PM Modi lauded Arjun Erigaisi, the Indian Chess grandmaster at the Blitz Chess Championship after his recent bronze at the World Fide Rapid Chess Championship
The 2025 FIDE World Rapid Championship, held earlier in Doha, used a 13-round Swiss system with a
15-minute plus
10-second increment.
Arjun Erigaisi made it to the four-player knockouts, securing his spot in the second-last round.
PM Modi in.his X post voiced that his skills, patience and passion are exemplary. His successes will continue to inspire our youth. My best wishes to him.
Following incredible performances in the league stage, Erigaisi failed to replicate them in the semifinal against Nodirbek Abdusattorov, losing the match. Nonetheless, a bronze medal for India was secured.
Arjun Erigaisi made it to the four-player knockouts, securing his spot in the second-last round. He won 14.5 points in the first 18 rounds, with 12 wins, five draws and a loss.
Erigaisi emerged as the only second Indian male player, after legendary Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, to accomplish a podium finish at the event. Magnus Carlsen bagged his sixth World Rapid title in the men’s event, with an unbeaten score of 10.5 out of 13.
In the women’s section of the World Rapid Championship tournament, Koneru Humpy won the bronze medal after finishing tied on 8.5 points with Zhu Jiner and Aleksandra Goryachkina. In the event of tie-break tiebreak rules, Zhu and Goryachkina advanced to the playoff and defeated the pair to win gold. Humpy’s draw in the final round, caused by a time trouble mistake, placed her third.
News Edit KV Raman
