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00:00You dropped out of the world championship this year, do you plan to return to the world
00:13championship any time soon?
00:15No.
00:16What has been your time away from chess?
00:19How do you spend your time?
00:22No, I think the thing people don't realize is that my life isn't so different now than
00:29it used to be.
00:30So, I'm still playing tournaments, preparing for them, traveling around and I enjoy it
00:37immensely.
00:38So, this is what I was doing before I started playing the world championship and this is
00:42what I plan on continuing to do for a while.
00:47What will be the expert advice to the newcomers who are coming to the game from school sides?
00:55It's very hard for me to say because different things work for different people but for
01:01me this game has always been about fun and that's the message I'm trying to get across
01:08to everybody that chess is a fun game and I hope others will join in the fun.
01:17That's all I can really hope for.
01:20Recently you've been saying that India is coming up in a big way.
01:23You see the Indian talent here.
01:25What are your thoughts on the young prodigies coming out of the ranks?
01:29No, I think it's awesome to see both the interest in chess and also both in terms of media,
01:39public, general population and obviously the huge amounts of young players that are taking
01:49over the chess scene.
01:55I think we're just at the beginning of a revolution that started with Anand becoming a grandmaster
02:03and then back in 1989, if I'm not completely mistaken, and then eventually winning the
02:12world championship and we're seeing it now.
02:16I think it's only going to get better.
02:19India is producing grandmasters at a higher level than ever before.
02:25Players like especially now Gokesh is breaking into the world's elite at an early age and
02:33I think he's going to be the trend rather than the exception coming up.
02:40I think we have a lot to look forward to.
02:44I've got a question from a friend.
02:47After Carlsen, who could be the next best chess player like Bobby Fischer and Gary Kasparov?
02:53Yeah, I don't look at after me yet.
02:59No, I was asked this question like 11 years ago.
03:10It was a friend of my father's actually who asked me like, what are you going to do in
03:2115 years when somebody comes along who is better than you?
03:25I was like, no, that's not going to happen.
03:28I'm still fighting.
03:31Thank you very much.
03:32Did you get a chance to interact with Yuvi Chahal, the ambassador, and how was the yacht party?
03:39The yacht was nice.
03:41It was beautiful to see a bit of the city at night so it was a nice relaxing experience.