India, Nov. 3 -- Google Pranav V and the first video that pops up is titled, "The next superstar of Indian chess in the making". In a country that boasts of five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand and reigning world champion D Gukesh, it is a tag that can feel heavy.

Perhaps few can understand that better than Pranav's Round 2 opponent at the FIDE World Cup in Goa, Aryan Tari. Except, Tari was billed as the next chess superstar of a country that produced one of the greatest in the game's history - Norway's Magnus Carlsen.

Tari, 26, and Pranav, 19, have another commonality. Both are world junior champions, the latter being the current holder of the title, while the former won in 2017.

Tari became the 2015 Norwegian champion at 16, th...