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After the heartbreak of Toronto, Arjun Erigaisi finds himself two wins away from Candidates
November 15, 2025 11:48 pm
The 22-year old from Warangal’s mentality to seek a fight had even impressed Magnus Carlsen, who had christened him a ‘mad man’. “Arjun is just a complete mad man at the board. He wants to kill you in every single game," Carlsen had told The Indian Express
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Highlights, Round 5 Game 2: Arjun Erigaisi beats Levon Aronian to reach QF; Harikrishna vs Jose Martinez move to tiebreaks
November 16, 2025 12:11 am
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 5 Game 2 Highlights | Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Levon Aronian Today Match Results Live Streaming Online: Follow two Indians in action in Goa on Saturday.
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Arjun, Harikrishna play out contrasting draws as fifth round gets off to an uneventful start in Goa
November 15, 2025 12:43 am
Seven of the eight round of 16 matches ended without a decisive result. The sole exception was Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov, who defeated Germany’s Frederik Svane on the top board.
How Goa changed Levon Aronian’s life once... and could do so again
November 12, 2025 4:55 pm
Aronian says he has no ambitions at the World Cup. He’s not in Goa chasing the three Candidates spots or the title either. Aronian is in Goa just to play chess and enjoy himself. But like it has once before, Goa might end up changing his mind and his ambitions.
Levon Aronian: ‘Vladimir Kramnik needs professional help… he has saviour complex’
November 06, 2025 8:48 am
In the aftermath of the death of Daniel Naroditsky, whom the Russian had alleged to have cheated in online chess, former world champion has been described as 'the guy with the hammer who thinks everything is a nail'
When 12-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju left Levon Aronian 'very embarrassed'
August 23, 2025 8:55 pm
Aronian also had positive things to say about the Indian chess revolution. In fact, Aronian called India the "fatherland of chess" and praised the government for backing players.
Levon Aronian, the soul of chess, and popular at 42, rediscovers his prime years again
August 19, 2025 5:37 pm
Both Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen are happy to see him win, and the Armenian remains the principled soul of the game, while staying flamboyant.
Gukesh loses to Levon Aronian's 'grandpa style of chess' at St Louis Rapid and Blitz
August 12, 2025 2:30 pm
Gukesh, meanwhile, said that he had paid the price for getting "careless in that one moment" against Aronian.
'After all that trash talk, losing would’ve been exponentially more embarrassing': Niemann relieved after reaching finals at Las Vegas Freestyle event
July 19, 2025 4:11 pm
Niemann cited the achievement of reaching the finals at Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Las Vegas leg as one of the highlights of the career.
Arjun Erigaisi loses to Levon Aronian in semis; Hans Niemann advances to finals at Las Vegas Freestyle Grand Slam
July 19, 2025 11:47 am
Aronian, who had already knocked out Freestyle tour leader and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura earlier this week, continued his solid run by defeating Arjun after winning both classical games without needing tiebreaks.
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