Arjun Erigaisi wins Delhi Chess Open

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Grandmaster and National Champion Arjun Erigaisi came up with another inspired effort and crashed through the defenses of Karthik Venkataraman to annex the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament that concluded here at the Tivoli Gardens. Starting the day in a five-way lead and having the best tiebreak, Arjun left nothing to chance as he went for an offensive right from the word go in a Sicilian Najdorf game as white and even though Karthik posed some challenge in the middle game, the young National champion romped home easily with some finely crafted maneuvers.

Arjun got four lakh rupees as the winner’s purse plus a glittering trophy and looks like a sure fire bet for the main team in the forthcoming Chess Olympiad at Chennai as he scaled past 2675 in live Elo ratings. Earlier this month the young man had won the National championship at Kanpur quite easily and that means his winnings this month are ten lakhs in all. The next event for Arjun Erigasi is the MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022.

By the end of Bangladesh I had lost 5 Elo. That's when I decided to play in the Delhi Open with the aim to gain atleast 6 Elo. I'm happy I ended up gaining 9+ Elo. Winning the tournament was the perfect cherry on top! I'd like to thank my parents and @srinathchess for this ?

— Arjun Erigaisi (@ArjunErigaisi) March 29, 2022

D Gukesh, who had also fought tooth and nail with Arjun in the national championship, defeated last event’s winner Abhijeet Gupta from a level endgame to finish second. The Nimzo Indian by Gukesh as black led to a level endgame but Abhijeet took unwarranted risks leading to his downfall. It was almost the repeat of last round of the National championship when Abhijeet had a similar fate out of the same opening against Gukesh.

Harsha Bharthakoti finished third on tiebreak defeating S P Sethuraman who played black. For the records, Arjun, Gukesh and Harsh all ended up on 8.5 points out of a possible ten.

The caravan now moves to Ahmedabad for the final installment of the three International events planned in India after a two-year gap.

The Delhi open next year will be a much bigger event in several categories with Rs. 1.25 Crores as prize money, an announcement made by All India Chess Federation Secretary and Delhi Association President Bharat Singh Chauhan on the opening day of this gala meet.

Important results final round: Abhijeet Gupta (7.5) lost to D Gukesh (8.5); S P Sethuraman (7.5) lost to Harsha Bharathakoti (8.5); Erigaisi Arjun (8.5) beat Karthik Venkataraman (7); Gusain Himal (7.5) drew with M R Lalith Babu (7.5); Tahbaz Arash (7) lost to Nigmatov Ortik (8); P Iniyan (7) drew with Neelash Saha (7.5); Shahil Dey (6.5) lost to Delgado Ramirez Neuris (7.5); Divya Deshmukh (6.5) lost to R R Laxman (7.5); S Nitin (6.5) lost to Rohith Krishna (7.5); Aradhya Garg (6.5) lost to Gholami Orimi Mahdi (7.5).

The top ten: 1-3: Erigaisi Arjun, D Gukesh, Harsha Bharathakoti (8.5 each); 4. Nigmatov Ortik (8); 5-10: S P Sethuraman, Delgado Ramirez Neuris, M R Lalith Babu,  Abhijeet Gupta, Neelash Saha,        Gholami Orimi Mahdi (7.5 each).

Delhi Chess final standings

1	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2660	8,5
2	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2614	8,5
3	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	IND	2499	8,5
4	IM	Nigmatov Ortik	UZB	2445	8
5	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2619	7,5
6	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris	PAR	2622	7,5
7	GM	Lalith Babu M R	IND	2558	7,5
8	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2628	7,5
9	IM	Neelash Saha	IND	2445	7,5
10		Gholami Orimi Mahdi	IRI	2420	7,5
11	FM	Rohith Krishna S	IND	2304	7,5
12	IM	Gusain Himal	IND	2408	7,5
13	GM	Laxman R.R.	IND	2429	7,5
14	GM	Iniyan P	IND	2516	7
15	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	IND	2485	7
16	GM	Arjun Kalyan	IND	2506	7
17	GM	Mirzoev Azer	AZE	2476	7
18	GM	Visakh N R	IND	2522	7
19	IM	Tahbaz Arash	IRI	2469	7
20	IM	Krishna C R G	IND	2466	7
21	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2520	7
22	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	IND	2442	7
23	GM	Mitrabha Guha	IND	2510	7
24	IM	Vignesh N R	IND	2444	7
25	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik	UZB	2435	7
26	IM	Srihari L R	IND	2400	7
27		Utsab Chatterjee	IND	2324	7
28		Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri	IND	2263	7
29	IM	Harshavardhan G B	IND	2402	7
30	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha	IND	2397	7
31	GM	Rios Cristhian Camilo	COL	2449	7
32	GM	Ponkratov Pavel	RUS	2641	6,5
33	FM	Aaryan Varshney	IND	2277	6,5
34	FM	Poormosavi Seyed Kian	IRI	2229	6,5
35	IM	Shahil Dey	IND	2400	6,5
36	FM	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2340	6,5
37	GM	Karthikeyan P.	IND	2397	6,5
38	GM	Saptarshi Roy	IND	2402	6,5
39	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2301	6,5
40	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	IND	2350	6,5
41	IM	Padmini Rout	IND	2350	6,5
42	GM	Fawzy Adham	EGY	2490	6,5
43	IM	Das Sayantan	IND	2459	6,5
44	FM	Aradhya Garg	IND	2236	6,5
45	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud	IRI	2511	6,5
46		Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U	IND	2022	6,5
47	IM	Ratnakaran K.	IND	2316	6,5
48	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	IND	2260	6,5
49	IM	Nitin S.	IND	2427	6,5
50	IM	Raahul V S	IND	2478	6,5
51		Saurabh Anand	IND	2276	6,5
52		Sudarshan Bhat	IND	2100	6,5
53	IM	Praveen Kumar C	IND	2158	6,5
54		Bhattacharyya Soham	IND	2004	6,5
55		Ghosh Samriddhaa	IND	1877	6,5
56		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	IND	2059	6,5
57	AIM	Bhavik Ahuja	IND	1879	6,5
58	FM	De Silva L M S T	SRI	2220	6,5
59		Parekh Vishrut	IND	1747	6,5
60	AFM	Sureka Akshat	IND	1342	6,5
61	WGM	Srija Seshadri	IND	2219	6
62		Manigandan S S	IND	2127	6
63		Ilamparthi A R	IND	1993	6
64	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj	IND	2162	6
65		Adireddy Arjun	IND	1796	6
66		Rohit S	IND	2276	6
67		Santu Mondal	IND	2063	6
68	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	IND	2283	6
69	CM	Singh Ojasva	IND	2141	6
70		Soham Datar	IND	2115	6
71	AGM	Sahib Singh	IND	1792	6
72		Borgaonkar Akshay	IND	1985	6
73	IM	Palit Somak	IND	2300	6
74		Garv Rai	IND	1869	6
75		Dhruva Thota	IND	1525	6
76		Kulkarni Vinayak	IND	2170	6
77		Hemanth Raam	IND	2026	6
78	FM	Phadke Sohan	IND	2233	6
79	FM	Dutta Joydeep	IND	2101	6
80		Singh Neha	IND	1833	6
81		Sri Sai Baswanth P	IND	2057	6
82		Ayan Pal	IND	1913	6
83		Aashman Gupta	IND	1781	6
84		Bala Kannamma P	IND	2120	6
85	CM	Daakshin Arun	IND	2173	6
86		Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	IND	1356	6
87	WFM	Baghirova Khatun	AZE	1855	6
88	AIM	Abhay Bandewar	IND	1804	6
89		Darshan Sasthaa M	IND	1457	6
90		Jatinder Kapoor	IND	1573	6
91		Jain Hitansh	IND	1321	6
92	FM	Muhammed Shuaau	MDV	1969	5,5
93	IM	Sangma Rahul	IND	2286	5,5
94		Hriday Panchal	IND	1691	5,5
95	AFM	Pawar Harshit	IND	1921	5,5
96	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	IND	2205	5,5
97		Shaik Sumer Arsh	IND	1852	5,5
98	WIM	Michelle Catherina P	IND	2176	5,5
99		Kian Dishank Shah	IND	1339	5,5
100	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2116	5,5
101	FM	Ram Aravind L N	IND	2127	5,5
102	WIM	Priyanka K	IND	2215	5,5
103		Jani Kushal R	IND	1746	5,5
104		Velpula Sarayu	IND	1875	5,5
105	IM	Weerawardane Romesh	SRI	2005	5,5
106		Makwana Devam	IND	1684	5,5
107		Aritrya Pal	IND	1590	5,5
108		Roneet Das	IND	1720	5,5
109		Padmaesh M K	IND	1430	5,5
110		Jaiveer Mahendru	IND	1715	5,5
111		Sathvik Adiga	IND	1562	5,5
112	AIM	Nagarkatte Vedant	IND	2013	5,5
113		Falgun D Purohit	IND	1669	5,5
114		Harshit Jaggi	IND	1099	5,5
115		Vinayak Agarwal	IND	1404	5,5
116		Swayham P Das	IND	1675	5,5
117		Dissanayake D M Madushan Sameera	SRI	1261	5,5
118	AFM	Shubhi Gupta	IND	1434	5,5
119		Tarun N	IND	1285	5,5
120		Madduri Satya Tejeswar	IND	1672	5,5
121		Vatsal Makol	IND	1471	5,5
122		Joel Paul Ganta	IND	2004	5,5
123		Kolomwe Willian	ZAM	1783	5,5
124		Karki Rajiv	NEP	1776	5,5
125		Rout Yashita	IND	1392	5
126	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	2236	5
127		Shawn Pravin	IND	1296	5
128		Jain Kushagra	IND	1452	5
129		Shivika Rohilla	IND	1898	5
130	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	IND	2016	5
131	WFM	Chaitanya V.	IND	1668	5
132		Krishnan Ritvik	IND	1761	5
133		Chaitanya Sairam Mogili	IND	1867	5
134	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J	IND	2316	5
135		Shreyas Seshadri Nallore	IND	1696	5
136		Jihan Tejas Shah	IND	1682	5
137		Rounaiv Rana	IND	1772	5
138		Singh Ambesh Pratap	IND	1584	5
139		Buxy Rajanikant	IND	1639	5
140		Cera Dagaria	IND	1557	5
141		Arshpreet Singh	IND	1570	5
142	CM	Kavinda Akila	SRI	2068	5
143		Ashutosh Kumar	IND	1964	5
144		Ishvi Aggarwal	IND	1833	5
145		Aarav Sinha	IND	1470	5
146		Khuanna Kapoor	IND	1404	5
147		Shubh Kapur	IND	1617	5
148		Thirunarayanan Sampath Kumar	IND	1458	5
149		Aman Sharma	IND	1749	5
150		Bhagwat Heramb	IND	1673	5