Arjun Erigaisi wins 1st leg of MPL Indian Chess Tour

18-year-old Indian Champion Arjun Erigaisi’s run of incredible results continued in the 1st leg of the MPL Indian Chess Tour as he scored +7 to clinch victory and a place not just in the MPL Indian Chess Tour final but in an upcoming stage of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. When asked his secret, Arjun echoed Bobby Fischer’s “I just got good”, as he stated, “things just started going my way”. Raunak Sadhwani took second, with Gukesh and Ganguly 3rd, while Harika Dronvalli just missed out on automatic qualification for the next tournament.

Arjun Erigaisi wins 1st leg of MPL Indian Chess Tour

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