Viswanathan Anand Biography

He was born during Chennai on December 11th 1969, Viswanathan Anand began his preparation

In chess by the side of the age of six from his mother Susheela. She gave him his initial coaching in chess. His father Viswanathan following whose name Anand is caringly called as Vishy is a railway executive. Providence crowned him with victory at the affectionate age of fourteen when he won the National Sub Juniors Championship in 1983. While then a sequence of victory ensued with him captivating many extra titles. He has been a World Championship competitor in the PCA (New York 1995) & FIDE (1997 Lausanne) cycles. He has moreover the credit of endearing the strongest bang out tournament in Groningen in December 1997 as well as the Linares super Torneo in 1998. The Melody Amber tournament (1994 & 1997), the Credit Suisse Masters (1997), Dos Hermanas (1997) and Wijk Aan Zee (1998) are his extra renowned victories. According on the way to the rating lists of PCA and FIDE Anand has ranked as the second best chess player in the globe. Anand's latest success include the Corus Chess Tournament in the years 2003, 2004 and 2006, Dortmund in 2004 and The Monaco Amber Blind crinkle and the Rapid Chess competition in the years 1994, 1997, 2003, 2005 and 2006.