Arjun Trivedi
| Arjun Trivedi | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States of America |
| Born | September 3, 2004 North Carolina |
| Title | Arena Grandmaster (2024) |
| Peak rating | 2349 (January 2024) |
Arjun Trivedi (born 3 September 2004) is an American chess arena grandmaster who plays for the United States of America. He was awarded the title of Arena Grandmaster by FIDE in 2024.
Chess career
[edit]Trivedi won the Triangle Chess Championship in 2016. In 2021, he played in the Chess Olympics. In 2022, his performance surged, taking 10th in the Global Championship and reaching 9th[1] in the Lichess Summer Marathon. That same year, he placed 1st in several Lichess Swiss events and he tied for 3rd in the Blitz arena.[2] Trivedi also plays extensively online, having peaked at 95th in the world on Lichess bullet and on Chess.com bullet. In Blitz, he is at a similar peak, reaching 103rd in the world. In 2023, he achieved notable results including a 3rd-place finish in Arena Kings and a win in the CSCA Blitz event. Nearing the end of 2023, he received the Arena International Master title.[3]
In 2024, he scored a notable upset win over Jorge Saucedo Lopez, after he made a rare endgame miscalculation.[4] He earned the Arena Grandmaster title shortly after.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived item". Archived from the original on September 20, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Chess Placements". Archived from the original on October 21, 2022.
- ^ "Image: title_certificate_745595_AGM.png, (499 × 721 px)". wctour-images.worldchess.com. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "Arjun Trivedi vs Jorge Saucedo Lopez (2023)".
- ^ Bharat, Arjun record at chessbase.com
External links
[edit]- Arjun Trivedi rating card at FIDE
- Arjun Trivedi player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Arjun Trivedi chess games at 365Chess.com
- Arjun Trivedi United States Chess Federation games at chessstream.org
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