Praggnanandhaa: "I'm not going to touch chess for the next half a day!"

[@baron3576]

He seems like such a genuine young lad.

[@Plexippuspetersi92]

I mean yeah. He just turned 18. He is literally the youngest lad in the semifinals.

[@acrossthemilkyway22]

can’t take off eyes from his face

[@gatimeansmotion2959]

I feel , PRAGG has the nerve like Magnus upto some extend!! And at some point others consider Pragg's style is like Visy!! Feel Pragg will be the 🔮🏆!!! THE 🚾!!

[@freespeech515]

He is too honest. Very interesting. Others hide things. they brought him up well

[@VictorMarwood]

Not sure what's wrong with hiding things

[@MJWynn]

@@VictorMarwood whatever is hidden will eventually be exposed by the light

[@rsr22.3]

He has become so confident (in a good way) over the years esp with interviews - loved this one. Thank you chess24 ❤️

[@ryuk5673]

🤨 he is like this in all his interviews, and he’s only been on the world chess stage about 2 years now. And he was literally 16 at the time. The more ya know

[@jgone4856]

Pragg is climbing higher on my favorites. He's very likable and talented. Can't wait to see him play tomorrow and perhaps the candidates omg

[@geert574]

this is like Tal saying 'I'm not touching the bottle the next half a day!'

[@Placename3421]

I really want to see him play in the candidates

[@oldfrenchguy]

There's a high chance that Prag will be on the Candidates since Magnus just said he'll still not join the Candidates if he'll ever qualify for it

[@juliocadavid6640]

Not a chance, it's done. He's in the candidates. If magnus wants to play, he just automatically gets in by his Elo

[@fumuso]

@@juliocadavid6640 and magnus isnt playing

[@fumuso]

@@juliocadavid6640 what on earth are you talking about? yes i i know magnus isnt playing in the candidates. in fact thats the only point in my comment

[@juliocadavid6640]

@@fumuso ohh my bad haha i saw a "?" Symbol at the end of your comment. Thinking you were asking haha my bad

[@paulsummerfield6357]

Pragg has a chance of 2800+ in the future as only 18 atm

[@babyitsnatural]

Not gonna touch chess for the next half a day... whoa slow down there Pragg. Let's not get too crazy here!😂

[@goldenera7090]

Magnus Pragg final match imagine both coming late to board - lol but seriously Pragg has chances to win the Candidates as well and then play Ding Liren- go Pragg

[@JL-ku7wo]

How does that work if both come to the table late? The clock doesn’t start until black starts the timer. Does the arbiter start it or something?

[@goldenera7090]

@@JL-ku7wo I think they will have to wait until either player turns up

[@Jz-pu6jd]

Pragg speaks like Nepo - so often uses "yeah".

[@sayand2706]

That’s because English is not his native language so it take time to translate thoughts into words and to fill the gap most people use those type of connecting words

[@JTST1234]

@@sayand2706 yeah

[@shangpamtuithung9031]

Yeah

[@skshmpareek]

​@@sayand2706yeah

[@leonardoarciniegas3215]

I use to say "everything is going to be all right" and I am not Axl Rose

[@ravivaradhan4956]

Pragg needed 30 seconds to come up with his first move - Nf3!

[@chinnakancharla1232]

Prag is genious

[@rijiedbaskhemkatrai3188]

Nice Voice u GM David Howell first heard him at the press interview at India Chess Olympiad / congratulations prag 🎉

[@ronaldchristian1960]

Go Pragg

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

"I will just play it in my head."

[@LifeUnfiltered-Raw]

Congratulations Praggnanandhaa ❤️ 🎉🎉

[@tomcat234]

Pragg seems like a good lad

[@Jamile-g2g]

Magnus ❤❤❤❤

[@mahalakshmikousalya]

I'm a Genious in watching his videos without skipping a sec and keeping in a repeat mode at times

[@abc_chess]

Pragg top!❤

[@judenfisch]

my hero pragg lets go

[@nano61]

Great hosts!

[@sandeeproy1327]

That half day of missing chess, I tell you, cost him a win in the classical semis, and the match had to go to tie-breaks! 😂

[@ahsanhaider6549]

Such a humble lad. Wanna see him win against Caruana. Would be tough, but he has already defeated Hikaru, so there might be a good chance.

[@krishrao2778]

Please do improve your health and stamina in the months ahead.

[@kingkillah101]

Champion material for sure

[@parthakaarjun]

Just 18 years old.

[@dfull31]

That is what i say to myself after losing to a level 500 elo scrub

[@LokeshKumar-90]

What did he say after 4:10?

[@HELLO_019]

He heard something related to position, the question was something else.

[@chaike9001]

Something bout you needing a better barber

[@rider__anubhav]

Congratulations champion 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@Varun_0276]

🇮🇳🧡🤍💚🇮🇳

[@fairtrue4557]

the leko says stupid questions

[@nigelio27]

From Spain we are rooting for Propaganda 😅

[@mayankagarwal4492]

Pragg will lose to fabi 100% Indians are master in creating hype of their players😂

[@adhi_r]

Win or Loss we will keep supporting him he has come so far and btw losing to Fabi in a semi in itself is an achievement

[@juliocadavid6640]

I see more likely Abasov beating Magnus than Pragg beating Caruana. Caruana is in a much better shape than Magnus imo

[@kinshuksrivastava6128]

and Pragg will kick your ass any day.

[@youdontknowme2508]

500 rated player who rage quits after blundering all pieces commenting on World Cup lol

[@broken1394]

I don't think they've created any Hype, Pragg just turned 18 his best day's are to come, even if loses, he's been sensational this tourney. Magnus in a post match interview said of Gukesh that the 'Sky is the limit for him' - those are his exact words. But perhaps you think your better qualified to talk about these guys than the current World Number 1?

[@iamnothing8533]

Such a hypocritical lad, he clearly will touch,just say so to confuse his opponent

[@rohanshetty4970]

That's Magnus Gambit for you!!

[@Dpk_YT]

😂😂😂😂 Everyone knows it

[@dhi1083]

Clearly You have no Idea how much energy every game drains out of them.....

[@sergiuseling]

It was around 8 PM. Guy has eat and to sleep. And he only said 12 hours. Today at 8 AM is back on chess tough, no lies

[@freespeech515]

he seems to physically weak. Arjun looks strong physically so is gukesh. He seems to be person who dont eat well because you need to weight light and do gym. I heed a trainer. Its exhausting physically and mentally. one of the reason carlson said enough for long games. who cares...who is champion. he already done enough. Pragg wont win if he is physically weak like this.

[@mattdill5794]

This guy is clearly cheating. It will come out soon

[@talentshow6738]

He is not cheating he is a real prodigy

[@navneethgopal1211]

Only thing coming is your mom.

[@freespeech515]

He seems to be physically weak. I hope he eats beef or lamb biriyani. Screw vegetarian food.

[@mestra9827]

South Indians are mostly non vegetarian except Aryans who consider themselves as Brahmin.

[@ptj1ptj172]

​@@mestra9827south Indians are mostly vegetarians, now that is news to me 😂😂😂😂 it it the other way round. Get educated!!!

[@clintk]

@@ptj1ptj172 perhaps educate yourself on the English language. Try read what he said one more time

[@Phurngirathaana]

He looks like L

[@randomtrickspro8828]

​@@mestra9827ur history is weird 😂😂

[@superdooperr]

me not touching chess 2 years...

[@georgeedginton2541]

These chess players are very introverted. I mean border line very odd. They speak like a move in chess very slow calculating. Very boring hearing them talk.

[@georgeedginton2541]

They are all nerd dorky. Chess was made for them because what else would they do.

[@matthewp4320]

Yeah that's true Btw why are you on a chess channel then like are you retarded

[@arandomchannel56]

Lol i kind of agree with you. A person who speaks well is rare in this game

[@mmapl7166]

he speaks pretty quickly and fluently for someone speaking his secondary language, not sure what ur on about but ig ur just trolling

[@ahsanhaider6549]

@@mmapl7166 Not trolling, just ealousy. Dude is 18 and is roaming the world. Came from humble background, and speaks fluently in his 2nd language (or probably 3rd, given that Hindi is his national language and his mother tongue is something else) with grammatical accuracy.