Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is confident that Indian players will be a dominant force in world chess in the near future.
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00:00But I'm convinced that this golden generation will keep India well represented in almost all competitions for the next few years.
00:06At least one of them is going to be in every place.
00:12The situation with Indian chess is very, very good.
00:14Of course, these two are spearheading it right now in a way, but we still have many others.
00:18Arjun, Nihal, Vidit.
00:20Vidit is playing some of his best chess again, so even though he's in his 30s and we tend to not include him in this group,
00:28I hope he's doing very well.
00:30The fact that Gukesh is now 8th in the world and Pragnananda is 20th and they've made rapid improvement recently.
00:38Obviously, all the hope and attention is there, but we'll see how they evolve.
00:41I believe that it's a long journey, but I'm convinced that this golden generation will keep India well represented in almost all competitions for the next few years.
00:50At least one of them is going to be in every place.
00:53So that's very exciting.
00:55I'm extremely happy he broke it.
00:58In a sense, it was a standing record because I've been semi-retired for two and a half years now.
01:03So I play very few events, which means that my number is not bobbing around.
01:07And the impressive thing is, I think in just over a year, he has gained 50 points above 2700, which is the thing.
01:16I mean, there you don't move so fast, but it's very impressive.
01:19Also, Pragnananda has gained like 40 points in the last few months.
01:23So a very impressive performance by both of them.