Fabiano Caruana

World No.3

“I think it’s objective. Looking at the results of the last Chess Olympiad, India was very strong there. I thought that the United States team would be kind of equal, (that) we would be fighting on equal terms, but India ended up playing much better.

They’re also all very different players from one another. They’re equal in terms of their ability, their strengths and their results in some ways, although Gukesh has been the most successful of course because he won the Candidates and the World Championship. But they have very distinctive styles,

India has the future. The current players are very strong and also very young. But you also have some even younger guys who will get very strong in the next few years. So, it’s going to be hard to compete with Indian chess. It’s a good thing, I think. But also, I’m hoping that we can put up a fight in the next Olympiad.”