Defined: Why Arjun Erigaisi’s win over Abdusattorov is a giant reduction for Indian chess grandmaster
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Arjun Erigaisi lastly scripted a victory within the ongoing Tata Metal Chess match in Netherlands on Saturday. Arjun defeated Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov in spherical 12 and it’ll come as an enormous reduction.
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Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi lastly ended his winless run after
he defeated Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov in spherical 12 of the 2025 Tata Metal Chess match in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands on Saturday. Erigaisi, enjoying with white items towards Nodirbek, clinched he victory in 46 strikes and that took his factors tally within the Tata Metal Chess match to 4.5. And whereas
his title hopes are over, this win would have introduced an enormous reduction for the 21-year-old.
How win over Nodirbek would have introduced Arjun a giant reduction
After a number of troublesome outings within the Tata Metal Chess match, Erigaisi lastly scripted a victory on the Tata Metal Chess match. He had been winless in 24 video games in Masters part on the Tata Metal Chess match since clinching the Challengers part in 2022. On the 2025 Tata Metal Chess match, Arjun had registered 4 losses and 7 attracts previous to his victory over Nodirbek.
Within the final week of January,
world chess champion Gukesh turned the highest-ranked Indian within the FIDE rankings after he surpassed Arjun Erigaisi. At the beginning of January, Gukesh had 2777 score factors whereas Arjun had 2801 score factors. In December, Arjun had grow to be solely the second Indian, after Viswanathan Anand to surpass the 2800 Elo score barrier.
Nevertheless, following a forgettable begin to his Tata Metal Chess marketing campaign, Erigaisi’s score dipped to 2779.5 factors and slipped to fifth place, whereas Gukesh climbed to fourth place with 2784 factors on the time. Presently, as per FIDE’s official scores checklist, Arjun is again in fourth place with 2801 factors, whereas Gukesh is in fifth place with 2777 factors.
Gukesh, nonetheless, is forward of Arjun
within the LIVE chess scores. Gukesh is in third place with 2791.9 factors whereas Arjun is in fifth place with 2772 factors.
Whereas Gukesh (8.5 factors) at present share a joint-lead within the Tata Metal Chess standings with R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi is in thirteenth place with 4.5 factors. Gukesh has clinched 5 wins and drawn seven video games, whereas Praggnanndhaa has received six and drawn six. The thirteenth and the ultimate spherical of the match can be performed on Sunday.