FIDE Championship
Arjun Erigaisi upsets Magnus Carlsen in freestyle chess championship
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Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated world number one Magnus Carlsen in a classification game during the FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship in Weissenhaus, Germany. Despite the victory, Erigaisi finished sixth in the round-robin stage and missed the semifinals. The match highlighted Erigaisi's aggressive pawn strategy in Chess960 position 277.
The inaugural FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship is scheduled for February 13 to 15, 2026, at the Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort in Wangels, Germany. Eight top players, including Magnus Carlsen and Arjun Erigaisi, will compete in the Chess960 format for a $300,000 prize fund. The event emphasizes creativity over opening theory in this randomized chess variant.