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New Indian Express
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- New Indian Express
Don't rule out any formats: Anand's message to players
Even as the third edition of the Chennai Grand Masters began on Thursday, a tournament close to Gukesh's heart, the teen was in Poland to play Duda, the 2021 World Cup winner who was one of the Indian's seconds at last year's World Championship. Even as chess' elite have never had it this good in terms of invites, it has kind of led to a debate on whether this is unsustainable in terms of preparation, giving adequate time for training and so on. Viswanathan Anand, who mixed Blitz and Rapid with the rigours of Classical when he was a fully active player on the circuit, said he found no issues with it. "The simplest way to say it is that they shouldn't rule out any format mentally," the five-time world champion told select media on the sidelines of the fourth day of the Chennai Grand Masters. "In a sense, you don't probably have good results in all the formats, in all the years but I don't think you're assured of one format either. I mean Gukesh has had a bad Classical (meet) in Romania, for instance. I think when one misfires, you should be able to compete in the other. So, you should try to be competitive in all. Maybe you won't succeed, but it's worth it." Anand himself is no stranger to adapting to times like this. Even if he has stopped playing Classical chess for all practical purposes, the five-time world champion has faced off against Argentina's Faustino Oro (nicknamed Chessi), the 11-year-old said to have a big future. When asked if he saw himself as playing a lot of one-off exhibition tournaments like that, he said: "No, I dont see myself settling in for one genre. Having made the point that, I should try to be good at other formats. I should follow it myself." Never short of a quip or two, the FIDE administrator was firmly tongue in cheek when replying to a query on the kind of advice he would give Gukesh to ensure the latter levels don't drop. "I think 'mera pass panch hai (I have five titles) is a good starting point," he said with a smile. "I think he knows what to do. "Sport is evolving very fast, new formats, new things. I think the only thing I can do is if they ask, I can describe how I faced a certain situation and then it would be their job to convert that. We are not comparing the same thing anymore." Sunday's results (Round 4) Masters: Karthikeyan Murali bt Jorden van Foreest, Ray Robson drew with Awonder Liang, Nihal Sarin bt Arjun Erigaisi, V Pranav drew with Vidit Gujrathi, Vincent Keymer drew with Anish Giri. Challengers: Diptayan Ghosh bt GB Harshavardhan, P Iniyan bt Aryan Chopra, Adhiban Baskaran drew with M Pranesh, Leon Mendonca bt D Harika, Abhimanyu Puranik bt R Vaishali.
Indian Express
9 hours ago
- Indian Express
Praggnanandhaa explains what makes Magnus Carlsen great and answers what he has that world no 1 doesn't
R Praggnanandhaa, considered one of the brightest prospects in Indian chess's golden generation, came into the limelight after he defeated World No 1 Magnus Carlsen 2022 in an online chess game when he was just 16 years of age. Since then, the Indian has faced the the Norwegian master quite a few times and has maintained a good record against him. At the 2024 Norway Chess, the now 19-year-old also notched up his first classical win over Carlsen. In July 2025, Praggnanandhaa pulled off a stunning double over Carlsen within three days at the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess event. On Raj Shamani's Figuring Out podcast, Praggnanandhaa explained what makes Magnus Carlsen great and answered what he has that world no 1 doesn't. 'He has this intuition in every position which is just amazing. Like when you actually see his game — even in shorter formats — he usually plays the top three choices of the computer every single time. That intuition is something that he developed over a period of time. He's one of the players who knows a lot of classics from the past. He has read a lot and I think that's one thing he has that helps him. Also mentally he's really strong. You can never see him collapse in a tournament completely. Even when you actually make a mistake when he's lost he's there fighting every chance he's getting and he pushes till the end like he tries every resource that's possible. He exhausts them and I think that's uh one of the reasons he's um he's at the top and when he was coming up. He was playing these end games which people in earlier days thought it was completely fine. They will just make draws because of mutual respect for the players. They'll think it's okay no one is going to win this. Let's make an early draw. But Magnus started playing all those positions. He started grinding and then started winning also. So he's just universally strong and he's mentally also strong which is really…' Praggnanandhaa said. Asked what Praggnanandhaa has that Carlsen doesn't, the 19-year-old said: 'I have never thought about this actually. If I have to speak about the style, he's more of an intuitive player. His intuition is so good. Even though my intuition suggests a move, I usually try to go in details. It's possible that I can catch him there because he hasn't gone into the details. Sometimes intuition can also be wrong and I can catch him. Our games are always exciting.' Carlsen is a five-time world champion, who was never defeated in a world championship until he walked away, thus abdicating his throne. Carlsen is still world no 1 in all three formats. He has been world no 1 in every monthly rating list published by FIDE since July 2011. He first became world no 1 in 2010, but Anand dethroned him soon.
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12 hours ago
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Chennai Grand Masters 2025: Arjun Erigaisi stays in hunt as Vincent Keymer leads after Round 3
Round 3 of the Chennai Grand Masters 2025 saw Vincent Keymer maintain his perfect score to lead the Masters, while Arjun Erigaisi jumped to second place in the table. In the Challengers, M Pranesh and Abhimanyu Puranik are sharing the lead. read more Arjun Erigaisi has taken the sole second after win in Round 3 of Chennai Grand Masters. PTI A fine win by India's Arjun Erigaisi kept him in sole second place after Round 3 of the Chennai Grand Masters 2025 on Saturday, August 9. The world No. 5 beat American GM Ray Robson with the white pieces to reach 2.5 points, just behind leader Vincent Keymer of Germany. Keymer continued his perfect run with a third straight victory, defeating Karthikeyan Murali to stay on top with 3 points. Keymar is now in the top 15 of the FIDE rankings and will be eying a top-10 spot. 'Today's game was maybe the smoothest I've had so far,' he said after making it three out of three. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD In other Masters games, Vidit Gujrathi bounced back strongly to beat Nihal Sarin, while American GM Awonder Liang shocked Dutch GM Jorden van Foreest to register his first win. Indian GM Venkatesh Pranav impressed by holding Dutch GM Anish Giri to a draw. In the Challengers section, Abhimanyu Puranik maintained his steady rise with victory over Harshavardhan GB, while M Pranesh defeated P. Iniyan. Leon Luke Mendonca overcame R. Vaishali, while Adhiban Baskaran split point with D. Harika. Aryan Chopra and Diptayan Ghosh also played out a draw. Chennai Grand Masters 2025: Masters standings after Round 3 Rank Player Country Rating Points 1 Vincent Keymer Germany 2730 3 2 Arjun Erigaisi India 2776 2.5 3 Ray Robson USA 2687 1.5 4 Anish Giri Netherlands 2748 1.5 5 Awonder Liang USA 2696 1.5 6 Vidit Gujrathi India 2720 1.5 7 Jorden van Foreest Netherlands 2697 1 8 Karthikeyan Murali India 2658 1 9 V Pranav India 2597 1 10 Nihal Sarin India 2692 0.5 Chennai Grand Masters 2025: Challengers standings after Round 3 Rank Player Country Rating Points 1 M Pranesh India 2589 2.5 2 Abhimanyu Puranik India 2635 2.5 3 Diptayan Ghosh India 2576 2 4 Leon Luke Mendonca India 2606 2 5 Adhiban Baskaran India 2534 1.5 6 P Iniyan India 2586 1.5 7 Vaishali Rameshbabu India 2476 1 8 Aryan Chopra India 2634 1 9 Harika Dronavalli India 2487 0.5 10 Harshavardhan G B India 2454 0.5 (With agency inputs)
