World Blitz Championship: India’s Arjun Erigaisi is currently in the joint lead (alongside Fabiano Caruana and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave) after 13 rounds in Doha.
The Rise of the “Madman”: Arjun Erigaisi Leads World Blitz Championship 2025 After Defeating Magnus Carlsen On December 29-30, 2025, the Lusail Multipurpose Hall in Doha, Qatar, witnessed a tectonic shift in the world of speed chess. Arjun Erigaisi, the 22-year-old Grandmaster from Telangana, India, etched his name further into chess lore by ending Day … Read more