“ We are already a superpower of failures ” – Firstpost

The legend of Indian failures Viswanathan Anand has praised the new generation of great masters of the country, claiming that India is already a superpower of failures in many ways. In a recent conversation, Anand spoke of the meteoric rise of young Indian players like D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi, who stormed the world of chess.

The five -time world champion underlined the depth of the talents of Indian chess and the competitive spirit among young players. The presence of India in world failures has developed in an exponential way, especially since Anand made history in the early 2000s by breaking the hegemony of the Soviet Union.

Viswanathan Anand: India is already a superpower of chess

Talk about the rise of India in the world of failures with TV9 networkAnand said: “In some respects, we are already the superpowered failures. There are many measures by which we are. There are many measures by which another country is. We are not dominant like the Soviet Union, but if you take, for example, the age of our main players, with me as an exception, I think that the oldest is 21 years.”

“They are all incredibly young, which means that they have long in advance. Second, they are all in the top 10, the Top 20 or the Top 50, and the number continues to increase. They are all there together, and can you imagine how fantastic it is for us?

The largest breakdown of failures in India occurred last year when D Gukesh won the title of the world chess championship in Singapore, defeating the champion in title Ding Liren. It was a historic moment in the Indian failures, making gukesh the youngest undeniable world champion in history and only the second Indian to win the title after Anand.

Currently, three Indian players are in the top ten, Gukesh is ranked third, just behind the world n ° 1 Magnus Carlsen and the world n ° 2 Hikaru Nakamura. Meanwhile, Arjun Erigaisi is fifth place and Praggnanandhaa is classified eighth.

Aravindh Chithambaram also made the headlines after a sensational campaign of Prague Masters, climbing eight places to become world n ° 14. Interestingly, Anand himself is now in 15th rank in the world ranking.

Meanwhile, Nihal Sarin recently climbed two places in the ranking to become world n ° 41. Vidit Gujrathi (24th) and Harikrishna Pentala (30th) continue to hold strong positions in the faithful ranking.