Telangana’s Arjun wins Tata Steel Chess India’s rapid title

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 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 and Murali Karthikeyan took the remaining places in top-five. Arjun will now replace Adhiban Baskaran in the Blitz category.

With a podium finish in sight, Murali Karthikeyan went all out, unleashing the King’s Indian Defense against R Praggnanandhaa. It was an extremely hard fought battle as both players brought in their A-game.

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