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Erigaisi Arjun

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IND · 23 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2801 (Dec 2024)

Best performance: 2968 at 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024 Open(Best of 2024)

World #12 live#12 publishedIndia #2Asia #5among active players

Classical rating

2746

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Sep 2011

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 2769 to 2746 over the last 12 months; peak 2801 in December 2024.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262746, 0, 7 games2740, 0, 0 games2766, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262746, -13, 10 games2740, -5, 10 games2766, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262759, 0, 0 games2745, 0, 0 games2766, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262759, +2, 7 games2745, 0, 0 games2766, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262757, -4, 9 games2745, +4, 12 games2766, -10, 18 games
Jun 20262761, +10, 7 games2741, 0, 0 games2776, 0, 0 games
May 20262751, 0, 0 games2741, 0, 0 games2776, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262751, +6, 4 games2741, 0, 0 games2776, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262745, -30, 13 games2741, 0, 0 games2776, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262775, 0, 0 games2741, -5, 9 games2776, -1, 18 games
Jan 20262775, 0, 0 games2746, +32, 40 games2777, +28, 26 games
Dec 20252775, +6, 10 games2714, +6, 4 games2749, 0, 0 games

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 16 games (5 wins, 11 draws), since Sep 18. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 1,686 classical games on record, the latest on Oct 23.

Classical games since the November list

No rated classical games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
41st European Chess Club CupOct 17 – Oct 23TPR 27335/7

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Classical

From 1,618 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2011–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Gukesh D, 7 wins, May 2025 · Norway Chess 2025, 2787
2, GM Fabiano Caruana, Jun 2025 · Norway Chess 2025, 2776
3, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, 2 wins, Feb 2025 · Tata Steel Chess 2025 - Masters, 2768

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 592 of 1,686 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 144 of 299 games, 1.e4 in 87, 1.Nf3 in 41.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...e6 or 1...c5, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6.

All openings (27 as White, 24 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
English Opening3080%
Queen's Gambit Declined2761%
Sicilian Defense2574%
Ruy Lopez2467%
Nimzo-Indian Defense1950%

18 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

50 of 184 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
20265631½26692712
20257543½26952752
202411387½25722783
2023996226132708
20221259125252700
202113810024492615
20199162½23622503
201813590½23872512
20171349821252300
20161258121182228
20151036420302117
20141388617751862
201311063½17501807
20121255917451724
20112410½16531610

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Erigaisi Arjun · Classical

World

  1. #10GM Alireza Firouzja2757.0
  2. #11GM Anish Giri2747.0
  3. #12GM Erigaisi Arjun2746.0
  4. #13GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda2741.0
  5. #14GM Viswanathan Anand2739.0

India

  1. #1GM Praggnanandhaa R2763.0
  2. #2GM Erigaisi Arjun2746.0
  3. #3GM Viswanathan Anand2739.0
  4. #4GM Nihal Sarin2720.9
  5. #5GM Gukesh D2710.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.