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Grandmaster: Vishwanathan Anand. The Grandmaster. Father – Vishwanathan Iyer Mother – Susheela Iyer Son - Vishwanathan Anand Iyer Wife - Aruna Iyer .
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The Grandmaster Father – Vishwanathan Iyer Mother – Susheela Iyer Son - Vishwanathan Anand Iyer Wife - Aruna Iyer www.assignmentpoint.com
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is an Indian chess Grandmaster and a former World Chess Champion. Anand became India's first grandmaster in 1988. • He held the FIDE World Chess Championship from 2000 to 2002. www.assignmentpoint.com
As an Indian and an Asian chess player, he blazed a trail with a number of firsts, including in 1984 becoming the youngest Indian to earn the title of IM (aged 14), becoming the youngest ever Indian Champion at 16, becoming in 1987 the first Indian to win the World Junior Championship and India’s first grandmaster, and becoming India’s (and Asia’s) first World Champion. www.assignmentpoint.com
He was also the first World Champion since Robert James Fischer and the second since Max Euwe who did not originate from Russia or eastern Europe. • Moreover, he was the first and only player to have won the putative world championship via knockout tournament, round robin tournament and traditional match play. www.assignmentpoint.com
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