NEW DELHI: India’s top-ranked chess star Arjun Erigaisi has issued a public plea to expedite the return of his passport forward of the distinguished World Speedy & Blitz Championships, set to happen in New York Metropolis from December 26-31.
Erigaisi, at present ranked primary in India for fast chess, took to social media to focus on the delay in his passport’s return following its submission for visa stamping.
“Final week, I submitted my passport to you for visa stamping and it nonetheless has not been returned. I request you to please expedite the method and return my passport as quickly as attainable as I want it for my journey to New York for World Speedy & Blitz Championship,” Arjun wrote on X.
The upcoming occasion marks the primary time the FIDE World Speedy & Blitz Championships will likely be held in the USA.
The competitors, hosted at Wall Road’s Cipriani venue, options an up to date event construction, together with a knockout part within the blitz format.
The championships are set to draw the world’s high chess expertise, together with defending champion Magnus Carlsen, who has dominated the occasion lately.
Erigaisi is one among 4 main Indian Grandmasters registered for the competitors, alongside Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, new world chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju, and Vidit Gujrathi.
Representing India on the worldwide stage, the younger GM hopes to showcase his velocity chess abilities towards a star-studded lineup that features famend gamers like Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Alireza Firouzja.
The event affords a mixed prize fund of practically $1.5 million, making it probably the most profitable occasions on the chess calendar.
With over 300 gamers competing throughout Open and Ladies’s sections, the six-day championship guarantees high-stakes motion, that includes each the standard Swiss format in fast play and a newly launched knockout stage in blitz.
