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 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 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…
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…