Kolkata: Viswanathan Anand is all for uncertainty in Indian sports.
World chess champions five times believed to have a system, but at the same time he did not feel that the champion was only produced through it.
“It is good to have a system, but at the same time you have to leave the room for some uncertainty in it.
I don’t think it will work well if you reduce Indian sports with certain methods or systems to produce a winner,” he was told to Ti After the Kolkata Rapid and Blitz tournament here.
“Norway did not do anything specific to get Magnus Carlsen.
In the same way, I don’t know if Iran has a program but now we have (Alireza) Firouzja,” reasoned.
However, at the same time India No.
1 Feeling the system in place does help sports grow.
“Even though I have not watched the system in other countries carefully, I know many countries have several programs.
But obviously there is no correlation between the program and stirring the champions.
But yes it must help to a certain extent,” he said.
In that aspect Anand feels Indian chess staring.
He likes to see a group of talented young players and eager to work with them now.
“In chess all elements that enter and the pieces slowly fall in place.
The game has gotten a lot of benefits during a pandemic with more online events and people follow them are also good signs,” he said.
Maestro was not disappointed that there were no fellow senipas which could make the world championship cycle chasing him.
“See most countries don’t break into the next level.
Sometimes it happens, sometimes not,” he showed.
However, he advocated patience.
“I know how Russians support the game after the fall of the Soviet Union.
They passed the whole process of rebuilding.
But it took a long time.
Now Russia is probably the strongest chess country in the world and the best junior players too,” he said.
He also hopes good days ahead for Indian chess.
“We have raw materials, talent, but we must continue to do it to reach the next stage,” he added that he was associated with coach GM Rb Ramesh who had nurtured most players who rose.