#Arjun Erigaisi

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Magnus winning the Blitz portion of Tata Steel Chess India!

November 17, 2024

he also won the Rapid portion a couple of days ago <3

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India won their first ever Gold at the open section at the Chess Olympiad. Congrats👏

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Very excited for round 3 of Tata Steel tomorrow

Caruana vs Gukesh is a huge matchup. A big challenge for the young champion and with them leading the tournament so far, its going to be must watch.

Arjun vs Pragg should be fun, a bit of a rough start for Arjun so far and Pragg is a tough opponent. Should see some fireworks in that one.

Keymer vs Wei Yi is also one to watch for. Keymer's resiliency (and a bit of luck) has him tied for first but Wei Yi is a very strong opponent who is still looking for his first win in the event.

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Aravindh defeats World no.2 Arjun Erigaisi at Chennai Grand Masters 2024

GM Aravindh Chithambaram ended the unbeaten run of table topper GM Arjun Erigaisi to throw open the Chennai Grand Masters 2024 title race while GM Vidit Gujrathi eked out a draw against GM Levon Aronian in Round 6 here on Sunday. Arjun and Aronian are now in joint lead with four points each with Aravindh, with his first win of the competition, and GM Amin Tabatabaei half a point behind. Organised…

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Arjun Erigaisi on top, Pranab perfect in V Challengers

Arjun Erigaisi ने मास्टर्स सेक्शन में अमीन तबाताबेई को हराकर बढ़त हासिल की। जबकि भारत के प्रणव वी. ने चेन्नई ग्रैंड मास्टर्स 2024 में अपनी

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A puzzle worthy mate in 3 from GM Arjun Erigaisi’s Round 3 victory at the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest:

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Amitabh Bachchan Congratulates India's Chess Team On Historic Victory | People News

Mumbai: Veteran Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, who currently hosts the quiz based reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, has extended his best wishes to the Indian chess contingent after they clinched 2 gold medals in both men’s and women’s category at the 45th Chess Olympiad. On Tuesday, the senior actor took to his Instagram, and shared a video showing the stills of the players of the Indian…

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Checkmate! (xReader) [part 2 - links]

Compilation of Professional Chess Players X Reader created by chessity_ao3

This fanfiction one-shots are all created by Cheche, any significant or famous person, living or dead are all coincidental and fictional version. This book has been reviewed and making sure that no one will be offended. Read at your own risk. Thank you.

LINKS:

Alexander Donchenko - Cold Nights

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Arjun Erigaisi - Invitations

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Vincent Keymer - Consolations

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TBD FOR MORE ONESHOTS

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LINK FOR PT. 1 ONESHOTS.

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Chess Kings MBTI

Here are a few top feeling type men chess players by MBTI

NF

ENFJ Jonas Buhl Bjerre, Jayant Gokhale, Siddharth Jagadeesh

INFJ David Brodsky, SL Narayanan, Fernando Peralta, Aryan Tari, Radoslaw Wojtaszek

ENFP Pontus Carlsson, Vladimir Fedoseev, Abhijeet Gupta, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Robert Hess, David Howell, Pouya Idani, Vincent Keymer, Li Chao, Awonder Liang, Parham Maghsoodloo, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Peter Heine Nielsen, David Paravyan, Richard Rapport, Salem Saleh, SP Sethuraman, Nigel Short, David Smerdon, Peter Svidler, Pranav Venkatesh, Christopher Yoo

INFP Nijat Abasov, Varuzhan Akobian, Lazaro Bruzon, Aryan Chopra, Bardiya Daneshvar, Neelotpal Das, Ding Liren, Arjun Erigaisi, Vugar Gashimov, Lars Oskar Hauge, Enamul Hossain, Dmitry Jakovenko, Sergey Karjakin, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Vasilios Kotronias, Viktor Laznicka, Moulthun Ly, Georg Meier, Srinath Narayanan, Alexander Onischuk, Grigoriy Oparin, Alexander Riazantsev, Ray Robson, Kenny Solomon

SF

ESFJ Balazs Csonka, Eric Hansen, Sebastian Mihajlov, Daniel Rensch

ISFJ Robert Hungaski, Velimir Ivic, RB Ramesh, Johan Salomon, Karthik Venkataraman

ESFP Baskaran Adhiban, Aman Hambleton, Vassily Ivanchuk, Yasser Seirawan, Wang Hao, Max Warmerdam, Jeffery Xiong

ISFP Bassem Amin, Levon Aronian, Aravindh Chithambaram, Andrey Esipenko, Alireza Firouzja, Vidit Gujrathi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rinat Jumabayev, Haik Martirosyan, Raunak Sadhwani, Vahap Sanal, Krishnan Sasikiran, M.S. Thejkumar, Yu Yangyi

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[ad_1] The Chess Panel in Trailblazers 2.0 (Left)/D Gukesh at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament (@tatasteelchess) It was kind of obvious. When we as a team sat down to identify our focus sport for the Tata Steel Trailblazers Conclave 3.0, the answer was staring at us. Chess. There can be no debate that Indian chess took giant strides in 2024. In the words of Viswanathan Anand, “There is no doubt the sport is doing well and the future is looking great, but it will take some doing to match 2024.” Anand is right when he says this. From D Gukesh winning the candidates and Arjun Erigaisi crossing the 2800 Elo rating, to India winning the men’s and women’s golds in the Olympiad and Gukesh becoming world champion, it was the best year possible. And 2025 has started on an equally vibrant note, with R Praggnanandhaa winning the Tata Steel Chess and Gukesh coming a close second. The women’s game too has taken a significant stride forward. R Vaishali, Koneru Humpy, D Harika, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agarwal and Tania Sachdev all had a good 2024. While the gold in the Olympiad stood out, Humpy’s world championship medal was another real highpoint. Away from the boards as well, chess has taken giant strides in the year gone by. Thanks to the efforts of Sagar Shah and his team at Chessbase India, there is now a constituency that consumes almost every match that is telecast. The Gukesh-Pragg tie-breaker was watched by over 50,000 people and the Gukesh’s World Championship clash with Ding Liren saw audiences of close to 150,000 daily. Chess influencers have become known names on social media, and Tania, for example, has also branched out into  commentary. Sagar is now a permanent fixture at events across the world and, in every sense, the sport has grown. To go back to Anand one more time. “We now have a generation of players,” he said. “Even Gukesh, having become world champion at the age of 18, has the best part of his career ahead of him. This entire generation of players – Gukesh, Arjun, Pragg – the sport is very strong at the moment, and I am pleased that, not just personally but also through the Westbridge Anand Chess Academy, I have had a role to play in it. The youth of the country will continue to engage with the sport in the future is my hope, and that’s really very good news.” This is what we will celebrate at Tata Steel Trailblazers 3.0. It is rare that India dominates a sport which has a global footprint. Three Indians in the men’s top 10 is evidence of India’s growing strength. After the Soviet era, this is the first time a nation looks all set to dominate world chess. “For the longest time, it was Anand,” said Dibyendu Barua. “And he still has a major role to play in inspiring these players. Magnus Carlsen had said it three years earlier. He had mentioned that India will dominate world chess. Now it is proving to be true.” While celebrating the sport, we will also celebrate India’s first chess genius, Sultan Khan, who beat the best in the world between 1929 and 1933. In a chess career that lasted approximately five years, he won three British Chess Championship titles in 1929, 1932 and 1933. Thereafter, he came back to India and did not play competitive chess. Over the course of his career, he beat legends like José Raúl Capablanca, victories that were regularly reported by the Times of India.  Also Read: Arjun and Hari: Unsung heroes of Indian one-two at Tata Steel chess The post Tata Steel Trailblazers, and celebrating a quantum leap for Indian chess appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

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Magnus won against Arjun

November 14, 2024

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[ad_1] The Chess Panel in Trailblazers 2.0 (Left)/D Gukesh at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament (@tatasteelchess) It was kind of obvious. When we as a team sat down to identify our focus sport for the Tata Steel Trailblazers Conclave 3.0, the answer was staring at us. Chess. There can be no debate that Indian chess took giant strides in 2024. In the words of Viswanathan Anand, “There is no doubt the sport is doing well and the future is looking great, but it will take some doing to match 2024.” Anand is right when he says this. From D Gukesh winning the candidates and Arjun Erigaisi crossing the 2800 Elo rating, to India winning the men’s and women’s golds in the Olympiad and Gukesh becoming world champion, it was the best year possible. And 2025 has started on an equally vibrant note, with R Praggnanandhaa winning the Tata Steel Chess and Gukesh coming a close second. The women’s game too has taken a significant stride forward. R Vaishali, Koneru Humpy, D Harika, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agarwal and Tania Sachdev all had a good 2024. While the gold in the Olympiad stood out, Humpy’s world championship medal was another real highpoint. Away from the boards as well, chess has taken giant strides in the year gone by. Thanks to the efforts of Sagar Shah and his team at Chessbase India, there is now a constituency that consumes almost every match that is telecast. The Gukesh-Pragg tie-breaker was watched by over 50,000 people and the Gukesh’s World Championship clash with Ding Liren saw audiences of close to 150,000 daily. Chess influencers have become known names on social media, and Tania, for example, has also branched out into  commentary. Sagar is now a permanent fixture at events across the world and, in every sense, the sport has grown. To go back to Anand one more time. “We now have a generation of players,” he said. “Even Gukesh, having become world champion at the age of 18, has the best part of his career ahead of him. This entire generation of players – Gukesh, Arjun, Pragg – the sport is very strong at the moment, and I am pleased that, not just personally but also through the Westbridge Anand Chess Academy, I have had a role to play in it. The youth of the country will continue to engage with the sport in the future is my hope, and that’s really very good news.” This is what we will celebrate at Tata Steel Trailblazers 3.0. It is rare that India dominates a sport which has a global footprint. Three Indians in the men’s top 10 is evidence of India’s growing strength. After the Soviet era, this is the first time a nation looks all set to dominate world chess. “For the longest time, it was Anand,” said Dibyendu Barua. “And he still has a major role to play in inspiring these players. Magnus Carlsen had said it three years earlier. He had mentioned that India will dominate world chess. Now it is proving to be true.” While celebrating the sport, we will also celebrate India’s first chess genius, Sultan Khan, who beat the best in the world between 1929 and 1933. In a chess career that lasted approximately five years, he won three British Chess Championship titles in 1929, 1932 and 1933. Thereafter, he came back to India and did not play competitive chess. Over the course of his career, he beat legends like José Raúl Capablanca, victories that were regularly reported by the Times of India.  Also Read: Arjun and Hari: Unsung heroes of Indian one-two at Tata Steel chess The post Tata Steel Trailblazers, and celebrating a quantum leap for Indian chess appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

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The 18th World Chess Champion is 18 Years Old!

Congratulations to the new classical world chess champion: Gukesh Dommaraju. The 18 year-old has become The youngest Undisputed Classical World Chess Champion in history. An unprecedented accomplishment! He leads a group of young players born after the turn of the millennium who are now making chess's world stage their own.

To become The World Champion, Gukesh beat 17th World Champion Ding Liren, at one time the world #3 for years and considered one of the top players in the world, he emerged from the pandemic struggling to replicate his earlier performances. Ding put up a tough fight, and did better than many expected, but chess is unforgiving and a mistake late in the last game of the match has cost him the title.

The young champion Gukesh is the second player from India to become the undisputed world champion after the 15th world champion Viswanathan Anand.

Ramblings below the cut ✂️

In chess there are two main mountains: The classical world championship and the top spot on the rating list. Gukesh for himself, for India and for the new generation has claimed the world championship. Gukesh sits at #5 in the world on the rating list with a rating of 2776.8. This puts him behind World #4 Arjun Erigaisi, another Indian prodigy, age 21 who has rocketed up the rating lists in the last year earning a rating 2800.6, 15th highest ever!

Gukesh and Arjun are joined by Nodirbek Abdusattorov age 20, from Uzbekistan world#6 (2767.6) and Alireza Firouzja the 21 year old, world #7 (2763), originally from Iran now residing in France and identifying as French after leaving Iran due to their policy of not letting their players play against those from Israel. Alireza Firouzja is worth particular note as up until today he was considered the top of the new generation. Dubbed the prince of chess. Alireza who has so far peaked at #2 in the world, with a rating of 2804 (back in late 2021) and notably has the highest ability of the new generation at speed chess. Which has emerged as a new arena of play, rivaling that of the classical time format. Alireza has struggled with high pressure events, which has been the seperating factor between him and the Indian stars.

Ahead of our young rising stars are

World #3

37 year old Hikaru Nakamura (current: 2802, peak: 2816)

A top 10 player for many years, Hikaru would pivot to twich and youtube, and speed chess events for a few years and he would emerge as perhaps the most popular chess player in the current media landscape. This gave him the security to return to Classical Chess and surge to the top 2 or 3 where he has stayed for quite some time.

World #2 Fabiano Caruana (Current: 2803.4, peak: 2844)

The quiet 32 year old American has had a legendary career so far. He lost the 2018 world championship (the first one I watched live!) in the tiebreak portion and has since not had a chance to compete for the title again. In terms of rating lists and tournament performance Fabiano Caruana is the definitive #2 player of the past 15 years.

Lastly of course, is the World #1

Magnus Carlsen

The 34 year old Norwegian, currently rated 2831, peak rating of 2882

From 2013-2023 he was The World Champion, and has been the #1 player on the rating list since 2011, not once leaving that spot since. During the 2010's Magnus would come and go with speed chess, almost always winning, like usual, when he did play. He pivoted to online speed chess events during the pandemic and has more or less elected to stick with that. Magnus vacated the world championship in 2023 after deciding he was done being bored and frustrated with a format he had complained about for a decade. Magnus has more or less retired from classical play, playing only the occasional event and focusing on other endeavors and speed chess events.  To simplify a bit, Magnus has basically run out of things to do in chess so he's doing other things and playing chess when he feels like it.

When Magnus vacated the title he did so after learning his challenger would be Ian Nepomniachtchi one of the best in the world but someine Magnus had definitively beat in in the 2022 World Championship. Whats interesting is Magnus had said he'd defend the title if Alireza was the one who won the right to challenge him. Magnus has maintained a love for Alireza's playing style and high praise for his talent. Saying multiple times how much he enjoys watching him play and playing against him. Especially in speed chess. So of course, with Magnus commentating on the 2024 world title match, and Gukesh's win. Magnus' co-hosts have asked him if he's interested in trying to get a match with Gukesh and Magnus said no. Personally I think this stems more from Magnus just disliking the title format than anything else.

Still! That leaves interesting questions and contests to come! For the world champion, he wont need to defend his title until 2026. He'll be 20, and likely an even stronger player. But both his peers and his seniors,, especially Fabiano Caruana are challengers who will always pose a threat.

As for the rating list.

1,2&3 are all 30+

4,5,6&7 are all under 25

Its going to be very interesting to see when the kids pass the vets. Eventually it'll be interesting to see just how high these new players peak and the change they have on the game.

It'll be interesting to watch the battles they have with each other and the occasional battles they have with Magnus who remains the best in the world. Be it in speed chess or the occasional classical game.

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Arjun Erigaisi wins WR Chess Masters - Closes in on 2800 rating

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi relied on his strong analytical skills and quick decision making to beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France to clinch the WR Chess Masters 2024 title in London. The final of the 16-player strong knockout tournament was decided via Armageddon after both the classical games ended in draws. The competition followed a bidding Armageddon format in which the player bids…

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Bengaluru: In a year in which Gukesh became world champion and Arjun Erigaisi made an astounding climb up the world rankings, one Indian name that wasn’t heard as much was Praggnanandhaa. He defeated Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana at Norway Chess in the first half of the year, but as the months passed, his compatriots outshone him with extraordinary performances. Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa poses with the trophy after winning the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2025 by beating World Champion D Gukesh in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. (Tata Steel) On Sunday, in a Dutch village on the North Sea coast, Praggnanandhaa flicked away a quiet year with a hell-raising performance. He defeated reigning world champion and fellow Indian Gukesh in a dramatic tiebreak to become only the second player from India, after Viswanathan Anand, to win the Tata Steel Masters title in Wijk Aan Zee. The tournament, steeped in tradition, dates back to 1938, with Mikhail Tal, Mikhail Botvinnik, Garry Kasparov, and Magnus Carlsen among its past winners. Praggnanandhaa will now join these greats on the hallowed Wijk Aan Zee Wall of Fame — a wall he would gaze at on every trip to the tournament. “When I came here, I wanted to win the event, but the field was very strong,” the 19-year-old said after close to eight hours of play on Sunday. He has Arjun to thank for taking down Gukesh, his co-leader, in Round 13. “I should buy Arjun something.” Praggnananandhaa laughed. With this win, Praggnanandhaa has moved to world No 7 and taken second spot in the Fide Circuit leaderboard with 25 points. Former world champion Ding Liren leads the standings with 40.64 points. At the end of the year, whoever tops the circuit leaderboard will find a place in the eight-player 2026 Candidates that will determine who plays Gukesh at the next World Championship. Praggnanandhaa spent most of last year shuttling to tournaments and keeping up with a packed playing calendar. It’s something he is likely to steer clear of, this year. “That was one of the problems last year,” says his mentor RB Ramesh. “He was not getting enough time between tournaments to address any issues. There was no way to course correct. We decided that it was time to cut down on tournaments this year. We managed to spend the last couple of months doing some work. That may have helped in Wijk Aan Zee.” There was also some spade work put in to bring about a switch in his mentality. “After his results last year, I felt that he needed to be more aggressive and ambitious mentally, not be content with not losing and to try to play for a win against everyone with both colours. It seemed like he had become probably a bit too professional in his games, where he was going purely by merits. When that happens, you lose some of your creativity and risk-taking ability. A switch could only happen if his mind was aligned with approach. We had a chat about it and it seems to be working. He is trying to win games now and you can see automatically the number of draws has dropped.” The teen’s ambition and hunger for wins was also evident in the manner in which he managed to recover quickly after losses in Wijk Aan Zee. After his Round 9 defeat to Anish Giri, Praggnanandhaa reeled off three successive wins – against Vladimir Fedoseev, Caruana and Alexey Sarana. Heading into the final round, he was tied for the lead alongside Gukesh. On Sunday, at the end of a fortnight-long tournament, battling fatigue and nerves, the moment of truth arrived. Arjun demolished Gukesh and handed Praggnanandhaa a chance to win the tournament outright. All he needed was a draw against Germany’s Vincent Keymer. Pressure can be a funny thing. He ended up losing after seven hours of play and it was back to a battle between him and Gukesh. The world champion who had lost early in the evening, had some time to rest and spent his time before the blitz playoffs playing 3-minute puzzle rush. Pragnananandhaa who barely had time to catch his breath, spent his time before the deciding tiebreak, with his mother Nagalakshmi and sister Vaishali. He started off by blundering and losing the first blitz game and for the second time in what was an inordinately long day for him, he had to summon the reserves and the will to mount a comeback. He won the next two games and the biggest tournament of his career and left the playing hall, giddy with exhaustion and joy. “We wanted to take a shot at qualifying for the World Championship last year but things didn’t go our way,” says Ramesh. “It was kind of disappointing. This year it’s our goal for him to qualify for the Candidates so that he can try to get into the World Championship next year. This is a good start.”