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Indian chess grandmaster (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arjun Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003)[1] is an Indian chess grandmaster and India's highest ranked player as of September 2024, overtaking former world champion Viswanathan Anand. A chess prodigy, 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. He won the 2022 Indian National Championship.[2]
| Arjun Erigaisi | |
|---|---|
Erigaisi in 2023 | |
| Country | India |
| Born | 3 September 2003 Warangal, Telangana, India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2797 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2799 (November 2024) |
| Ranking | No. 3 (October 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 3 (October 2024) |
Medal record | |
He was born into a Telugu family in Warangal, Telangana.[3] His father is a neurosurgeon and his mother is a housewife.[4] He studied chess at the BS Chess Academy in Hanamkonda.[4]
In 2015, Arjun won a silver medal in the 2015 Asian Youth Championship in Korea.[5]
2021 was a strong year for Arjun Erigaisi, as he became the first Indian to qualify to the Goldmoney Asian Rapid of the Champions Chess Tour 2021[6] ahead of Alireza Firouzja, Daniil Dubov, Peter Svidler and Vidit Gujrathi, only losing to Levon Aronian in tie breaks in a hard-fought match.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10] He clinched the win by holding Levon Aronian to a draw in a losing position.[11]
In January 2022, Arjun won Tata Steel Chess 2022 Challengers,[12] qualifying him to play in the masters section in the next Tata Steel Chess tournament. His final score was 10.5/13 and his TPR in the tournament was 2800+ which propelled his FIDE Rating to 2659.5 thereby breaking into the top 100 in Classical format.
In March 2022, he was crowned the Indian National Champion by winning the 58th MPL National Championship of India 2022 with a score of 8.5/11. Furthermore, in March Arjun won the 19th Delhi Open- edging out Gukesh D and Harsha Bharathakoti on tie-break after all scored 8.5/10.[13]
In August 2022, Arjun won the 28th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival with 7.5/9 and a performance rating of 2893.[14]
In December 2022, Arjun won Tata Steel Chess India 2022 Blitz with 12.5/18, which was his third victory in Tata Steel events to date.[15]
In April 2024, Arjun won Menorca Open A on superior tie-break score after he tied with 2 others with a score of 7.5/9.[16]
In June 2024, Arjun won the Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024 with a round to spare.[17]
In September 2024, Arjun took part in the Chess Olympiad in Budapest as part of the Indian team. He was the only player in the Open section to score six straight wins in the first six rounds.[18] He finished the event with 10 points in 11 rounds. His performance rating of 2968 earned him an individual gold medal on board three, and helped India to win their first ever team gold medal at the olympiad.[19]
In October 2024, Arjun won the 2024 WR Chess Masters Cup in London by defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in an armageddon tiebreak in the final.[20]
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