Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi on Tuesday won the early Titled Tuesday weekly blitz competition conducted by Chess.com, reported First Post, beating the World No 1 Magnus Carlsen and World No 2 Fabiano Caruana.
According to the report, the 21-year-old finished with 10 points from 11 rounds. He defeated Magnus Carlsen with black pieces in round 10, before beating Fabiano Caruana in the 11th and final round.
Earlier in round seven, Arjun Erigaisi lost only one match to American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. Erigaisi is the fourth-ranked player in the world, while Nakamura is the third in FIDE classical ratings.
World Chess Champion D Gukesh didn't not participate in the Titled Tuesday event, which is an online event open where titled players with genuine Chess.com profiles.
All these players were asked to be available for Zoom calls for fair play reasons. The latest Titled Tuesday witnessed more than 900 participants. Nakamura has claimed to be the “world’s strongest tournament”, added the report.
Born into a Telugu family in Telangana's Warangal, Arjun Erigaisi studied chess at the BS Chess Academy in Hanamkonda.
Until December 2021, Erigaisi was studying data science before deciding to drop out of college during the first year to focus on his chess career.
Career-wise, Arjun won a silver medal in the 2015 Asian Youth Championship in Korea. Later in 2021, he became the first Indian to qualify to the Goldmoney Asian Rapid of the Champions Chess Tour 2021.
In January 2022, Arjun won the Tata Steel Chess 2022 Challengers and was crowned the Indian National Champion by winning the 58th MPL National Championship of India 2022 in March.
Following this, Arjun Arjun won the 28th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in August and Tata Steel Chess India 2022 Blitz in December.
Arjun had a successful 2024. He won the Menorca Open A on a superior tie-break in April, the Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024 in June, and the 2024 WR Chess Masters Cup in London in October.
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