The golden hour of Indian Chess continued as Arjun Erigaisi wrote his name in the history books on Thursday (October 24) as Arjun Erigaisi became the second Indian player in history to achieve the elusive mark of 2800 Elo points mark.

The 21-year-old registered the incredible feat during the European Chess Club Cup 2024. Playing for team Alkaloid, the Indian Grandmaster beat Russia's Dmitry Andreikin in the fifth round. He has also reached the world no. 3 mark in the live rating list.

Erigaisi has joined Viswanathan Anand as the only Indian to achieve the feat. Overall, he is only the 16th player in history from across the globe to reach 2800 Elo Points

Player	Highest Rating
Magnus Carlsen	2882
Garry Kasparov	2851
Fabiano Caruana	2844
Levon Aronian	2830
Wesley So	2822
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2820
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2819
Viswanathan Anand	2817
Vladimir Kramnik	2817
Veselin Topalov	2816
Hikaru Nakamura	2816
Ding Liren	2816
Alexander Grischuk	2810
Alireza Firouzja	2804
Arjun Erigaisi	2802.1

What Is Elo Rating System?

The Elo Rating system is a method to calculate the relative skill level of chess players and is calculated by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Meanwhile, the live rating system calculates the change in each player's rating after every match.

Arjun Erigaisi became one of India's youngest grandmasters after achieving the title at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days. He was the 54th Grandmaster from India and 32nd youngest player in the world to compele the feat.

Erigaisi played a crucial part in India's historic victory in the 2024 Chess Olympiad. He also won a silver medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. Earlier this month, he won the WR Chess Masters Cup 2024 after defeating

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