{"id":18884,"date":"2026-06-09T12:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/gukesh-can-take-inspiration-from-praggnanandhaa-viswanathan-anand-advises-world-chess-champion-chess-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:37:24","slug":"gukesh-can-take-inspiration-from-praggnanandhaa-viswanathan-anand-advises-world-chess-champion-chess-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/gukesh-can-take-inspiration-from-praggnanandhaa-viswanathan-anand-advises-world-chess-champion-chess-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Gukesh can take inspiration from Praggnanandhaa&#8217;: Viswanathan Anand advises world chess champion | Chess News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131603504,imgsize-55858,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/gukesh-praggnanandhaa-with-norway-chess-trophy-and-viswanathan-anand.jpg\" alt=\"'Gukesh can take inspiration from Praggnanandhaa': Viswanathan Anand advises world chess champion\" title=\"Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa with Norway Chess 2026 trophy, and Viswanathan Anand\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa with Norway Chess 2026 trophy, and Viswanathan Anand\">Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa with Norway Chess 2026 trophy, and Viswanathan Anand<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Five-time world chess champion <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/viswanathan-anand\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Viswanathan Anand<\/a> has praised R Praggnanandhaa\u2019s recent form and suggested that world champion D Gukesh look to the young Grandmaster\u2019s example as he tries to regain momentum. <!-- -->Praggnanandhaa recently became the first Indian to win Norway Chess, while Gukesh had a disappointing campaign and finished sixth.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Anand said he was impressed by Praggnanandhaa\u2019s fighting spirit and the way he bounced back strongly in the latter stages of the tournament. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>\u201cI am delighted that Praggnanandhaa has won Norway Chess in an impressive style. I am very happy at the spectacular turnaround (he made) in the last four rounds. <!-- -->He is playing the game with some amazingly impressive concepts and style,\u201d Anand told PTI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>With Gukesh preparing to defend his world title against Javokhir Sindarov later this year, Anand believes the teenager can learn from Praggnanandhaa\u2019s perseverance. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>According to the veteran Grandmaster, Praggnanandhaa is currently in better form, though fortunes in chess can change quickly.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>\u201cAt this moment, Praggnanandhaa is playing better than Gukesh, but anything can change. I think there will be form swings repeatedly. Gukesh seems to be stuck a bit. I think he can take inspiration from Pragg. He can see that if you persist with hard work then at some point things will change,\u201d he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Anand noted that Praggnanandhaa\u2019s aggressive approach has remained consistent over the past year and a half, with the player always willing to take risks and fight for results. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>He also highlighted the healthy rivalry among Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi, saying Indian chess has never before had three players pushing each other at such a high level.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The chess legend was equally pleased with India\u2019s overall rise in the sport. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>With 95 Grandmasters, a reigning world champion and several elite players competing at the highest level, Anand believes India is now among the world\u2019s top three chess nations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/chess\/gukesh-can-take-inspiration-from-praggnanandhaa-viswanathan-anand-advises-world-chess-champion\/articleshow\/131603205.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa with Norway Chess 2026 trophy, and Viswanathan Anand NEW DELHI: Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand has praised R Praggnanandhaa\u2019s recent form and suggested that world champion D Gukesh look to the young Grandmaster\u2019s example as he tries to regain momentum. Praggnanandhaa recently became the first Indian to win Norway Chess, while Gukesh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}