Viswanathan Anand reveals off dance abilities with D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi; see video

The legendary Viswanathan Anand in addition to present superstars D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi are primarily identified for his or her exploits on a chess board greater than the rest. It’s subsequently a welcome change to see them making headlines for his or her dancing abilities.

5-time world champion Anand hosted reigning world champion Gukesh together with a number of different chess stars for Pongal breakfast at his Chennai residence not too long ago. And the icing on the cake was the legend and his disciples shaking a leg whereas clad in conventional veshtis.

Watch their dance strikes right here:

Impromptu dance ft. @vishy64theking @DGukesh @rpraggnachess @viditchess @sagarchess1 @ChessbaseIndia and others! pic.twitter.com/ZIzwKaqRMd

— Chess.com – India (@chesscom_in) January 12, 2025

Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and the remaining appeared considerably hesitant initially, however the room was quickly filled with power and laughter as soon as they adopted Anand’s lead.

Anand is broadly seen as the person chargeable for nurturing the present era of Indian chess stars, having arrange the WestBridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA) in December 2020. Gukesh, who had not too long ago turn into the youngest chess world champion of all time and the second Indian after Anand, was a part of WACA’s first batch of gamers.

Gukesh, Vidit, Pragg and top-ranked Indian Arjun Erigaisi had received gold in dominant style on the forty fifth Chess Olympiad in Budapest in September. The ladies’s staff comprising Praggnanandhaa’s sister R Vaishali in addition to Harika Dronavalli, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agarwal and Tania Sachdev would additionally win gold in the identical competitors, leading to India changing into solely the third nation to finish a golden double on the prestigious competitors.

After his conquer Chinese language Grandmaster Ding Liren within the FIDE World Cup in Singapore, Gukesh will subsequent be seen within the motion on the Tata Metal Chess that will get underway in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands on Friday together with Arjun, Praggnanandhaa and Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna.