PUNE: Young Grandmaster and former national champion, Erigaisi Arjun, was playing at the Dubai Open earlier this month when he came to know after five rounds that he would not make the cut for the knockout World Cup on the basis of his rating strength of Elo 2703. The other path to qualify was to finish in the top-four at the Asian Continental meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
"I had to skip either the last two rounds in Dubai or the first round in Asian as the schedule was clashing," said Arjun, who is playing for SG Alpine Warriors led by Magnus Carlsen in the ongoing FIDE-backed Global Chess League.
