Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anandis an Indian chess Grandmaster and a former World Chess Champion...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth11 December 1969
CityMayiladuthurai, India
CountryIndia
school skills chess
I would never suggest to anyone that they drop school for chess. First of all even if you can make it in chess, your social skills need to be developed there.
chess position five
I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you
player want chess
We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow.
player chess firsts
Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what you are good at.
chess forget
Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it
chess evaluation sometimes
In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation.
games chess news
Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.
sports games chess
I would prefer chess to become part of the Olympic Games. This would also lead to chess become more accepted as a sport in general.
personality world chess
You bring to chess facets of your personality and what you are. I have interests other than chess, like music and world and current affairs. I also have many friends around the world with whom I like to keep in touch.
challenges trying chess
I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take challenges on the chess board.
doors chess computer
For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.
alert drastic happened pick realise stops trying
Sometimes an opponent stops breathing, and you realise something drastic has happened and they are trying not to let on. Or they go quiet, or they get fidgety. After a while you pick these things up and become more alert to them.
few machines muscle running shoulders work
I don't bench press, but I use machines to work 10-12 muscle groups. Biceps, triceps, a few things for the back, calves, shoulders and so on - and then I'll go on the running machine, cross-trainer or mountain climber.
build clear fitness simply tends trying walks
I go to the gym every day. That tends to taper off when I'm at a tournament. During tournaments, I'm not trying to build fitness. I'm simply trying to keep away any kind of tension. I go for long walks to clear my head.