Arjun Erigaisi wins Jerusalem Masters 2025, defeats Viswanathan Anand in final
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi has claimed the Jerusalem Masters 2025 title after defeating former world champion Viswanathan Anand in an all-Indian final.
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi has claimed the Jerusalem Masters 2025 title after defeating former world champion Viswanathan Anand in an all-Indian final.
He had previously earned the International Master title in November 2021, after securing his fourth and fifth International Master (IM) norms and crossing a 2400 live rating.
In Chess, Indian grandmasters Gukesh Dommaraju and Divya Deshmukh starred at the recently held 2025 European Chess Club Cup, winning two gold medal apiece.
The reigning FIDE Women’s World Cup champion, Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh, has been awarded a wild card entry for the upcoming FIDE World Cup 2025.
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju was held to a draw by 14-year-old Turkish prodigy Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus in the second-round encounter at the FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2025.
In Chess, German Grandmaster Vincent Keymer maintained his lead at the Chennai Grand Masters 2025 after drawing his second consecutive game, this time against GM Vidit Gujrathi in Round 5 yesterday.
India's 19-year-old chess player Divya Deshmukh on Monday won FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 in Georgia's Batumi as she defeated fellow Indian Koneru Humpy and becomes Grandmaster in process.
In Chess, Koneru Humpy will face fellow Indian Divya Deshmukh in the final of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 in Batumi, Georgia, today.