FIDE TO ANNOUNCE VENUE FOR WORLD CUP SOON: PREZ

The city that will host the Fide Chess World Cup in India later this year will be announced in the next few days, with Fide president Arkady Dvorkovich refusing to confirm New Delhi as the venue.

- HT Correspondent

STAVANGER: Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand says he likes to compartmentalise the various hats he currently wears. Over the last 10 days in Stavanger, though, he's been a busy man. Amidst his daily commentary gig with Norway Chess, Anand made a quick dash for the "Clash of Generations" exhibition game in Italy, and was among the speakers at the Norway Summit on Wednesday. Sitting down with members of Indian media ahead of that, the five-time world champion spoke on a range of issues—from Gukesh's performance in the tournament to Magnus Carlsen's fist bang.

On Gukesh's tests of survival in Norway Chess

It is nothing that wasn't unknown to me. He is tough, quite tenacious. He copes pretty well with setbacks. Obviously, this is a higher test, a more intense tournament. He seems to be under pressure every day, but several days he came out well. Yesterday (on Tuesday, in the loss against Hikaru Nakamura) he flipped a little bit. Suddenly too much success, perhaps two days of getting lucky—of course, you make your luck—and something was off with him. But, that happens.

On whether Gukesh is playing too much