 2025 quarterfinal, forcing a tiebreak in Panaji. Nodirbek Yakubboev advanced to the semis, while two other matches also head to tiebreaks
GM Arjun Erigaisi held Chinese GM Wei Yi to a 31-move draw in the first classical quarter-final of the FIDE World Cup in Goa. The Warangal player now faces a crucial second game with the advantage of white pieces
India’s challenge in the FIDE World Cup 2025 rests on GM Arjun Erigaisi, who advanced to the quarterfinals after beating Levon Aronian. GM P Harikrishna was eliminated in tiebreaks by Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara in Panaji
GM Arjun Erigaisi and P Harikrishna advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the FIDE World Cup 2025 with impressive tiebreak wins, while R Praggnanandhaa exited after losing to Daniil Dubov. Two of three Indians in the tiebreak progressed to Round of 16
Arjun accepted a draw after 36 moves against the experienced GM Peter Leko, Praggnanandhaa split the point after 30 moves against GM Daniil Dubov, while Harikrishna also drew after 38 moves
Having drawn the first game of Round 2 against Nepomniachtchi, Diptayan took advantage of a slight error from the Russian in the opening exchanges and made the most of it to win in 47 moves
Malmo: Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi secured four points from seven rounds to finish second in the Tepe Sigeman round-robin chess tournament, here on Monday. The 18-year old Erigaisi drew his final round game against higher-rated Czech opponent David Navara in 59 moves to end up with four points. He was tied with two others — […]
