Chess Olympiad at house will add to the strain however will probably be enjoyable too, says the younger Grandmaster
Chess Olympiad at house will add to the strain however will probably be enjoyable too, says the younger Grandmaster
As a bit of child, R. Praggnanandhaa used to steadily disturb his elder sister Vaishali every time she performed chess. He was fascinated by the unusual little items and used to pluck them from the board to play.
“So we bought a board for him. The chess items had been his first toys, he was three then,” stated his mom Nagalakshmi.
The little fellow has come a great distance. One of many world’s youngest when he turned a Grandmaster 4 years in the past, the 16-year-old from Chennai shocked World champion Magnus Carlsen within the on-line speedy Airthings Masters just lately because the world watched in disbelief.
Pragg’s fascination for the items continues and now it’s the way in which 18-year-old Alireza Firouzja is magically dealing with them. The Iran-born French GM, now the World No. 2, turned the youngest participant in historical past to enter the 2800-rating membership late final yr, breaking Norway’s World No. 1 Carlsen’s document by six months.
“I’m fascinated with Alireza’s play, he’s so good. And I’m shocked together with his progress as a result of he went from 2600 to 2800 very quick,” stated Pragg in a chat with The Hindu, at Kalady.
He was at Kalady’s Sree Sarada Vidyalaya to obtain the Sankara Prize from Okay. Anand, the Adi Sankara Belief’s managing trustee, on Thursday.
Pragg feels Telangana‘s 18-year-old GM Arjun Erigaisi is presently doing a Firouzja kind of progress.
“Now, Arjun is sort of doing that, he has performed some unimaginable chess in the previous few months. He has crossed the 2670 vary, I believe he’s a bit stronger than everybody now,” stated the 16-year-old from Chennai.
The Chess Olympiad, moved from Moscow, will now be held in Chennai later this yr. Will a house Olympiad be a bonus?
“I don’t know. There will likely be strain undoubtedly as a result of there would be the house crowd however it would even be enjoyable,” he stated.
Two years in the past, India and Russia — the world’s strongest chess nation — had been declared joint winners of the Olympiad (held on-line for the primary time) after a few video games had been affected by web connectivity points. However now, there are numerous different points after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Unhappy to see that…I do know so many Ukrainian gamers, it’s onerous for them,” stated Pragg.
