India chess team shines in round 1 of Chess at Asian Games

Sep 24, 2023

India’s Gujarathi Vidit Santosh, Erigaisi Arjun Kumar, Dronavalli Harika and Koneru Humpy clinched a win in the first round of the men’s and women’s...

Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reaches Hyderabad

Jul 17, 2022

Minister of Sports and Youth Services of Telangana, V Srinivas Goud received the torch from Grandmasters Harika Dronavalli and Arjun Erigaisi.

World Blitz Team Championships: Arjun Erigaisi beats Carlsen as Team MGD1 clinch silver

Aug 06, 2024

GM Arjun Erigaisi-led Team MGD1 banked on their all-Indian star cast to clinch the silver medal in the inaugural World Blitz Team Championships in...

PM Modi lauds Arjun Erigaisi's historic achievement as Indian Grandmaster breaks 2800 rating mark

Oct 27, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Arjun Erigaisi, the Indian chess prodigy who recently reached a significant milestone in his career by crossing the...

Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi breaks into world top-5 in FIDE rating list

Jun 04, 2024

Arjun Erigaisi, with an ELO rating of 2769.7, has so far added 8.7 points to his tally and is only behind Magnus Carlsen of...

Telangana CM announces cash reward of Rs 25 lakhs for Indian chess grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi, Harika Dronavalli

Sep 27, 2024

After winning the double gold medals at the Chess Olympiad, Telangana Chief Minister, Revanth Reddy, on Friday announced a cash reward of Rs. 25...