On Monday, July 21st won the highest Indian chess talent on Monday 21 July, Arjun Erigaisi and R Pragggnanandhaa, who held his nerve holding the nerve holding the nerve holding the nerve holding the nerves and won the Levon Aronian tournament.
Aronian surpassed Hans Moke Niemann 1.5-0.5 in the tense final to ensure victory. On the playoffs in the third place, World number one Magnus Carlsen bounced off the wrong beginning to beat Hikaru Nakamura with the same edge.
Among the Indian players Erigaisi ended her campaign with a loss of 0-2 for Fabiano Caruana, finished sixth overall and earned $ 40,000. However, Pragggnanandhaa signed a high level and beat Wesley 1.5-0.5 to get seventh and $ 30,000 at the prices.
Pragggnanandhaa was especially impressive in his last match. In the first game he played Black and held firmly for a draw and then earned on white pieces to register a confident victory. The day, however, also noted the failure for his sister, R Vaisali, who was excluded from the World Women’s Fide Cup in Georgia Batumi.
With freestyle chess Grand Slam wrapped, Arjun and Pragggnanandhaa have a wrapped calendar in advance. Now they will travel to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia at the E-Sports World Championship, starting with a few days.
Then Arjun heads home to compete in the Chennai Grandmasters at the beginning of August, while Pragggnanandhaa is to return to the US for two Grand Chess Tour events in St. Louis.
Final results: Levo Aronian. Magus Carlsen (Nor Beat selected (one) 1.5-0.5; 5-6 place: 7-8 place:
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Published:
Amar Pancker
Published on:
21 July 2025
