Gukesh, Pragg headline as India announce team for 2026 Chess Olympiad
Grandmaster Srinath Narayanan said about Gukesh that confidence is his superpower, and when he’s low on that, it affects his results. But there’s an element of confidence in his game, which is probably one of the reasons why there are a lot of ups and downs in his play. When he’s really confident, he plays the same way, but he pulls off things.
- ▪Grandmaster Srinath Narayanan said about Gukesh that confidence is his superpower, and when he’s low on that, it affects his results.
- ▪But there’s an element of confidence in his game, which is probably one of the reasons why there are a lot of ups and downs in his play.
- ▪When he’s really confident, he plays the same way, but he pulls off things.
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Grandmaster Srinath Narayanan said about Gukesh that confidence is his superpower, and when he’s low on that, it affects his results. “Gukesh is very good at calculation. But there’s an element of confidence in his game, which is probably one of the reasons why there are a lot of ups and downs in his play. When he’s really confident, he plays the same way, but he pulls off things. But when his confidence is impacted a bit, there are also big drops in his play,” Srinath said to the Indian Express.
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