Arjun Erigaisi

Magnus Carlsen will go down as one of the greatest that played chess. At the moment, he is the biggest brand that the sport has. Not alien to controversy either, Carlsen rarely opens up for a long conversation. Currently leading the SG…

Five-time world champion and the number one chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen is amazed at the “huge interest" in the sport in India and says this is the “beginning of a revolution", which was started by the legendary Viswanathan…

Young Grandmasters: India’s Nihal Sarin (left) plays against India’s Arjun Erigaisi during the Tata Steel Chess India Tournament, in Kolkata, Thursday, Dec.1, 2022. It has been a great week or so for Indian chess. On Tuesday, 16-year-old…

SAN FRANCISCO: Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi scored a 2.5-1.5 win over Dutch GM Anish Giri in the fifth round of the Meltwater Champions Tour Finalson Saturday. Teenage GM R Praggnanandhaa was involved in an intense battle with…

CHENNAI: The legendary Viswanathan Anand feels young Indian chess players are on the right track given their penchant to hog the limelight on and off, here and there. Teenage Grandmasters R Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisiamong…

Teenaged Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh upset Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round of the preliminary phase of the Aimchess Rapid online chess tournament, becoming the youngest to beat the world champion. The 16-year old from Chennai beat the…

World champion Magnus Carlsen will face off against talented Indian teenager Arjun Erigaisi in the final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup — the seventh leg of the USD1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour — after both players came…

Magnus Carlsen courted controversy in the Julius Baer Generation Cup -- the seventh leg of the USD1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour -- on Monday as he sensationally quit his game with American star Hans Niemann after playing just…

Riding on Krishnan Sasikiran and Arjun Erigaisi's victories, India A got back their rhythm…

HYDERABAD: Nineteen-year-old Peddi Rahul Srivathsav's dream came true on Friday, when he crossed the ELO mark of 2500 to clinch the Grand Master title. Rahul is the fourth GM from Telangana after Arjun Erigaisi in 2018, Harsha Bharathakoti…