The PRESS Pad

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi  clinched the bronze medal at the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2025  in Doha on Tuesday, capping a remarkable campaign despite a semifinal defeat to Uzbekistan’s top player Nodirbek Abdusattorov . The 22-year-old Indian star , who had earlier won bronze at the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship , continues his meteoric rise on the global chess stage, becoming the first Indian since Viswanathan Anand (2017)  to win medals in both Rapid