Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi secured his US visa, enabling him to take part within the World Fast and Blitz Championships in New York. The match commences on December 26th.
Erigaisi, at the moment ranked world No. 4, had beforehand appealed to the US Embassy for expedited visa processing. He wanted the visa to compete in opposition to a formidable area, together with Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Boris Gelfand.
“I’ve acquired the US Visa! I’m actually overwhelmed and really grateful for a lot optimistic response to my state of affairs,” Erigaisi shared on his ‘X’ deal with.
Erigaisi expressed his gratitude to numerous entities for his or her help in securing his visa. He acknowledged the US Embassy in India, the US Mission in India, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, India, Anand Mahindra, Nitin Narang, the All India Chess Federation, the Sports activities Authority of India, FIDE, US Chess, QuestBridge Analysis, MGD1 eSports, journalists, and quite a few well-wishers.
“Thanks to the @USAndIndia & @USAmbIndia for the short flip round! Thanks @MEAIndia @anandmahindra @narangnitin @aicfchess @IndiaSports @FIDE_chess @USChess @QBResearch @mgd1_esports journalists and lots of different effectively wishers who went out of their approach to make this occur.”
Erigaisi shared his aspirations for the upcoming match. He conveyed his hope to make everybody proud.
“I hope to make all of you and our nation happy with my achievements. New York right here I come,” he added.
Erigaisi’s earlier plea for help was made public by way of social media. He reached out to Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Sports activities Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, and the All India Chess Federation (AICF) for assist in acquiring his visa.
“@USAndIndia 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 would like it for my journey to New York for World Fast & Blitz Championship,” he had written on ‘X’.
Erigaisi added an additional request for help.
“If anybody can assist me with this please DM.”
Erigaisi lately achieved a big milestone in his chess profession. He grew to become the second Indian, after Viswanathan Anand, to realize an ELO ranking of 2800.
Erigaisi has demonstrated distinctive kind all year long. He secured a person gold medal and contributed to India’s historic staff title win on the Chess Olympiad.
The World Fast and Blitz Championship will function a robust lineup of gamers. Members embody Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Jeffrey Xiong, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Hans Niemann, and Sam Shankland.
