It will not be usually that one earns reward from Magnus Carlsen. Nihal Sarin’s liking for the sooner codecs in chess is thought, and the Norwegian World No. 1 talked about how good the 21-year-old Indian might be.
The large praise apart, the Indian GM appears to have realised that his play within the classical time control hasn’t progressed as a lot as he would have favored.
And, Nihal has turned to GM Vishnu Prasanna — the previous coach of World champion D. Gukesh — to regain his mojo within the classical time control and enhance his score.
“Yeah.. I am working with Vishnu Prasanna. Nothing specific, just a few things. Grateful to work with him, and we just talk a lot of chess,” Nihal informed The Hindu.
Asked if not crossing the 2700 ELO in classical chess was weighing closely on his thoughts, Nihal stated: “Not really. I am trying my best not to think about it.”
The GM is within the metropolis for the Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters event and scalped Arjun Erigaisi within the fourth spherical on Sunday to get better from a sluggish begin.
“So far, it has been an eventful tournament for me. It has been very interesting.”
He credited five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand for the surge in Indian chess and stated India’s first GM impressed a era of youngsters to take up chess professionally.
Nihal is all reward for the 19-year-old D. Gukesh, who clinched the World title late final yr.
“He is an unbelievable participant. The degree he confirmed within the Candidates event was otherworldly, and he maintained that within the closing [against Ding Liren] additionally.
