The exponential rise of Indian chess skills is a results of strong ‘structural assist, good mentors and backing from the nation’ which america of America lacks and it’ll lead their chess scene to nowheresville is what the American Grandmaster Hans Niemann believes.
Praising the Indian chess ecosystem, whereas additionally mentioning the plain flaws in American chess, Neimann wrote on X (Twitter), “The rise of Indian chess skills is essentially attributable to structural assist. Anand mentors all the prime gamers, massive firms and the federal government assist them financially. America has no infrastructure, all the most proficient gamers go to Ivy leagues and give up chess. If we wish to dominate the chess world, we have to assist younger skills as a substitute of shopping for gamers from different nations like mercenaries. If issues proceed this manner, American chess will fade into obscurity.”
India, who’ve the present world champion in D. Gukesh, are additionally the defending champion of the Olympiad in each open and ladies’s sections.
Earlier, One other US GM, world No. 2, Hikaru Nakamura echoed the identical opinion in regards to the ecosystem which helps the Indian chess develop.
“Once I take a look at chess, there’s one nation that’s doing very, very properly, the place the entire ecosystem is developed the way in which that I want it have been say within the US. That nation is clearly India the place there isn’t a nice imbalance,” Nakamura had stated through the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour occasion in Weissenhaus, Germany.
“I feel that it’s actually nice to see is while you take a look at chess, I feel the Indian mannequin proper now may be very clearly the most effective,” he added. Nakamura additionally stated the sponsorship has achieved wonders for Indian chess.
Just lately, India’s Pranav Venkatesh gained the world junior championship, whereas 25-year-old Aravindh Chithambaram gained the Prague Masters 2025.