Chess | India no. 1 R Pragnanandha enters honest: ‘It is difficult to play classical’. Chess news

New Delhi: Teen Indian Grandmaster R Praggananandha believes that the gradual change of elite players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, who is away from classical chess, is largely due to mental and physical fatigue related to long format. Both Carlsen, five -time world champions, and World No. 2 Nakamura have chosen rapidly for freestyle, rapid and blitz formats on traditional classical events.Praggananandha, who has already claimed three major classical titles in 2024- Tata Steel Masters, Superbet Classic, and UZ Chess Cup- people who are an important factor behind the growing preparations for classical games that are required for classical games.“Classical chess is difficult to play because everyone is well prepared … part of the preparation of the opening is very large in the classical chess. If you compare it with freestyle, you do not need to prepare before a game, while in classical chess, you are basically forced.“I don’t think anyone really enjoys that process, but you are forced and you have a plan for everything. This requires a lot of effort,” he explained.A 19-year-old man from Chennai also said that repeated classical tournaments can be taken to the mind and body of a player.

“And when you play a lot of such tournaments, your energy is also (drought) … I mean you can be mentally and physically tired. So all these things happen. I think that is why everyone likes other formats,” he said.

Praggananandha admitted that he personally enjoys freestyle and rapid format, although he still sees classical as the foundation of classical chess.“I mean, I like freestyle too much because of the fact that you do not need to prepare before a game. This does not mean that we (our) do not want to work on chess. We enjoy working on chess.“But the fact is that you (put endless hours in preparation) … If you are forced to do three-four hours of preparation before the game, it’s not really something that everyone likes. Therefore, I like freestyle. I like freestyle. I like fast and it is slightly more than classical. But I think classical is still the main thing. ,He also credited the Adani Group to support his growth as a professional player in the last 18 months.“Adani sportsline has already supported me for the last one and a half years. And it is quite important because we travel a lot and training is also expensive.”“For example, last year, I played in the candidates, which required a team to help and then also preferred in-trap. So all these things require support and I think the Adani group is supporting me in a vast way.“And they were also there when I did not have last year (a good); they were supporting me there. So, yes, thank you a great thanks to them.”