| Name |
Anand |
| Pet Names |
Baba, Sagara |
| Nick Names |
Lightning Kid, vishy-theTiger
from Madras |
| Date of birth |
11th December,1969 |
| Born in |
Chennai |
| Brought up in |
Chennai and Manila
(Philippines), for a couple of years -the vital stage in his
early development in Chess. |
| Education |
Graduation in Commerce
from Loyola College, Chennai. |
| Started
Chess at |
The age of 6 |
| Learned
Chess from |
Mother |
| Current World Ranking |
No: 2 |
| Marriage |
June,1996 (arranged
by his parents) |
| Family |
Father : Vishwanathan...
Retired General Manager, Southern Railways
Mother : Susheela...
housewife
Elder Brother: Shivakumar...
Chief Design Engineer with Crompton Greaves
Elder
sister :Anuradha... teaches at Michigan University,USA
Wife:Aruna...Graduate
in Public Relations
|
| First Tournament |
L
& T Open,Chennai |
| First
Junior level national Championship |
won
at Vasco-da
Gama, Goa ,1984 |
| First
Senior level National championship |
1986(youngest
winner) |
| First
International Tournament |
Lloyds
Bank Masters,London (1984) |
| Biggest
achievment |
World
Champion-Year 2000 |
| Long
time Achievment |
"One
man Indian Chess revolution" |
| Awards |
Arjuna
Award (1985)
Padmashri(1987,youngest
ever recipient)
National
citizens Award(1987)
Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna(1991-92,first ever recipient)
Chess
Oscar(1997-98)
Padma
Bhushan(1998)
Padma
Vibhushan(2001) and many more... |
| Favourites |
Food:
Thai (all time favourite...Sambar rice, Rasam and egg curry)
Film:
Freaks out on comedy. Also likes action
Music: Abba, Queen, U2, Petshop Boys
and also rock
Actor
& Actress:Hasn't watched an Indian movie for ages.Likes
Sharon Stone.
Holiday
spot: Paris, Spain in general Holland. Jaipur...and enjoys Singapore too.
Pastime:Card
game-Rummy. |
| Asset |
His lightning speed
of play and intuition |
| Trade Mark |
Besides his simplicity
its his whacky sharp wit |
| Habit |
Anand never loses his
cool |
| Trait |
'Baba does loses his
cool when he loses a card game.' |
| Loves |
Traveling, Reading
& the beach |
| Pasttime Interests |
Music, Card games, Books
on any subject, Tennis, Swimming, Cycling, Walking, Aerobics |
| Most
Memorable moment |
Difficult
to single out one.Sometime he meets a fan who is so happy
to see him that he has a pleasant feeling the whole day. |
| Had
not been in Chess.. |
would
have loved to be in Fine Arts or Information Technology. |
| Ultimate
dream |
Has
been fulfilled when he became the World Champion. |
| Describes
himself as |
Fairly
easy going. |
| Other Interesting
Facts |
vishy is 11 years
younger than his sister and 13 years younger than his brother.
He's
known to eat portions the size of new-born elephants.
He
plays tournaments eight months in the year.
Endorsed
as NIIT's brand ambassador.
He
keeps track of what our tennis champions (Paes and Bhupathi)
are up to.
He
follows international politics very closely.
|
| Resides in |
Collado
Mediano , Spain |
| Address |
V.Anand
"Garga"
No.4, 2nd Street Customs Colony
Besant Nagar
Chennai - 600 090 |
| Phone |
+91-44-24916757
(Res) |
