Arjun Erigaisi

By PTI CHENNAI: Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi, who has seen his stock rise in the past few months, is upbeat about India's chances in the upcoming chess Olympiad. The 18-year-old chess player from Telangana has won a…

IMAGE: Vishwanathan Anand said 'I am playing very few events these days and after playing many Olympiads, I thought it was time for the younger ones to play.' Photograph: David Llada India will have two teams -- Open and women's section --…

Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi stormed his way back in the joint lead by defeating International Master Shyam Nikhil in the seventh round of the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament on Saturday.With this victory, he joined Grandmaster…

Chess Olympiad at home will add to the pressure but it will be fun too, says the young Grandmaster Chess Olympiad at home will add to the pressure but it will be fun too, says the young Grandmaster As a little kid, R. Praggnanandhaa used…

By PTI KANPUR: Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi of Telangana won the 58th edition of Senior National Chess Championship here on Thursday, edging out fellow GMs of Tamil Nadu D Gukesh and P Iniyan in a tie-breaker after the…

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tata Steel Chess/Twitter Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi won the Tata Steel Challengers event with a round to spare after a draw with Thai Dai Van Nguyen of Czech Republic in the 12th and penultimate round in…

Express News Service CHENNAI: Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi won the Tata Steel Challengers event at Wijk aan Zee,  Netherlands in style. Arjun’s (10.5/13) victory earned him a spot in the 2023 Tata Steel Masters.The…

IMAGE: Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi in action against World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the 11th round of the Tata Steel Masters Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. Photograph: Tata Steel Chess/Twitter Indian Grandmaster…

Praggnanandhaa scored his first victory of the tournament, beating Sweden’s Nils Grandelius Indian Grandmaster Vidit Santhosh Gujrathi settled for a draw against Russia's Andrey Esipenko in the fourth round to stay in the lead with…

By PTI WARSAW: India's top player Koneru Humpy finished fifth in the women's event of the FIDE World Blitz championship while her compatriot R Vaishali, who was in the second spot after nine rounds, slipped to 14th…