| 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 | Padma Vibhushan(2001) and many more… |
| Favourites | 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. |
| ltimate dream | |
| Describes himself as | Fairly easy going. |
| Other Interesting Facts | 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) |
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