India, June 18 -- Norway Chess 2025 saw Magnus Carlsen claim that he didn't think that D Gukesh was ahead of the pack, despite being the reigning world champion. Carlsen also felt that younger generation of GMs, consisting of the likes Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi still had plenty to learn. Now even Fabiano Caruana, who is the World No. 4 and the third-highest chess player in history, has joined the bandwagon, stating that India's rising chess stars have a lot of work to do, before they start dominating the rankings.

Speaking on his C Squared Podcast, Caruana remarked that he didn't find Indian GMs 'scary', but also felt that they were 'very strong'.

He said, "(These Indians players are) very strong. I think that we'll be competing on more...