Arjun Erigasi on Sunday defeated Maxim Vachier-Lagway in 41 tricks in the playoffs for the 5th place in Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour. The two players will return to play another game with color on Monday.
In the Paris leg of the freestyle chess phenomenon, Arjun has already been assured to be the best finishing Indian among the four players who competed. During the reign of world champions Gukesh and Vidit Gujrathi finished joint 11th, Pragganandha finished ninth in the standing after defeating Richard Rapper. If Arjun finishes 5th in the Paris event, he will take $ 50,000 (about 43 lakh rupees) in the house.
How Arjun Erigasi defeated Maxim Waitier-Lagrav
The game started with number 103 and Arjun found himself in a bodle with other players, who were playing with black pieces on Sunday – Ian Napomonachchi, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura. The three veterans spoke in the handle above chess, while Arjun sat at some distance, absorbed all the ideas but barely contributed. Nakamura was to play in the final against Magnus Carlsen, while Caruana took the Vincent Kimer for the third place. On Saturday, Napomomnachchi, who was defeated by Arjuna, was facing Nodirbek Abdusattorov for the 7th place.
Indian sports also started with a slight difference: The first three sports were 1.C4 C5, only Arjun and his rival 1.D4 D5.
The world’s number 4 from India was an advantage against its mine from the 15th move when Wester-Lagway played 15. QD2? (The engine showed a steps to be a mistake with being a favorite option for the engine of QE1.) Arjun was a crook by the 22nd step, a huge lead for a player of his caliber. When the Queens was traded to move forward from 29, the Vachier-Lagrav had little possibility of pulling the draw. Arjun finally forced French to resign on the 41st step.
