I am from the same place as Praggnanandhaa and this pronunciation is correct. :) One of the very few chess people in the Chess world to actually pronounce it correctly. I hope that there would be a time in future where Nepo and Pragg meet for the world championship. It would be fun to see how many errors are made by journalists spelling and pronouncing their names.
It was in this position you can't simply tell who will be the future wc firouza? Pragg ? gukesh? Abdusattorov? Will be interesting to see them fight for wc. Still magnus is definitely unbeatable in wcc
The crypto cup is still going on as i type this prag is on the second game .....🤣🤣🤣🤣...the speed with which these videos are coming .... legend for a reason
That was a punishing game by prag and worse still it's against alireza, a player thought to he his inspiration. You expect alireza to play the way that prag played but it wasn't to be. Nice game 👍 prag
@@Tideman11 How is this much likely? Gukesh is much better & younger than Pragg, and you don't even know what new players gonna come in the near future.
Those engine-lines keep making chess more and more difficult. The quote will soon be "Play the opening like a machine, the middle-game like a machine and the end-game like an even better machine."
Nah, the opening will always be played like a book. One because there is no inherent advantage to any one opening, which is evidenced by people still having to tell machines which opening to play, and this will likely always be the case. Two, because all the openings are well-documented, and arguably the whole definition of an "opening" in Chess is that part of the game which is played by the book, meaning that engines don't really have anything to add to it. And three the choice of opening very much depends on not just the player playing it, but arguably even more so on their opponent, and determining the two players' strengths and weaknesses is something computers will likely never be able to help with.
It's endearing that you care about pronouncing the names correctly. I assure you that this updated version is the accurate way to say his name. I'm from Pragg's town and this is exactly how we will say his name. So, thank you.
Regarding the pronunciation - it's a bit of both actually. The first part of the name is a Sanskrit root "प्रज्ञ" (represented in IAST as "Prajña") meaning "the highest form of intelligence". The thing is, the English language does not have a word for the 'j' (or 'ज्ञ'). As you can see, it has instead been represented as "jña" which should be taken together to represent the equivalent Sanskrit letter 'ज्ञ'. So it's a bit like the 'ñ' in the Spanish name "Nuñez" or "niño". And the j is actually more like a g. The Latin script is really limited and does a frankly poor job of representing syllable sounds of many, many languages.
Like a true professional, Agadmator cares about pronunciation of proper names. Great. Your present pronunciation is correct as per the spelling used by Pragg himself. Keep rocking. Excellent video
I have added another nugget into my portfolio of astonishing chees repertoire. PLAY THE OPENING LIKE A BOOK, THE MIDDLE GAME LIKE A MAGICIAN AND THE END GAMES LIKE A MACHINE _R.Spielmann. thanks to Agadmator
I am from Tamilnadu/India. The current pronunciation of the player 'Praggnanandhaa' is the correct one. I have to admit that the name is little difficult to pronounce even for a Tamil person but the simplest one (current) is the correct one here 😉.
Once black's pawn got weak Prag just leaned on it till it fell. Then he created a passed pawn threat and a mate threat simultaneously. Very hard to defend that or draw it, but Alireza tried at least.
"Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine" - Rudolf Spielmann (Austrian chess player , 5 May 1883)
The pronunciation was correct. Look at how his father pronounces his name. It is a Sanskrit name. Pragya(also sometimes written Praggna, because of a special character) + Anandhaa
Both pronunciations are correct in a way. That particular sound "ggna" is spelt and pronounced differently by different people. Pragya... is how it is said in the North of India. In the South it is Pragna.... or Prajna.... In the West some people spell and pronounce it as Pradnya.... All are acceptable, though probably Prag pronounces it as Pragna....
South Indian pronunciation is more archaic, directly out of old Vedic sanskrit. Where as "Gya" is more of Classical sanskrit, born in Sursen region in North India. Hence north Indians call it Pragya
Capablanca: "blacks position was never really unassailable" ps.: the famous opening, middle, endgame quote was also shown in a earlier video of Agad, by Rudolf Spielmann
My prediction for Pragg is happily materialising. When I saw a young boy in Tata Steel completely frustrate Nakamura - the writing was on the wall. World champion material.
The game seemed kind of dirty to me... according to my calculations (as an accomplished Geometrist) White's chances of playing all these 'top engine moves' is like 1 in 20,000 amongst 2800 players. The reasons WHY it would be like that is because this set is available MUCH quicker than if you went for a pattern like 'the 3rd best move to the 1st to the 4th etc...' Top 3rd in many cases would be enough to beat someone like this 2800 player doing the black pieces (pardon my 'un-chess' expressions, I'm not a player, I'm a scientist and I study the interplay of technology and culture. Rough business I can tell you). Anyway, this was a fast paced game and so you couldn't have a creative use of top 4 moves - this is VERY suspicious. That fellow Danil Dubov pointed out a similar line of thinking.... but what can you do, it turns out he's Russian, so it gets tossed in the mix.
Arjun, Gukesh then Prag I can't choose one Indian prodigy to cheer for. They all are amazing. India will be at the top of chess world soon and stay there for long long time!!
@SuPThere 24 yo is not a prodigy in any field. We call someone a prodigy who gave exceptional results at very young age. At max 19 yo is called a prodigy. There are many 24 yo in past or present to be 2650+.
@SuPThere well you didn't understood me i guess. He don't have exceptional results. He have steady results. Technically everyone has a chance to reach 2750+ given a long time. A prodigy is the one who reaches it very early. Like Anish Giri and Magnus are prodigies as they reached those milestone very early. Whereas someone who crosses crosses 2750 at the age of 28-30 is not called a prodigy but a strong player who has improved. You don't call someone prodigy if he achieves great milestones in his later life. Moreover SL has very less chances of crossing 2750+. First he need to cross 2700. Parimarajan Negi was a prodigy but he couldn't cross 2700.
@SuPThere even you stated he was 2637 2 years back and now he is 2650 at 24 years of age. Do you see his growth as a prodigious one ? No it's a steady growth.
Prag is quite simply new super computer with more processing power compared to older generation Carlsen. Yes, I see chess masters as supercomputers and normal humans as computers. I am not surprised with human evolution like machines going forward. This is prof of evolution that next generation is almost always better than previous. I see that in today’s kids that are way more intelligent than my or previous generation.
9:50 Ohh... There is a very nice fork for the Black's knight(e5) on d3, forking the White Queen (c5) and White Rook (c1). It's Rapid, so it allowances needs to be made, but still, that Fork could have done serious damage to Whites attack. Even you missed it, Anton.
@@ramalingam7252 You are indeed correct! Well-done. I never said it would save Black, though .;-) With perfect play by White, Black would be mate in 12 moves, including the move with the knight to fork the White Queen and Rook. Like i said, it is rapid. ;-) so 12 moves is a lot of moves to calculate on a whim, especially if you are low on time. Believe me, the effect of delivering a fork at such a time creates chaos, because you are already max stressed.
Ok ok at 7:00 d4xc5 attacking the Queen after Qc7 Rd5 defending the pawn black plays Rd8 remaining in the main line, white defends with Bg2 after Ke5 Qc3 doubling in the c file.
It's very heartening how Agadmator cares for correct pronunciation of names 😊
Yeah he's shows Alot of respect for not just the game but the players as well. 💯
That shows how diligent and good hearted person he is
Imagine if some African with a Xhosa name became an elite chess player lol
Common sense but yeah, many lack it.
Agad is the best of the best. Always classy
Love that you're displaying the ratings now. As the years go by, this will especially be helpful in providing context to each game.
Pragg rating wrong
@@gangambikakm4952 Its their CCT ratings, not fide ratings
@@kirenn1000 what's cct rating?
@@redwanurrahaman8644 Champions Chess Tour ?
@@karthikkrishnamoorthy8975 got it.thanks
Hats off to Antonio for making the effort to pronounce names correctly
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Also it is perfect!
"Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine" - Rudolf Spielmann
"Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a machine and there's no need for an endgame" - Praggu
“Play the opening like a novice, the middle game like an idiot, and blunder your queen before the endgame”
-me
Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a basement torture chamber." -Magnus Carlsen
Play 2. Ke2, if opponent doesn't play ke7, kill him with a double barrel - wise person on internet
Antonio never forgets, he just testing our vast knowledge
The way u pronounced his name... Wow.. Even a tamilian ( state from where praggu hails) will pat u on ur back... Just flawless!!
As someone from gujrat..he did really great..i have tamilan freinds their full names are hella tongue twister
Very very true ….
No ya. Still its wrong. Letter ஞா pronunciation can't be translated in English letters rightly that's the confusion
I am from the same place as Praggnanandhaa and this pronunciation is correct. :) One of the very few chess people in the Chess world to actually pronounce it correctly. I hope that there would be a time in future where Nepo and Pragg meet for the world championship. It would be fun to see how many errors are made by journalists spelling and pronouncing their names.
No he couldnt spell rightly the letter ஞா
It was in this position you can't simply tell who will be the future wc firouza? Pragg ? gukesh? Abdusattorov? Will be interesting to see them fight for wc. Still magnus is definitely unbeatable in wcc
Cuz he's not playing, so yes unbeatable indeed.
@Karl with a K off course prag is younger
@@swarnavabanerjee4112 age doesn't matter, magnus defeated karpov and drew kasparov at 13 years old
@@ytodysm they are talking about a fist fight lol
@@ytodysm it matters 16 year old firouza was not as good as 19 year firouzja
The crypto cup is still going on as i type this prag is on the second game .....🤣🤣🤣🤣...the speed with which these videos are coming .... legend for a reason
That was a punishing game by prag and worse still it's against alireza, a player thought to he his inspiration. You expect alireza to play the way that prag played but it wasn't to be. Nice game 👍 prag
Respect to Agadmator for correctly pronouncing his name ❤️🙏🏻
Prag will definitely become World Champion in the future
At least he'll become one of the strongest contenders
Definitely is perhaps a little bold, but it is very much likely.
Blitz for sure. Classical - I doubt it.
In time we'll see...🙂
@@Tideman11 How is this much likely? Gukesh is much better & younger than Pragg, and you don't even know what new players gonna come in the near future.
Those engine-lines keep making chess more and more difficult. The quote will soon be "Play the opening like a machine, the middle-game like a machine and the end-game like an even better machine."
Nah, the opening will always be played like a book. One because there is no inherent advantage to any one opening, which is evidenced by people still having to tell machines which opening to play, and this will likely always be the case. Two, because all the openings are well-documented, and arguably the whole definition of an "opening" in Chess is that part of the game which is played by the book, meaning that engines don't really have anything to add to it. And three the choice of opening very much depends on not just the player playing it, but arguably even more so on their opponent, and determining the two players' strengths and weaknesses is something computers will likely never be able to help with.
@@AhsimNreiziev It was a joke.
@@schwindsichtigaderechte5293 Obviously. But there is nothing wrong with responding seriously to jokes.
It's endearing that you care about pronouncing the names correctly. I assure you that this updated version is the accurate way to say his name. I'm from Pragg's town and this is exactly how we will say his name. So, thank you.
Wow, so incredible of you to attempt to pronounce Praggnanandhaa the right way. 👏 Huge respect to you.
As I’ve said in the past, agadmator speaks English, and cares about doing it right, as well or often better than those who only know it as their own.
The challenge and mastery of language is a small factor compared to the event of presentation.
@@thequalitones171 one process results from the other.
Regarding the pronunciation - it's a bit of both actually. The first part of the name is a Sanskrit root "प्रज्ञ" (represented in IAST as "Prajña") meaning "the highest form of intelligence". The thing is, the English language does not have a word for the 'j' (or 'ज्ञ'). As you can see, it has instead been represented as "jña" which should be taken together to represent the equivalent Sanskrit letter 'ज्ञ'. So it's a bit like the 'ñ' in the Spanish name "Nuñez" or "niño". And the j is actually more like a g.
The Latin script is really limited and does a frankly poor job of representing syllable sounds of many, many languages.
Thanks for that, my mother tongue is Spanish, ñ letter only exist in the Spanish language
In Croatian we have a letter Nj (or nj in lowercase) for the ñ sound. And yes its two different letters combined making a third letter. 😅
Do you have a "gn" sound? The latin alphabet is perfect for the languages that adopted it
@Juniper bro please stop with this tamil nationalism nonsense , its annoying
@@Sathish11SK although he is not Bragging but idk why Tamils started distancing themselves from Indians.
Pragg is becoming an absolute beast..He is just 16!
17 now. He celebrated his birthday 5 days ago.
Agadmator - you are simply a brilliant communicator, lively and concise. Thank you
Like a true professional, Agadmator cares about pronunciation of proper names. Great. Your present pronunciation is correct as per the spelling used by Pragg himself. Keep rocking. Excellent video
Claim your “here within an hour” ticket right here ❤️
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first minute here
so cool omg watching a video within hour
does it by any chance come with a free cookie
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''Play the machine like a middle game, the opening like an endgame, and the book like a magician''
- Mikhail Nezhmetdinov, probably.
Adolf hitler
Agadmator ji really respect you for your great attitude.🙏
Always love hearing Agad prnouncing names. Such vividity and authenticness.
#suggestion (quote) : "The older I grow, the more I value pawns." ~ Paul Keres
"That's the Story of this Game."
Agad should use it more often. #suggestion 😀
R. Spielmann - 'Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine.'
Love it when our good friend, the light square bishop, comes alive out of nowhere to deliver a nice tactical shot
Sometimes when you play the opening like a book, and middle game like a machine, there would be no endgame since your opponent resigns!
Bobby Fischer is back
“Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine.”
― R. Spielmann
I have added another nugget into my portfolio of astonishing chees repertoire. PLAY THE OPENING LIKE A BOOK, THE MIDDLE GAME LIKE A MAGICIAN AND THE END GAMES LIKE A MACHINE _R.Spielmann. thanks to Agadmator
I am from Tamilnadu/India. The current pronunciation of the player 'Praggnanandhaa' is the correct one. I have to admit that the name is little difficult to pronounce even for a Tamil person but the simplest one (current) is the correct one here 😉.
Appadiya
It's wrong still
It is insane how quick and sudden the game became so one-sided.
But I still like it when je calls him Prggu!!!
Very warm still respectful !!!
Cannot believe it. Pragu outsmarts Firuja
And just like that the world chess community learns and switches to the right pronunciation or Praggnanandhaa
Once black's pawn got weak Prag just leaned on it till it fell. Then he created a passed pawn threat and a mate threat simultaneously. Very hard to defend that or draw it, but Alireza tried at least.
"Play Opening LIke a Machine, Middle Game like a Machine, Endgame like Machine" -- Praggnandha 2022
Everyone makes mistakes and at least you will admit them where some others will not
Your pronounciation of Pragnanandha is correct in this video
The word "Prajna" means wisdom. "Ananda" means supreme bliss. One who delights in wisdom.
And that’s it! Pragg is such a legend.
The respect you show by trying your level best to pronounce names correctly is admirable.
Incredible stuff 👏 🙌
Glad my email helped, you are pronouncing it perfectly
Amazingly well played, ‘like a machine’ as Antonio said
"There was no endgame" - love it
Prag just smothered Alireza. it's hard to even spot a bad move from Alireza he was just defeated without a chance.
"Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine" - Rudolf Spielmann (Austrian chess player , 5 May 1883)
Was max time for this game 10 minutes? Agad said it was rapid but not sure if that is always 10 minutes these days.
Praggnanandhaa played the opening by the book, middle game like a machine and there was no end game...
Magnus : I will play the world championship only if its against Firouzja
Pragg : Firouzja who?
🤣
that's the good stuff started happening for me around 3:50
Todays pronunciation is perfect . Appreciate the effort 👍
At the 6:57 min mark instead of Knc6 why is not Qf6 not a better move was the first move i thought about and it looks to work?
at 8:52 why not bishop to h3?
That’s amazing chess, for a rapid. Like a machine indeed.
The young prodigy has developed a devious mind
Always enjoy your covering of games. Addicted...
What a game praggu... Superb.... ✌
Another great game and another great performance by the dog.
The pronunciation was correct. Look at how his father pronounces his name. It is a Sanskrit name. Pragya(also sometimes written Praggna, because of a special character) + Anandhaa
Both pronunciations are correct in a way. That particular sound "ggna" is spelt and pronounced differently by different people. Pragya... is how it is said in the North of India. In the South it is Pragna.... or Prajna.... In the West some people spell and pronounce it as Pradnya....
All are acceptable, though probably Prag pronounces it as Pragna....
In south , it is pragnyanandhaa
@@ramalingam7252 Yes and that is exactly how it is pronounced. Actually, Prag is the only one who I have come across who spells it with a ggna.
South Indian pronunciation is more archaic, directly out of old Vedic sanskrit. Where as "Gya" is more of Classical sanskrit, born in Sursen region in North India. Hence north Indians call it Pragya
Kudos to alligator for putting effort on pronouncing the names correctly 👍👍
Pragg is a beast and will soon be a dominant champion
Is the Rio Gambit anywhere near the Rio Bravo?
Agadmator, luv your pronunciation perfection
Capablanca: "blacks position was never really unassailable"
ps.: the famous opening, middle, endgame quote was also shown in a earlier video of Agad, by Rudolf Spielmann
Finally the correct pronunciation, you sound Indian while you pronounce it and i love it
100% love and respect for pronouncing Indian names exuberantly. 🔥
The opening like a book and the middlegame like a machine. No magic needed.
Love that you’ve learnt a little Tamil, with the strong “nn”
Great saying about the opening, middle, end!
The quote "play the opening like a book the middle game like a magician and the endgame like a machine was said by Robert spielmann
'Play the machine like a middle game, the opening like an endgame, and the book like a magician'' - Albert Einstein
Precision in pronunciation matches the precise moves of Praggnanandhaa.
My prediction for Pragg is happily materialising. When I saw a young boy in Tata Steel completely frustrate Nakamura - the writing was on the wall. World champion material.
Got a feeling it’ll be ‘World Champion Praggnanadhaa’ in the future,
Such a nice ending position in general, Pieces working so harmoniously
A very clean game. Thanks Agadmator.
The game seemed kind of dirty to me... according to my calculations (as an accomplished Geometrist) White's chances of playing all these 'top engine moves' is like 1 in 20,000 amongst 2800 players. The reasons WHY it would be like that is because this set is available MUCH quicker than if you went for a pattern like 'the 3rd best move to the 1st to the 4th etc...' Top 3rd in many cases would be enough to beat someone like this 2800 player doing the black pieces (pardon my 'un-chess' expressions, I'm not a player, I'm a scientist and I study the interplay of technology and culture. Rough business I can tell you). Anyway, this was a fast paced game and so you couldn't have a creative use of top 4 moves - this is VERY suspicious. That fellow Danil Dubov pointed out a similar line of thinking.... but what can you do, it turns out he's Russian, so it gets tossed in the mix.
I think praggu works just fine . It's kind of sweet. Even praggnanandha will like it even.
Your new pronunciation is spot on! Although it actually a feels a little weird to see non-Indians pronouncing Indian names so correctly lol.
Play the mid-game like a machine, comment like Leko, and analyze like Agad. Got it.
Why pragg rating is 2751 in this video...
Please do this match between them !
Arjun, Gukesh then Prag
I can't choose one Indian prodigy to cheer for.
They all are amazing. India will be at the top of chess world soon and stay there for long long time!!
@SuPThere SL is not a prodigy.
@SuPThere 24 yo is not a prodigy in any field. We call someone a prodigy who gave exceptional results at very young age.
At max 19 yo is called a prodigy. There are many 24 yo in past or present to be 2650+.
@SuPThere well you didn't understood me i guess.
He don't have exceptional results. He have steady results. Technically everyone has a chance to reach 2750+ given a long time.
A prodigy is the one who reaches it very early. Like Anish Giri and Magnus are prodigies as they reached those milestone very early. Whereas someone who crosses crosses 2750 at the age of 28-30 is not called a prodigy but a strong player who has improved.
You don't call someone prodigy if he achieves great milestones in his later life.
Moreover SL has very less chances of crossing 2750+. First he need to cross 2700.
Parimarajan Negi was a prodigy but he couldn't cross 2700.
@SuPThere even you stated he was 2637 2 years back and now he is 2650 at 24 years of age. Do you see his growth as a prodigious one ?
No it's a steady growth.
@SuPThere welcome
Prag is quite simply new super computer with more processing power compared to older generation Carlsen. Yes, I see chess masters as supercomputers and normal humans as computers. I am not surprised with human evolution like machines going forward. This is prof of evolution that next generation is almost always better than previous. I see that in today’s kids that are way more intelligent than my or previous generation.
Absolute machine
I love Pragg
Great video!
Pragg is an absolute beast. Wondering if alireza will reach 2800 again
Awesome Game i laughed after few moves until the end.
The quote you mentioned in the end was said by Capablanca,if I can recall it correctly.
Is pragg rating displayed in correctly?
why wouldnt queen a6 work on resign move?
I see Agadmator, I instantly click the like button!
At 8:52 , why did not Prag play rook to C8 wouldn’t it be a forced checkmate ?
I think the quote was by Rudolf Speilmann
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9:50 Ohh... There is a very nice fork for the Black's knight(e5) on d3, forking the White Queen (c5) and White Rook (c1). It's Rapid, so it allowances needs to be made, but still, that Fork could have done serious damage to Whites attack. Even you missed it, Anton.
That fork won't work....white next move is Qh5 check and mate on Qf7.. To prevent mate by queen after check, Ali played only move Ng6
@@ramalingam7252 You are indeed correct! Well-done. I never said it would save Black, though .;-) With perfect play by White, Black would be mate in 12 moves, including the move with the knight to fork the White Queen and Rook. Like i said, it is rapid. ;-) so 12 moves is a lot of moves to calculate on a whim, especially if you are low on time. Believe me, the effect of delivering a fork at such a time creates chaos, because you are already max stressed.
Awesome win for Pragg 👏👏
Ananda =bliss praggna =~Prajna=Talent, praggnananda=blissful by his talent.
Ok ok at 7:00 d4xc5 attacking the Queen after Qc7 Rd5 defending the pawn black plays Rd8 remaining in the main line, white defends with Bg2 after Ke5 Qc3 doubling in the c file.