Archive · 20 Jul 2026
Arjun Erigaisi Shares Lead After Beating Gukesh
Arjun Erigaisi, a chess player from India, is now tied for first place in a big chess tournament called the Chennai Grand Masters.
He beat the world champion, D Gukesh, by taking advantage of some mistakes Gukesh made.
Now, Erigaisi is tied with another player, Alireza Firouzja, who is from France.
Both have 3.5 points.
Another player, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, is close behind with 3 points.
The tournament has eight grandmasters playing against each other in a round-robin format, which means everyone plays everyone else.
There are only two rounds left, so it's going to be very exciting to see who wins!
Arjun Erigaisi secured a crucial win against world champion D Gukesh.
Erigaisi now shares the joint lead with French GM Alireza Firouzja, both on 3.5 points.
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov is half a point behind the leaders with 3 points.
The Chennai Grand Masters is a round-robin tournament featuring eight grandmasters.
The tournament offers a prize purse of Rs 75,00,000 and valuable FIDE Circuit points.
- Who
- Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, Alireza Firouzja, Nodirbek Abdusattorov
- What
- Chess tournament, Chennai Grand Masters
- When
- Fifth round, July 20
- Where
- Chennai, India
- Why
- To compete for the title and prize purse
- Tournament
- Chennai Grand Masters
- Format
- Round-robin
- Prize Purse
- Rs 75,00,000
- FIDE Circuit Points
- Valuable
- Number of Grandmasters
- 8
- Erigaisi's Points
- 3.5
- Firouzja's Points
- 3.5
- Abdusattorov's Points
- 3