India, Feb. 14 -- Arjun Erigaisi had a topsy-turvy campaign at the recently-concluded Tata Chess Masters, and it also saw him lose his India No. 1 spot to reigning world champion D Gukesh. Erigaisi's tournament started off on a very shaky note, where he was failing to even bag a win as he crashed to four defeats in the first seven rounds. Then he managed to put in a late resurgence with four consecutive draws before defeating Nodirbek Abdusattarov and Gukesh in the final two games, which had a huge impact on the standings.

Initially, the Uzbek GM and Gukesh were on course to win the trophy, but then later results saw Nodirbek fall out of contention as R Praggnanandhaa staged a late comeback to level proceedings with Gukesh on the standin...