Arjun Erigaisi and Gukesh may cross 2800 this weekend in the Chess Bundesliga [updated]
The teams of India win double gold at the Chess Olympiad 2024. One of the stars of the team was Arjun Erigaisi. He goes home with the India title, the Gaprindashvili Cup, and a gold medal on board 3. The absolute star of the Olympiad was Gukesh D, who not only won the same trophies as Arjun Erigaisi, but also achieved the second highest ever performance
Arjun Erigaisi remained just shy of 2800, with 2797.2, as the highest rated Indian chess player. Being on board 3 and with top performance from the start of the Olympiad, the world quickly realized that Arjun Erigaisi is at the doors of the 2800 ELO club. The spotlight on Gukesh was extra bright due to the coming World Chess Championship 2024, but he did not disappoint and added 30 ELO points to reach 2794.1.
Today: Vidit to play in the Vugar Gashimov Memorial
This weekend Arjun Erigaisi and Gukesh will have a chance to cross 2800, as he will be playing two top level games at the German Chess Bundesliga – Full information / Schachbundesliga 2024 – 2025 live games
Both Erigaisi and Gukesh play on the same team – Düsseldorfer SK. Their teammates are Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wesley So, another two of India’s top stars Pragg and Vidit, Wei Yi, Anish Giri, Yu Yangyi, Javokhir Sindarov, Jorden Van Forest, Andrey Esipenko, Runak Sadhwani, Jan Gustafson, Viktor Bologan, Wadim Rodstein, Philip Leon Klaska, and Paul Wiedenbruch.
The first match of Düsseldorfer SK is on the 28th of September against SV Mülheim Nord which has on the team David Navara, Daniel Fridman, Pavel Tregubov, Liam Vrolijk, Thomas Beerdsen, Valentin Buckels, Patrick Zelbel, Michael Feygin, Daniel Hausrath, Volkmar Dinstuhl, Mees van Osch, Amir Rezazadeh, Sasa Albers, Mihail Saltaev, Bernhard Stillger, Tom Dordevic, and Alexander Limbourg.
The second match of Düsseldorfer SK is on the 29th of September against SK Kirchweyhe with Ivan Sariv, Ediz Gurel, Ante Brkic, Borki Predojevic, Denic Kadric, Robert Markus, Hrvoje Stevic, Zoran Jovanovic, Erik Van den Doel, Aleksandar Kovacevic, Robert Zelcic, Tobias Kugel, Ivan Zaja, Blazimir Kovacevic, Petar Genov, Klaudia Kulon, Valentin Genov, and Lukas Bay.
Düsseldorfer SK is the strongest team in the Chess Bundesliga 2024 – 2025. Close to their ELO is Baden-Baden with Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Vincent Keymer, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Richard Rapport, Peter Svidler, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Bogdan Deac, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Nikita Vitiugov, Etienne Bacrot, Alexei Shirov, Alexander Donchenko, Sergei Movsesian, Bennet Hanger, and Timur Kocharin.
The other large contender for the title are the defending champions SC Viernheim. They have Hikaru Nakamura, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Sakhriyar Mamedyarov, Parham Maghsoodlo, Alexey Sarana, Chithambaram Aravindh, David Anton Guijarro, Anton Korobov, Amin Bassem, Dennis Wagner, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmuz, Georg Meier, Reiner Buhmann, Konstantin Tarlev, Dinara Vagner, Yuxuan Meng, and Jan Kalinski.