Indian grandmaster Arjun defeats five time world Chess champion Magnus Carlsen

On 16th October 2022, 19-year-old Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated the reigning five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the preliminaries of the Aimchess Rapid online chess tournament.   This is the first victory of Erigaisi over Norwegian  Carlsen. Erigaisi had earlier lost to Carlsen in the Julius Baer Generation Cup final in September.   Erigaisi, who had gone down to compatriot Vidit Santosh Gujrathi to make a losing start in the event, is currently in fifth...