India, June 5 -- By Vipul Kashyap

Stavanger [Norway], June 5 (ANI): Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand expressed his delight at the growing popularity of chess in India, attributing the surge of interest to the emergence of young stars like R Praggnanandhaa and Dommaraju Gukesh.

Anand said that these rising talents have played a pivotal role in captivating fans and sustaining excitement around the game.

"For any game to succeed, you need players to do well and produce something interesting for the fans to enjoy. Luckily, Pragg (Praggnanandhaa) and Gukesh (Dommaraju) are doing that very well," Anand said.

Anand, who has long been the face of Indian chess, believes that the sport is witnessing an unprecedented boom in the countr...