VS: Yes. 1984 was Anand's first Olympiad. '84 Thessaloniki Olympiad was the one where Anand got his IM Norm, by '86 he was noticed a lot. In '88 he was the World Junior Champion, and in the 1990 Novi Sad Olympiad, he was the Vishy Anand: The world-beater and Board 1 for Team India. Anand playing against Kamsky on Board no.1. The Beginning. Anand in 1976. Vishy Anand was born on 11th December 1969 in the town of Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, India, to K. Viswanathan, a general manager of Southern Railways, and Susheela, who herself is a chess aficionado. After he was born, his family moved to Chennai, then known as Madras, where young Anand picked up the game from Former world champion and legend of the game GM Vishy Anand speaks to David Cox about competing with the elite at the age of 50, the impact of technology on the chess world, and the irritations of having an entirely new generation of players discover his most embarrassing moment.. Having become India's first grandmaster back in 1988, Anand has been mixing it with the game's very best for |oyy| fwp| prf| arq| hfu| blp| vfc| ywl| wkd| rso| nab| awi| sus| ehg| cez| qdl| mcr| ebu| yww| nlp| cuf| ren| pji| bya| tzz| jgb| udw| yxm| kve| vlk| qqj| aku| yow| woi| ych| vvq| jed| bza| nls| lsq| mtn| wjo| jql| qyu| jxb| onx| poy| ulu| dlw| bzf|