Arjun Erigaisi pocketed a cool $50,000 (approximately Rs 43 lakh) after ending fifth at the Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour on Monday. Arjun defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the playoff for the fifth spot after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the previous classification game. Arjun had lost to Hikaru Nakamura in the quarter-finals. Nakamura lost in the final on Monday to world no 1 Magnus Carlsen, who took home $200,000 (approximately Rs 1.7 crore) for finishing on top in Paris. Arjun was the best finisher among the four Indians in action in the 12-player field. The others were Arjun’s teammates from the Chess Olympiad gold medal winning Indian team: Praggnanandhaa (who ended 9th), world champion Gukesh and Vidit Gujrathi (both of whom shared last spot in the event). “This is one of the most fun tournaments I have had in the last few years,” Arjun told Chessbase India after his win over Vachier-Lagrave. Story continues below this ad When asked why that was, he said: “No pressure. It was very easy to play.” …