The mastermind Viswanathan Anand is one of the best Indian chess players, Viswanathan brought in the spark that was needed in our country, he brought the game to our nation and rekindled the game in India. The former World Chess Champion is not only one time but 5 times the World Champion. The legend is the first Indian chess player to achieve this feat, he is also regarded as the best rapid player. Here we have some of his facts that we guarantee you didn’t know about!!
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1. His mother being a chess player
Viswanathan Anand was born in the year 1969 in Tamil Nadu, his father was the head of Southern Railways and his mother was a chess player.
2. Well educated player
According to the sources, he did his schooling at the Don Bosco Matriculation Highest Secondary School in Chennai. He holds a degree of B.Com from college in Chennai.
according to forbesindia.com
3. First Chess mentor
His interest in chess developed at an early age because Anand was guided by his mother Susheela.
4. Tiger of Madras
Anand has got many nicknames and two of them are “Vishy” and “Tiger of Madras” due to his amazing domination in chess.
5. International Master at a young age
At the age of just 14, he got the taste of his first success winning the national Sub-Junior Chess Championship in the year 1983.
These were some of his facts!!
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