Since D Gukesh’s victory on the World Championships in December final yr, Indian chess has been dominating the game in worldwide occasions. Quickly after Gukesh’s victory towards Ding Liren, Koneru Humpy grew to become the 2024 FIDE Girls’s World Fast Championship. In the meantime, quick ahead to July 2025, Divya Deshmukh gained the FIDE Girls’s World Cup, beating Humpy in an all-Indian closing.
R Praggnanandhaa, the present India No. 1, is without doubt one of the main Grandmasters on this planet. He additionally turned solely 20-years-old on Sunday. He additionally gained the Tata Masters this yr, defeating Gukesh in a tie-breaker closing.
D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi made R Praggnanandhaa insecure
Not too long ago, he appeared on a YouTube podcast present and spoke about his season final yr, the place he couldn’t attain the degrees of Gukesh or Arjun Erigaisi. Gukesh grew to become the brand new World Champion and Arjun grew to become the second Indian (since Viswanathan Anand) to cross the 2800 Elo Ranking. Praggnanandhaa revealed that previously, he would get insecure when others from his era would carry out higher than him.
“No, not proper now. However I suppose prior to now (they did),” he stated.
When pressed to disclose who made him really feel insecure, he stated, “Simply the gamers from my era, each time they had been doing (properly) it was placing some strain on me, I imply I used to be placing strain on myself, however I began seeing them as inspiration… now each time they do properly, I get this further motivation. I wish to push myself. It doesn’t come as a strain however as an inspiration and I wish to do properly.”
“Principally (gamers) from my era. Let’s say Gukesh or Arjun (Erigaisi) do properly. Or Nodirbek (Abdusattarov). After they do properly, I really feel like I can do it as properly. So I attempted to place strain on myself which isn’t a great factor. I imply getting impressed from them is a distinct factor. These days, I’m higher at it as a result of final yr I didn’t have an excellent yr whereas Gukesh gained the world championship, Arjun crossed 2800. All these items simply impressed me a lot. I used to be seeing their video games so carefully, attempting to know. It impressed me and I feel that’s one of many causes I really feel that further power I’ve after I play video games these days. That inspiration that comes from them,” he additional added.
However he additionally feels that he’s not insecure anymore, stating, “If you simply wish to give your greatest and never fear in regards to the outcomes, I don’t suppose there may be something to be anxious about.”
