Erigaisi Arjun Age 21


Source: Frans Peeters / Wijk aan Zee 2024

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2776.7
Live Rank
#5
FIDE Rating
2801
World Rank
#4
India Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2801 - Dec 2024 (Age 21)
FIDE Peak Rank
#3 (2797) - Oct 2024 (Age 21)
Rapid
2708 World #18, Peak 2714 (May 2023)
Blitz
2738 World #15, Peak 2774 (Dec 2021)
Born
3 Sep 2003
Hanumakonda, Warangal, Telangana, India
FIDE ID 35009192
Wikipedia

Active Years:
2011 - 2025
Total Games:
1363
Wins:
623 (46%)
Losses:
238 (17%)
Draws:
502 (37%)
Total score:
65%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2752
White:
D02 London System (38 games)
D00 Amazon Attack (29 games)
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (28 games)
Black:
C11 French Defense (23 games)
C02 French Defense (22 games)
B40 Sicilian Defense (20 games)

This is something unprecedented: a player who had virtually no invitations to top-tier tournaments managed to gain 66 rating points in just seven months, from November 2023 to July 2024, surpassing the global elite and rising from 30th to 4th place with a rating of 2778. This wasn't his first Elo surge. In 2021 he climbed 230 positions in three months – from 359th to 129th, and in 2022 he leaped from 134th to 21st in just half a year. His name is Arjun Erigaisi and he belongs to a new generation of incredible Indian chess stars.

Erigaisi was born in Warangal on September 3, 2003. He discovered chess only at the age of 8, started training regularly with a coach at 10, and by 13 he was already performing well at the World U14 Championship, finishing in 2nd place. Shortly after he achieved all three norms in just four months, becoming a grandmaster. His initial success in adult competitions came in blitz chess: in 2018 he finished 3rd in the Indian Blitz Championship and in 2019 5th in the Asian Blitz Championship.

Erigaisi's rapid ascent was interrupted by the COVID pandemic, which paused his tournament play for a year and a half. But once competitions resumed he began playing non-stop. In 2021 he shared first place at the Junior Round Table Tournament with Sarana (7/9), won the rapid section at Tata Steel India (6.5/9), scoring 11 out of 18 overall and only lost the title to Aronian in the tiebreak. In 2022, he dominated the Wijk aan Zee Challenger (10.5/13), then won the Indian Championship (8.5/11) and the Delhi Open (8.5/10), which featured the country's top young talents.

Arjun confirmed his status as a rising superstar at the Chennai Olympiad, where he won gold on board three (8.5/11) playing for India-1, later triumphed at the Abu Dhabi Open (7.5/9 with a performance rating of 2893) and Tata Steel India (12.5/18). Despite his consistent victories, Erigaisi found himself overshadowed by fellow countrymen Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa, which led to a slight decline in his form. Unlike them, he failed to qualify for the 2024 Candidates – being eliminated in the World Cup quarterfinals by Pragg, finishing 3rd-7th in the Grand Swiss and FIDE Circuit, where Gukesh outpaced him.

Starting in November 2023, the 20-year-old Indian player embarked on an unprecedented climb. Beginning with a rating of 2713, he gained +37–3=30 over nine individual and team events, elevating his rating to 2778 and securing 4th place in the world. His aggressive yet balanced and pragmatic playing style is recognized as one of the most effective in modern chess, promising a brilliant future for Erigaisi. What will be his next move?


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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Gukesh, Dommaraju2777Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28010-131Wijk aan Zee2 Feb 2025
2Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27681-046Wijk aan Zee1 Feb 2025
3Van Foreest, Jorden2680Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011/2-1/232Wijk aan Zee31 Jan 2025
4Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/238Wijk aan Zee29 Jan 2025
5Wei, Yi2751Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011/2-1/232Wijk aan Zee28 Jan 2025
6Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Sarana, Alexey26771/2-1/223Wijk aan Zee26 Jan 2025
7Warmerdam, Max2646Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011-038Wijk aan Zee25 Jan 2025
8Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Caruana, Fabiano28031/2-1/230Wijk aan Zee24 Jan 2025
9Mendonca, Leon Luke2639Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011/2-1/230Wijk aan Zee22 Jan 2025
10Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Fedoseev, Vladimir127170-139Wijk aan Zee21 Jan 2025
11Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2741Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011-060Wijk aan Zee20 Jan 2025
12Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Giri, Anish27311/2-1/251Wijk aan Zee19 Jan 2025
13Harikrishna, Pentala2695Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011-063Wijk aan Zee18 Jan 2025
14Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Nogerbek, Kazybek25270-173New York30 Dec 2024
15Lazavik, Denis2578Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011-043New York30 Dec 2024
16Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Giri, Anish27330-131New York30 Dec 2024
17Esipenko, Andrey2682Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28010-166New York30 Dec 2024
18Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011-041New York30 Dec 2024
19Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Firouzja, Alireza27631/2-1/228New York30 Dec 2024
20Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Duda, Jan Krzysztof27401/2-1/263New York30 Dec 2024
21Caruana, Fabiano2805Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011-040New York30 Dec 2024
22Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Wei, Yi27531-041New York30 Dec 2024
23Aravindh, Chithambaram VR2718Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28010-144New York30 Dec 2024
24Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Kevlishvili, Robby25561-058New York30 Dec 2024
25Muradli, Mahammad2588Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28010-138New York30 Dec 2024
26Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu25041-068New York30 Dec 2024
27Firouzja, Alireza2756Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar26941/2-1/290New York28 Dec 2024
28Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2694Dominguez Perez, Leinier26991/2-1/234New York28 Dec 2024
29Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2694Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27401-045New York28 Dec 2024
30Grischuk, Alexander2675Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar26941-074New York28 Dec 2024
31Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2694Duda, Jan Krzysztof27401/2-1/267New York27 Dec 2024
32Sargsyan, Shant2601Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar26940-156New York27 Dec 2024
33Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2694Murzin, Volodar25881/2-1/269New York27 Dec 2024
34Robson, Ray2645Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar26940-142New York27 Dec 2024
35Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2694Safarli, Eltaj26111-029New York26 Dec 2024
36Corrales Jimenez, Fidel2516Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar26940-126New York26 Dec 2024
37Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2694Sevian, Samuel26140-199New York26 Dec 2024
38Bologan, Viktor2540Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar26940-134New York26 Dec 2024
39Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2694Brodsky, David24911-058New York26 Dec 2024
40Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Esipenko, Andrey26821/2-1/248Doha12 Dec 2024
41Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Karthikeyan, Murali26371-063Doha11 Dec 2024
42Sargsyan, Shant2646Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011/2-1/231Doha10 Dec 2024
43Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Paravyan, David26201-042Doha9 Dec 2024
44Ganguly, Surya Shekhar2578Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28010-137Doha7 Dec 2024
45Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Pranesh, Munirethinam25821/2-1/248Doha6 Dec 2024
46Saydaliev, Saidakbar2473Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28010-136Doha5 Dec 2024
47Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Kazhgaleyev, Murtas24881/2-1/253Doha4 Dec 2024
48Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali2395Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28010-142Doha3 Dec 2024
49Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2707Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27381-065Kolkata17 Nov 2024
50Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2799Carlsen, Magnus28310-141Kolkata17 Nov 2024