Current young chess players of India are very talented and strong – Magnus Carlsen
33-year-old Magnus Carlsen, Norway's five-time former world champion, says that the calculation skills of Indian players are very excellent, perhaps they are trained in this manner. First of all you look at Vishwanathan Anand, who has incredible knowledge about the game.
Magnus Carlsen, a 33-year-old Norwegian chess player, has faced off against young Indian players as well as 54-year-old veteran Viswanathan Anand of India. Carlson is greatly impacted by the younger generation of Indians. He thinks that Vishwanathan Anand's legacy is being brilliantly carried on by the stars of the new generation, such as Grandmaster D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa. Aside from this, young Indian athletes are incredibly strong and fearless in addition to being gifted.
Carlson says that the calculation skills of Indian players are very excellent, perhaps they are trained in this manner. First of all you look at Vishwanathan Anand, who has incredible knowledge about the game. But, the first thing you notice about him and the first thing you notice especially about other young Indian players is his calculation skills. I think this is a key characteristic that connects the generations of Indian players I have played with.
The veteran Norwegian player said that one thing I can say with full confidence is that India's current chess generation is definitely the strongest and most dangerous. Compared to the rest of the world, the present young generation of India is very brilliant. Especially those born between 2003 and 2006.