Erigaisi Arjun Age 21

Source: Frans Peeters / Wijk aan Zee 2024

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2780.2
Live Rank
#4
FIDE Rating
2778
World Rank
#4
India Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2778 - Jul 2024 (Age 20)
FIDE Peak Rank
#4 (2778) - Jul 2024 (Age 20)
Rapid
2698 World #24, Peak 2714 (May 2023)
Blitz
2738 World #14, Peak 2774 (Dec 2021)
Born
3 Sep 2003
Hanumakonda, Warangal, Telangana, India
FIDE ID 35009192
Wikipedia
Active Years:
2011 - 2024
Total Games:
1241
Wins:
572 (46%)
Losses:
216 (17%)
Draws:
453 (37%)
Total score:
65%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2743
White:
D02 London System (34 games)
D00 Amazon Attack (27 games)
A45 Amazon Attack (22 games)
Black:
C02 French Defense (20 games)
C11 French Defense (19 games)
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined (19 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 
51Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2761Travadon, Loic24451-014Chartres2 Jun 2024
52Alonso Rosell, Alvar2556Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27610-135Chartres1 Jun 2024
53Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2761Kunin, Vitaly L25221-028Chartres31 May 2024
54Harikrishna, Pentala2699Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27610-162Chartres30 May 2024
55Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Daneshvar, Bardiya25821/2-1/248Sharjah22 May 2024
56Sarana, Alexey2706Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621/2-1/216Sharjah21 May 2024
57Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Maghsoodloo, Parham27331/2-1/252Sharjah20 May 2024
58Yuffa, Daniil2617Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27620-142Sharjah19 May 2024
59Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Murzin, Volodar26341/2-1/244Sharjah18 May 2024
60Petrosyan, Manuel2618Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27620-146Sharjah17 May 2024
61Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Kacharava, Nikoloz25271-044Sharjah16 May 2024
62Theodorou, Nikolas2617Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621-028Sharjah15 May 2024
63Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Safarli, Eltaj25971-045Sharjah14 May 2024
64Carlsen, Magnus2830Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621/2-1/233Warsaw12 May 2024
65Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Duda, Jan Krzysztof27340-156Warsaw12 May 2024
66Keymer, Vincent2726Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27620-141Warsaw12 May 2024
67Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Wei, Yi27550-144Warsaw12 May 2024
68Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2766Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621/2-1/245Warsaw12 May 2024
69Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27471-036Warsaw12 May 2024
70Shevchenko, Kirill2677Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621-033Warsaw12 May 2024
71Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Gukesh, Dommaraju27640-141Warsaw12 May 2024
72Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Giri, Anish27451-028Warsaw12 May 2024
73Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Carlsen, Magnus28300-190Warsaw11 May 2024
74Duda, Jan Krzysztof2734Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27620-147Warsaw11 May 2024
75Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/256Warsaw11 May 2024
76Wei, Yi2684Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27441-060Warsaw11 May 2024
77Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27661-061Warsaw11 May 2024
78Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2747Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27620-130Warsaw11 May 2024
79Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Shevchenko, Kirill26771-039Warsaw11 May 2024
80Gukesh, Dommaraju2764Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27620-132Warsaw11 May 2024
81Giri, Anish2745Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621/2-1/273Warsaw11 May 2024
82Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Keymer, Vincent27260-166Warsaw10 May 2024
83Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2747Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621/2-1/248Warsaw10 May 2024
84Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Gukesh, Dommaraju27641/2-1/265Warsaw10 May 2024
85Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2766Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621/2-1/271Warsaw9 May 2024
86Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Shevchenko, Kirill26771-043Warsaw9 May 2024
87Duda, Jan Krzysztof2734Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621-043Warsaw9 May 2024
88Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Wei, Yi27551/2-1/247Warsaw8 May 2024
89Giri, Anish2745Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621/2-1/256Warsaw8 May 2024
90Carlsen, Magnus2830Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621/2-1/250Warsaw8 May 2024
91Grandelius, Nils2664Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27561/2-1/265Malmo3 May 2024
92Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2756Svidler, Peter26891-050Malmo3 May 2024
93Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2756Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27650-186Malmo3 May 2024
94Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2765Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27561/2-1/276Malmo3 May 2024
95Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2765Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27561/2-1/265Malmo3 May 2024
96Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2756Svidler, Peter26891/2-1/236Malmo2 May 2024
97Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2756Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/239Malmo1 May 2024
98Korobov, Anton2651Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27561/2-1/244Malmo30 Apr 2024
99Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2756Maurizzi, Marc Andria26051-068Malmo29 Apr 2024
100Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2765Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27561/2-1/235Malmo28 Apr 2024
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