Arjun Erigaisi | |
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Country | India |
Born | Warangal, Telangana, India | 3 September 2003
Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
FIDE rating | 2801 (January 2025) |
Peak rating | 2801 (December 2024) |
Ranking | No. 4 (January 2025) |
Peak ranking | No. 3 (October 2024) |
Arjun Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003)[1] is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days. In September 2024 he became India's top rated player, and in December 2024 he achieved his peak rating of 2801 which makes him the fifteenth-highest rated player in history and second Indian ever to cross the 2800 threshold after Viswanathan Anand.[2]