Indian grandmaster Arjun defeats five time world Chess champion Magnus Carlsen

Yesterday, 19-year-old Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated the reigning five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the preliminaries of the Aimchess Rapid online chess tournament.

 

This is the first victory of Erigaisi over Norwegian  Carlsen. Erigaisi had earlier lost to Carlsen in the Julius Baer Generation Cup final in September.

 

Erigaisi, who had gone down to compatriot Vidit Santosh Gujrathi



to make a losing start in the event, is currently in fifth place after eight rounds.

 

Another Indian D Gukesh is in sixth place with 12 points after mixed fortunes on the second day of the preliminaries.

 

The other Indian players in the fray, Gujrathi, Aditya Mittal, and Harikrishna, are in the 10th, 11th, and 15th spots after eight rounds of the 15-round preliminary phase.