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There’s thing peculiar that R. Praggnanandhaa is doing to hole for games against Magnus Carlsen but ‘whatever is being done is working,’ said his manager Vaibhav Suri.
With the Indian GM having done the treble against the World No.1 successful Norway Chess 2026, Suri said, “I don’t deliberation truthful (on immoderate peculiar preparation). If we are, I volition marque definite we bash proceed it. (We) are trying to enactment arsenic motivated arsenic we tin and trying to support moving arsenic hard arsenic we can.”
Like Praggnanandhaa, helium excessively said Carlsen is “still highly strong.
Maybe he’s conscionable not arsenic motivated arsenic helium was a fewer years ago, but is inactive a monstrous player.”
Further, Suri, a Grandmaster himself, told The Hindu, that everyone has immense respect for Carlsen.
Key takeaway
“I deliberation the cardinal takeaway astatine slightest for america is he’s great, but possibly he’s not invincible... he’s beatable.”
Praising Praggnanandhaa, helium said, “to bushed him doubly successful a classical crippled is not astatine each a tiny feat.”
Asked if the 20-year-old from Chennai had enactment the below-par show successful the caller Candidates tourney down him, Suri said, “his level of play was not atrocious (in Cyprus).”
Quick to determination on
“The effect evidently wasn’t encouraging. I deliberation arsenic with astir things, you judge and you determination on, which I deliberation helium did reasonably quickly,” added Suri.
(The writer is successful Oslo astatine the invitation of Norway Chess).
