GM Arjun Erigaisi


Photo: Lars OA Hedlund

FIDE World Rating: 11
Elo: 2745
Born: September 3, 2003, in Warangal, India.
2018: Became a grandmaster at the age of 14 – one of the youngest Indian players to acquire this title.
2022: Won the Tata Steel Challengers and qualified for the main Masters group.
2023: Finished in shared second place in his second appearance in the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament.
2024: His Elo rating passed 2800 and he reached fourth place on the FIDE world rating list.
2025: Finished third in both the World Rapid and the World Blitz Chess Championships – the first Indian player to do so in the same year.