‘Missed chances’: Arjun Erigaisi holds Levon Aronian to a draw to take lead in Chennai Grand Masters | Chess News

After starting off the Chennai Grand Masters event with a win on Tuesday, favourite Arjun Erigaisi on Wednesday held American GM Levon Aronian, the second-highest ranked player in the tournament.…

Arjun Erigaisi interview: Being World No 3 or reaching 2800 do feel good but don’t matter that much

Earlier this month, Arjun Erigaisi stepped on Mount 2800, touching the elusive classical ratings barrier in chess that only 16 grandmasters have touched in history. At 21 years of age,…

Arjun Erigaisi reaches 2800 rating mark: Explaining significance of 21-year-old crossing elusive milestone

Arjun Erigaisi finds himself breathing rarefied air. On Friday, he scaled Mount 2800 in the live ratings and put himself in contention to stay there when FIDE publishes its official…

Arjun Erigaisi enters elusive 2800 club in live ratings, becomes only 2nd Indian after Vishy Anand to reach elusive club

Arjun Erigaisi made history late on Thursday by breaking into the elusive 2800 rating club in the live ratings at the European Chess Club Cup. In history, only 16 players…

Arjun Erigaisi, Gukesh in top 5 rankings after historic Chess Olympiad; Ding Liren out of top 20

India has two representatives in the top 5 rankings in FIDE’s latest published rankings after a historic Chess Olympiad where both the Indian teams won gold medals while there were…

Gukesh on win spree 2 years after Chennai heartbreak

Eyebrows shot up, heads were cocked and frowns made appearances as some of the world’s top players, including former and current world champions like Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik and Ding…

Chess Olympiad: Gukesh rises to World No 5 in live ratings, 3 Indians in top 10 in live rankings

The fourth round of the Chess Olympiad in Budapest experienced massive tremors as some of the top teams slipped up while India consolidated their position at the top of the…