Arjun Erigaisi
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.
Magnus Carlsen claimed the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess title in Malmo after a classical victory over Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and a 2-1 blitz tiebreak win against Arjun Erigaisi.
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GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Zhu Jiner in round six of the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament to take sole possession of first place with 4.5 points. GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus trail by half a point ahead of the final round.