India star Arjun Erigaisi was one of the players that started a fierce bidding war at the recent Global Chess League draft in Mumbai. And despite the American Gambits opting to retain two players — Hikaru Nakamura and Bibisara Assaubayeva — they still went as high as 300 points to secure Arjun, despite only having a starting balance of 800 points. And Hikaru rates him very highly, and we felt he would have been a perfect fit alongside him,” said American Gambits co-owner Prachura PP. Having retained Hikaru Nakamura and Bibisara Assaubayeva, American Gambits made key acquisitions at the draft, adding Richard Rapport, Vladislav Artemiev, Teodora Injac, and Volodar Murzin to their squad. Third, we aim to strengthen our brand and show that the American Gambits are here to win, backed by celebrity co-owner Ravichandran Ashwin and chess legend Hikaru Nakamura.”