Crucial wins from D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi guided India to its maiden gold medal in the 45th Chess Olympiad. In the final round, India's men's team, comprising D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa ...

World No. 4 Indian chess grandmaster and top seed Arjun Erigaisi will open his Chennai Grand Masters campaign against ...

Arjun Erigaisi joined the elite 2800 club in classical chess, a milestone reached by only 16 Grandmasters in history. However, the journey was not always this smooth.

In an interview, Arjun Erigaisi spoke about the 2800 Elo milestone, his risky style of play and how Gukesh winning the Candidates ... he resembles in style.. I’d say Kasparov.

India’s young chess stars will be ready to test their mettle in the fast-paced formats at the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & ...

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi beat Dmitry Andreikin in Round ... Fellow Indian and World Championship challenger D Gukesh is on the brink of joining him. It’s a marker of how far Indian ...

In the live ratings, Arjun Erigaisi now has 2805.8 rating points, which saw him nudge ahead of USA’s Fabiano Caruana (who has ...

The Indian men's team moved closer towards the gold medal with an eighth straight win while the Indian women's team's unbeaten run came to an end in the eighth round of the 45th Chess Olympiad in ...

Only 14 players and five world champions have ever made it to the 2800-plus Elo rating club. Arjun Erigaisi missed joining it by a solitary rating point in the November list ...

It is not just D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi.' 'There are another 20 players just behind them. Nobody imagined this was possible 5 years ago.' IMAGE: Team India after ...

Led by D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa ... the exceptional talent of the new generation of players, including Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, and Praggnanandhaa, who are proving to be world-class competitors.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted India's Chess Olympiad champions on their triumphant return, hosting a special ...