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

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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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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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one od the endearing aspects of the top levels of chess to me is the internationalness of it all. there certainly are very good players from the us but even then some of those players used to be from other countries. there are 7 countries represented in the top 10 rated players, and 14 in the top 20.

of course magnus carlsen is number 1 and norwegian, number 2 fabiano caruana used to play for italy, number 4 erigaisi arjun and number 5 and reigning world champion gukesh dommaraju are indian, number 6 nodirbeck abdusattorov is uzbekistani, number 7 alireza firouzja is french, number 8 wei yi is chinese, and number 9 ian nepomniachtchi is russian. poland, vietnam, germany, and azerbaijan all have top 20 players

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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, Li Chao, Awonder Liang, Parham Maghsoodloo, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Thai Dai Van Nguyen, 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, 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, Srinath Narayanan, Raunak Sadhwani, Vahap Sanal, Krishnan Sasikiran, M.S. Thejkumar, Yu Yangyi

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Magnus won against Arjun

November 14, 2024

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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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[ad_1] Atreyo Mukhopadhyay, Boria Majumdar with D Gukesh during the session (PC: File) “You may be the best player in the world, but may not be the best in your house,” was how Viswanathan Anand summed up the Indian upsurge in global chess. Apart from the domination displayed by the youngsters at the top level in recent times, the other hallmark has been bench strength. In the top 15 in the open section, there are five Indians, including the ever-shining Anand. This fosters healthy competition at home. These players know they have no time to relax. Any lapse and they will be overtaken by one of their own. This is a relentless pursuit of excellence by a clutch of hungry youngsters. After D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi stole the show last year, R Praggnanandhaa and Aravind Chithambaram have won the first two big competitions of 2025. “In every top event, there will be at least one Indian. There will not be a tournament where India is not represented,” Anand said at the Tata Steel Trailblazers conclave in Kolkata. “From the internal perspective, there is so much capacity to grow. We have three or four youngsters competing against each other. We have a competitive field, which pushes everybody. It bodes well for Indian chess.” Responding to a question on this in-house competition at the conclave organised by RevSportz, Gukesh shed light on how intense this is. The world champion and almost everybody else in the pack have learnt chess in Chennai since they were children. Naturally, they know each other closely. But for Gukesh, this relationship is as much about rivalry as friendship. For the Latest Sports News: Click Here #DGukesh Exclusive How difficult is it to deal with success? The pressure of being a World Champion at 18. The role of @vishy64theking and Westbridge Anand Chess Academy in @DGukesh‘s life. The ‘Skibidi’ story. The story of Indian chess with D. Gukesh, at the Trailblazers… pic.twitter.com/2jYGaYYvWs — Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) March 18, 2025 “It helps that we know each other for a long time,” said the 18-year-old. “I have good relations with everyone. But I am not very close friends with anyone. Obviously, I wish them and feel happy when they are performing, but competition still takes the first priority for me.” The statement shows how the youngest-ever world champion makes a distinction between sentiments and the job to be done. Gukesh elaborated how this situation has benefited Indian chess. “I don’t think there is any other country with so many players at the top. Arjun, Pragg and myself… Vidit (Gujrathi) is still going strong. Aravind played really well in recent times. It’s amazing to see how we are pushing each other. All of us are also hungry. We’re not stopping to work hard. I’m happy to be part of this amazing group.” India trail the USA narrowly to be second in the international country ratings. This is done by calculating the average ratings of the top 10 players of every nation. The USA have a tally of 2729 and India 2722. China are a distant third with 2673. Gukesh pointed out that most of the top players from the USA are established ones. In India’s case, a majority of them are youngsters. Anand explained why this is a great sign. “They are not just sitting at home and thinking that I have company. They are looking back at every stage thinking that ‘there is somebody at my back’. It’s nice to be the best player in the world, but you may not be the best in your house or in your city. It keeps you sharper,” said the father of this revolution. Also Read: India’s Olympic Dream: Should We Host the 2036 Games? – Stars share views at Trailblazers 3.0 The post We’re friends, but competition is priority: Gukesh appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

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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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[ad_1] Atreyo Mukhopadhyay, Boria Majumdar with D Gukesh during the session (PC: File) “You may be the best player in the world, but may not be the best in your house,” was how Viswanathan Anand summed up the Indian upsurge in global chess. Apart from the domination displayed by the youngsters at the top level in recent times, the other hallmark has been bench strength. In the top 15 in the open section, there are five Indians, including the ever-shining Anand. This fosters healthy competition at home. These players know they have no time to relax. Any lapse and they will be overtaken by one of their own. This is a relentless pursuit of excellence by a clutch of hungry youngsters. After D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi stole the show last year, R Praggnanandhaa and Aravind Chithambaram have won the first two big competitions of 2025. “In every top event, there will be at least one Indian. There will not be a tournament where India is not represented,” Anand said at the Tata Steel Trailblazers conclave in Kolkata. “From the internal perspective, there is so much capacity to grow. We have three or four youngsters competing against each other. We have a competitive field, which pushes everybody. It bodes well for Indian chess.” Responding to a question on this in-house competition at the conclave organised by RevSportz, Gukesh shed light on how intense this is. The world champion and almost everybody else in the pack have learnt chess in Chennai since they were children. Naturally, they know each other closely. But for Gukesh, this relationship is as much about rivalry as friendship. For the Latest Sports News: Click Here #DGukesh Exclusive How difficult is it to deal with success? The pressure of being a World Champion at 18. The role of @vishy64theking and Westbridge Anand Chess Academy in @DGukesh‘s life. The ‘Skibidi’ story. The story of Indian chess with D. Gukesh, at the Trailblazers… pic.twitter.com/2jYGaYYvWs — Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) March 18, 2025 “It helps that we know each other for a long time,” said the 18-year-old. “I have good relations with everyone. But I am not very close friends with anyone. Obviously, I wish them and feel happy when they are performing, but competition still takes the first priority for me.” The statement shows how the youngest-ever world champion makes a distinction between sentiments and the job to be done. Gukesh elaborated how this situation has benefited Indian chess. “I don’t think there is any other country with so many players at the top. Arjun, Pragg and myself… Vidit (Gujrathi) is still going strong. Aravind played really well in recent times. It’s amazing to see how we are pushing each other. All of us are also hungry. We’re not stopping to work hard. I’m happy to be part of this amazing group.” India trail the USA narrowly to be second in the international country ratings. This is done by calculating the average ratings of the top 10 players of every nation. The USA have a tally of 2729 and India 2722. China are a distant third with 2673. Gukesh pointed out that most of the top players from the USA are established ones. In India’s case, a majority of them are youngsters. Anand explained why this is a great sign. “They are not just sitting at home and thinking that I have company. They are looking back at every stage thinking that ‘there is somebody at my back’. It’s nice to be the best player in the world, but you may not be the best in your house or in your city. It keeps you sharper,” said the father of this revolution. Also Read: India’s Olympic Dream: Should We Host the 2036 Games? – Stars share views at Trailblazers 3.0 The post We’re friends, but competition is priority: Gukesh appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

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"From Prodigies to World Champions: The Rise of India's Chess Masters"

India’s chess revolution is in full swing, with prodigies who once dazzled on local boards now emerging as global contenders. From the early triumphs of Viswanathan Anand to the meteoric rise of young talents like Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh, and Arjun Erigaisi, India is producing world-class champions who are redefining the future of the game. These young masters are not only challenging traditional chess powerhouses but are poised to shape the next era of chess dominance.

Give this a read to know more about them and the rise of Indian Chess and what the future holds.