Days after being destroyed by compatriot D Gukesh in the Ranking of the Fide, Arjun Eyrigaisi saw another fall in his career when the Indian lost to the Dutch world. 82 Max Warmerdam in the Tata Chess Masters. Arjun Eyigaisi, who held the 4th position in the FIDE ranking, had lost his place against the world champion D Gukesh.
The nicknames such as ‘Wimbledon of Chess’, Arjun Eyrigaisi is going through the most difficult phase of his career, since he still does not have a single victory in seven games in the Tata Steel Masters in the Dutch city of Wijk Aan Zee.
Until now, Arjun Erigaisi has lost four games and attracted three. You still have to face the players in form: D Gukesh and the star Uzbeka Nodirbek Abdusattarov in the competition. In particular, the victory over Arjun Erigaisi was Warmerdam’s first victory during the event.
The Dutch star is almost 150 points below Arjun Eyrigaisi, classified in 2646. With this loss, Arjun Eyrigaisi has now fallen 29 qualification points in the last 10 days. Last year, Arjun Erigaisi had won 63 points to enter the first five of the world classification.
What happened in Arjun Erigaisi vs Max Warmerdam the tie?
The Indian was at the bottom from the beginning, since he played an inaccuracy and doubled it with another similar movement in the next. When the engine showed 12 … QD7 was the best movement, Arjun Eyrigaisi played 12 … e6?!
In Movement 13, he made another thrust of poorly advised pawns: in file B, Arjun Erigaisi played 13 … B5? When the engine said that 13 … ND7 was the best option. The Indian began to continue from Movement 25 and finally granted the game in Movement 38.
Meanwhile, the number 1 in the world, Magnus Carlsen, felt that the bad form of Arjun Eyigaisi is a bit mental and does not need to worry. “I’m not sure we should read a lot (Erigaisi’s results),” said Carlsen at Chess.com.
“We have seen Caruana before the candidates have a nightmare of a tournament and then win the event. So I’m not sure if we need to read everything so much in him. I guess it becomes a bit mental (problem) at some point if you are fighting in the same tournament where you were fighting before, ”he added.