Arjun Erigaisi

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The native form of this personal name is Erigaisi Arjun. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Arjun Erigaisi
CountryIndia
Born3 September 2003 (2003-09-03) (age 18)
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2633 (February 2022)
Peak rating2659 (January 2022)

Arjun Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003)[1] is an Indian chess grandmaster from the state of Telangana.[2] 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.

Career[]

2015–2018[]

In 2015, Arjun won a silver medal in the 2015 Asian Youth Championship in Korea.[3]

In 2018, he became the first grandmaster from Telangana state.

2021[]

In 2021 he became the first Indian to qualify for the knockouts of Champions Chess Tour 2021[4] ahead of Alireza Firouzja, Daniil Dubov, Peter Svidler and Vidit Gujrathi, eventually losing to Levon Aronian in tie breaks in a closely fought match.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8] He clinched the win by holding Levon Aronian to a draw in a losing position.[9] He was able to play in the Blitz section of the tournament due to a last minute withdrawal by Adhiban Baskaran, where scored 11/18 and placed 2nd after losing to Levon Aronian in an Armageddon tiebreak.

2022[]

In 2022, Arjun won Tata Steel Chess 2022 Challengers.[10] He will be playing in the masters section in the next Tata Steel Chess tournament. His TPR in this tournament was 2800+ which propelled his FIDE Rating to 2659.5 thereby breaking into the top 100 in Classical format.

References[]

  1. ^ "Erigaisi Arjun". Chess-DB.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Arjun Erigaisi's fast-track to GM title". telanganatoday.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ "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 terrific display on the final day of the preliminaries
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Junior U21 Round Table Open Chess Championship". chess-results.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  7. ^ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter. "Kirill Shevchenko Surprise Winner at Lindores Abbey Blitz". Chess.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2021". chess-results.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  9. ^ Arjun Erigaisi on winning the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and training with Kasimdzhanov, retrieved 20 November 2021
  10. ^ https://www.firstpost.com/sports/tata-steel-chess-2022-indian-gm-arjun-erigaisi-wins-challengers-event-with-a-round-to-spare-10332951.html Retrieved 31st Jan, 2022

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