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.
GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju in round five of the 2026 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters. The result lifted Arjun level with GM Alireza Firouzja at the top of the standings with two rounds remaining.
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GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Hans Niemann in round three of the 2026 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters. The win made him the first player besides leader GM Alireza Firouzja to record a victory in the event.
In a stunning upset at the Tata Steel Masters, 14-year-old Turkish prodigy Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş defeated India's top player Arjun Erigaisi with the black pieces during the seventh round on January 24, 2026. The victory highlighted Erdoğmuş's rising talent in the tournament. As the youngest grandmaster in the world, he has quickly made his mark on the international chess scene.