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The next move for Pragg, Gukesh: Viswanathan Anand believes fatigue, physical fitness and consistency are the challenges awaiting India’s prodigies

[ad_1] Viswanathan Anand has no qualms in admitting he mis-calculated. Just three years ago, in December 2020, when he had started the Westbridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA), he remembers thinking that the players he had taken under his wings — Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh and Nihal Sarin — would need five or six years to enter the elite club of 2700-rated players. It’s an elusive club in the sport, with current membership of 35 people. Gukesh reached the fabled mark in July last year within two years of Anand’s prediction. Pragg followed in July this year. Arjun Erigaisi is also a part of the club, with Nihal just six points away. “The reason I say this is a golden generation is because all of these guys are still teenagers — with the exception of Arjun, who became 20 two days ago — which me...

Short games, active commentary, OTT streaming, Metaverse and fantasy league: How Global Chess League hopes to awaken ‘sleeping giant’ sport

[ad_1] When the Global Chess League (GCL) holds its inaugural season in Dubai next month, fans will be able to simultaneously play games in the Metaverse with virtual avatars of players, including five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand. That’s not all. In a bid to make the sport more appealing for both hardcore and casual fans, GCL organisers are also promising fantasy gaming offerings that will allow fans to predict the next move of players during games. All games will also be live-streamed on an OTT platform in India. The GCL — which starts on June 21 with the final on July 2 — will feature six teams having six players each, including one icon who will be a world champion calibre player, one male GM with an ELO rating of over 2700, two top female chess players and a junior player. ...

‘My role to bridge gap between computer screen and what a player experiences at the table’

[ad_1] One of the world’s greatest chess minds who, when seated across the board, could see well into the future is consumed by a nagging fear that, from behind the microphone, he’d ‘miss something obvious that everyone in the world can see’. “My fear,” says Viswanathan Anand, “is I’m sitting there rambling and then they play something (else)… I’d be slightly embarrassed. That’s the danger of not having a computer. One of the things I tried in Dubai (during the 2021 World Championship) and I stuck to here was almost never consulting a computer.” These fears, as it turns out, have proven unfounded. In fact, the five-time world champion almost flawlessly predicts moves and foresees the ‘breakdown of thoughts’ of champions and challengers alike with his quick-witted analysis, typical self-e...