Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi has confirmed his participation in the paris leg of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour. The tournament will be help in the freench capital from 8 to 15 april.res more
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi will compe in the Paris Leg of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in April, BComing The Second Player from the Country AFTER WORLD CHAMPION DOTER WORLD CHAMPION DE The development was confirmed by freestyle chess on their official instagram account.
“A new face for freestyle chess! Arjun Erigaisi has confirmed his participation for the Paris Grand Slam (8-15 APRIL)
Arjun Erigaisi’s Forgettable Tata Steel Chess Outing
Arjun, ranked world no 4, endured a disappointing outing in the recent-hand tata steel chess tournament in wijk aan zeee, netherlands. He finished the tournament in 10th place out of 14 competitions in the masters section, registering just two wins, while Drawing Seven and Loosing Four Other Games.
His Wins Came Against Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Fellow Indian Gm D Gukesh in Round 12 and round 13 of the tournament respectively.
Erigaisi Later Admitted that the Tata Steel Chess Tournament was one of the toughest competitions in his life. “It was one of the toughest tournaments of my life so far. There is Always Learning to be taken away from tournaments. Especially in such as likes there are many (Learnings to be TAKEN AWAY). But the ones that I can revise that I was playing a bit too aggressively and taking too much risks, “He Told the Indian Express.
D Gukesh, who defeated Ding Liren to Win the World Chess Championship Title in December, Endured a disappointing outing in the Weissenhaus Leg of the Freestyle Chass Grand Slam Tour. The Teenager Lost to Eventual Runner-up fabiano caruana in the Quarter-Finals in Germany and Not a Single Win Through the Tournament Meant Meant That Gukesh Finished in Eighth Place (Four POINTS) of the 10-Lay-POINTS of the 10-RESTES.
The Paris Leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will be followed by three more legs in new york (17-24 july), new delhi (17-24 September) and Cape Towne (5-12 December).