Arjun Erigaisi | |
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Country | India |
Born | Warangal, Telangana, India | 3 September 2003
Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
FIDE rating | 2799 (November 2024) |
Peak rating | 2799 (November 2024) |
Ranking | No. 4 (November 2024) |
Peak ranking | No. 3 (October 2024) |
Arjun Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003)[1] is an Indian chess grandmaster and India's highest ranked player as of September 2024, overtaking former world champion Viswanathan Anand. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days, making him the 32nd youngest person ever to achieve the title of grandmaster and concurrently became the 54th grandmaster from India. With a peak rating of 2799, he is the fifteenth-highest rated player in history.