India’s GM Arjun officially joins Carlsen, Caruana, Nakamura in 2800 club

DOHA: India’s chess grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi became the 15th player in history to break the 2800 Elo barrier in standard chess ratings and only the second Indian player to do so after GM Viswanathan Anand.

With 2801, Arjun is the world number-four on the December 2024 FIDE rating list behind GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, and Hikaru Nakamura.

Arjun is currently competing here in Qatar Masters 2024.

“Rounded off for the December list to 2801, the 21-year-old GM from Warangal, Telangana, is now officially a 2800 player, after previously crossing that mark on the live rating list in October,” www.chess.com mentioned on the Indian GM.