Pragg and Divya arrive at the 2026 Chess Olympiad to a crowd of fans seeking photos and autographs. Players from Ireland and other teams chat about club culture and government support for chess. Vishy Anand's influence on player humility comes up as organizers call everyone to their seats for the next round.
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Hi, Anna. Go swim! Very famous. Your father is your best friend.
Nicaragua, can I have a picture of you too, please? Come, please.
The whole family.
Give me, give me the phone.
Wait, wait, wait.
Autographs as well.
They are more famous than Magnus.
Thank you so much. Can I have a picture? Everybody, no, it's already. Okay, like this.
Yes, the camp opening.
Thank you so much. Where do you want me to put the table? You're doing excellent.
You're so nice.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome. Thank you so much.
Oh, thank you very much. Thank you so much.
Which team are you here with?
I'm, uh, I'm here with Ireland. Uh, we have a good chess culture. We have a lot of Of a lot of clubs. We have a very good league structure.
In the Armstrong team, I'm in the Gory team.
Gory!
I am. I am a member. I am my number one player in sorry. In go Ireland!
Whoa!
Yeah, yeah. We have to do that. We get no support from our government.
Yeah.
It's dreadful.
We can't do it.
We can't win.
Good luck.
Hello. Thank you.
Sorry.
Come on, let's go. Okay, guys. All the best, guys. I need Band-Aids. Thank you. All the best. अन्य अन्य बातें मोटर हैं अन्य जैसे Hi, ladies, not from this way. Good luck. Can I have another bro?
Can you sign it?
Or it's okay.
Thank you.
Oh my God, could I have your autograph please?
For my daughter.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you. बाबे वेट। यार यार। Nice, thank you so much.
Like all the players, they always give that extra time. I think it's Vishy that influenced all of them, but I don't know what it— but thank you. And I know you're you're fragman as well. Mother, but say you've done a brilliant job with your son and your daughter as well. Uh, it's amazing, but they all seem to be just humble people, and that's so good to see because we, we do have egos in the chess world. But it's—
that's it.
So my name is Roshan. Roshan. I have 4 kids. What's the secret recipe? If you don't mind, can I take one photo with you? I show to my wife, kids. So it's my honor. So I can do something like that. So, wow, sun from here is all right.
So what's the secret of this?
How? How?
I don't know.
Thank you very much.
All the best. How much are these? I mean, this— you enjoy the ride? No, I mean, you know, a lot of people walk, they come and see you.
Dear players, please take your seats. We start in 3 minutes.
