Arjun Erigaisi has continued to take the chess fraternity by storm with his performances. He has scripted history to join the legendary Indian Vishwanathan Anand in the elite list with his win over Grand Master Dmitry Andreikin.
There will be 506 guests attending the ceremony, including Virat Kohli, Ratan Tata, Amitabh Bachchan, Gautam Adani, Saina Nehwal, Viswanathan Anand and a number of other notable individuals.
Over 90% of people believe that the young Indian Grand Master can become India's next Vishwanathan Anand.
On the other hand, Carlson stamped his authority for the top spot as he handed over a heavy defeat to Azerbaijan's Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with a tally of 12.5 points. The classical match was a witness to a firce duel between Anand & Giri with a total 35 moves being made in an English Variation game which ended in a draw.
With 10 points in his kitty, the Indian GM leads the field with four more rounds to go in the prestigious tournament which features some of the best players in the sport.
Maintaining his reputation, Anand won the Armageddon early on Friday
Superstar Aamir Khan shared that he would be honoured to play the lead in the much-anticipated biopic on the Indian Chess Grandmaster- Vishwanathan Anand, which is currently in the works and will be jointly produced by Aanand L Rai and Mahaveer Jain.
The title of the biopic on Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand has not been unveiled yet. Film critic and movie trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter and announced the news of the film helmed by filmmaker Aanand L Rai.
India which had Viswanathan Anand, Vidit S Gujrathi, P Harikrishna, B Adhiban, Koneru Humpy and D Harika in its ranks, finished a poor fifth in the six-team event.
Anand beat Teimour Radjabov in 37 moves. Anand had posted his maiden win in the tournament on Thursday by thrashing Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in just 17 moves.
Anand underlined his class by getting the better of Nepomniachtchi in just 17 moves to set the tone for India in the tie against Russia.
The Chennai ace was in Germany to play in the Bundesliga chess and before he could return, the travel restrictions came calling in wake of the pandemic.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Teimour Radjabov while world rapid champion Koneru Humpy could not break through the defences of former world champ Mariya Muzychuk.
Organised by the International Chess Federation and Chess.com, the six-team event, touted to the richest online team tournament, features all the big names in the game with World champion Magnus Carlsen being the only big gun missing from the line-up.
The participating teams are Russia, USA, Europe, China and India plus a team representing the "Rest of the World," FIDE said on its website.
India's Vishwanathan Anand played out yet another draw with Russia's Daniil Dubov in the Tata Steel Masters.
Sachin Tendulkar and Vishwanathan Anand have been omitted in the reconstituted government panel on sports for not being 'active' enough.
India's Vishwanathan Anand registered his first victory over the tournament over Jeffery Xiong.
Former chess champion Vladimir Kramnik has said that while Vishwanathan Anand may be past his prime, he should continue playing the sport as long as he wants to.
Dhoni, who is in the middle of a two-month sabbatical which will end later this month, has also not been included for the T20 series against South Africa beginning September 15.
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