Russian Grandmaster Peter Svidler revealed he was approached by Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa's coach RB Ramesh to train the 19-year-old. "I thought this seemed like a logical thing to try and do something I haven’t tried before. And obviously, this is such a lottery ticket," he said. Calling Praggnanandhaa "unbelievably gifted", Svidler added, "It was a reasonably easy decision."