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	rediff.com: Vishwanathan Anand - The King
		For the record, Anand was born on December 11, 1969, to Vishwanathan, who retired as General Manager, Southern Railways, and Susheela, housewife and chess afficionado.
		Another important stage in Anand's early development came in the late 1970s, when his father was posted as railways consultant in the Philippines.
		Anand duly got his first International Master norm that year -- and a year later at the same tournament, made the chess world sit up and take notice of his budding talent when he defeated British GM Jonathan Mestel -- his first win against a GM.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2000/dec/27anand.htm (779 words)

	Viswanathan Anand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anand is one of only four players in history to break the 2800 mark on the Elo rating system (Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov are the others), and he has been among the top three ranked players in classical time control chess in the world continuously since 1994.
		Anand won three consecutive Advanced Chess tournaments in Leon, Spain after Garry Kasparov introduced this form of chess in 1998, and is widely recognized as the world's best Advanced Chess player, where humans may consult a computer to aid in their calculation of variations.
		Anand's recent tournament successes include the prestigious Corus chess tournament in years 2003, 2004, 2006 (tied with Veselin Topalov), and Dortmund in 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vishwanathan_Anand (972 words)

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		World rapid Chess Champion, Vishwanathan Anand, successive winner of the Mainz Chess Classic tournament five times got his fifth victory with 5-3 over the Russian Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk after two crucial games on the concluding day.
		Anand who just needed half point from the last two matches won the seventh game after 47 moves while Grischuk managed to win the last game that just reduced his losing margin.
		Anand said "I expected a close match and on the chessboard it was clear that it was a really close match.
	www.humonline.com /node/sports/newsdetail.aspx?id=96 (200 words)

	Vishwanathan Anand - Chess
		Vishwanathan Anand, the World Master of Chess, was taught the first chess moves by his mother Sushila Vishwanathan.
		Anand’s first brush with success came as early as 1983 when he first won the sub-junior championship, the same year he annexed the national junior chess championship which was an extraordinary feat in itself.
		Anand's upbringing and his parents' focus on discipline has played a crucial role in making Vishwanathan the Champion he is today.
	www.the-south-asian.com /March2002/Chess-Vishwanathan_Anand1.htm (1423 words)

	Split at top level hurts the game - Vishy Anand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand on Tuesday agreed that the existence of two parallel world bodies has hurt the interests of the game, but said it does not take away the credit from the winner of a tournament organised by either.
		Anand, who became the World champion in January this year after overpowering Alexei Shirov in the final of the FIDE tournament in Tehran, defeated Kramnik, who beat Kasparov to become the World champion of the rival association, in a tie-break after their ten-game match ended in a 5-5 tie.
		Anand disputed claims that the absence of Kasparov and Kramnik from the official tournament had taken the sheen away from his victory in the World championship.
	www.chathurangam.com /news/anandsplit.asp (574 words)

	VISHWANATHAN ANAND PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Anand's November win in Tilburg equals the score between him and Kasparov.
		Anand also has the sole distinction of winning the strongest knock out tournament in chess history.
		Anand's victories in the Strongest Super Tournaments where he was the sole leader or finished joint first include Linares 1998 where Kasparov finished third, 1997 Dos Hermanas, 1997 Belgrade, 1996 Dortmund, 1992 Moscow and 1998 Tilburg where Kasparov did not participate.
	www.tnqsponsorship.com /Vishwapress1.html (374 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Anand proves too good
		Anand used this time to analyse a very large number of continuations, building a giant tree of variations.
		After that he was (again) in severe time trouble, while Anand sat there, coolly working out all the attacking lines in advance with the computer, checking everything carefully with one of the world's most powerful analytic engines, Hiarcs (written by Mark Uniacke from England).
		Anand slowly wove a mating net and Fritz was announcing a mate in eight when Karpov resigned.
	www.rediff.com /sports/1999/jun/15chess.htm (1131 words)

	PRdomain.com \| NIIT \| NIIT Brand Ambassador Viswanathan Anand on his maiden visit to Pune
		Vishy Anand, who will be interacting with NIIT students, Pune youth and city’s who’s who during his one-day trip to city says, “India with a population of 1 billion has only 52 pc literacy rate.
		Vishwanathan Anand arrives in Pune at 6:30 pm on November 25.
		Anand has been awarded many prestigious titles in India like the Arjuna Award, the prestigious Padma Shri (the youngest recipient of the title), the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the Soviet Land Nehru award, the Padma Bhushan.
	www.prdomain.com /companies/N/NIIT/newsreleases/2002112719624.htm (572 words)

	India - Sports - Master Of All Moves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		India’s chess pride Vishwanathan Anand was an honourable finalist, along with Briton Michael Adams and Alexi Shirov of Spain.
		True Indian chess afficianados fondly insisted and believed that their man Anand belonged in the same category and could have easily skipped the New Delhi tournament, for all the patriotic tag of the meet being held in India.
		Anand agreed that he was a bit nervous.
	www3.estart.com /india/sports/anand.html (870 words)

	math lessons - Anand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Anand is a relatively common (East) Indian first name.
		Anand (movie) - The name of a 1970 Bollywood movie directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
		Anand (town) - a town in Gujarat, India.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Anand (66 words)

	Intuition in his game of life - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand and wife Aruna live in Collado Mediano in Spain since Anand wanted to be close to the international chess scene.
		Anand, also known as the king of rapid chess variation, who retained the 2004 Corus Grandmasters chess title in Wijk Aan Zee, has returned to the number two spot, second to Garry Kasparov, according to latest ratings.
		Anand, who’s style is intuitive, says there are no secrets to his moves on the chessboard.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/sep232004/metro6.asp (533 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Vishwanathan Anand update
		Vishwanathan Anand outwitted Yannick Pelletier in the fifth round of the Credit Suisse Grandmasters Chess Tournament at Biel, Switzerland, on Sunday, to move into the lead.
		The Indian grandmaster pulled off a quick win over the lowest ranked player in the tournament - Pelletier is merely an international master in a field loaded with grandmasters - to pull ahead of FIDE world champion Anatoly Karpov, who won the title last year.
		At the end of the fifth round, Anand has four points to take solo lead, followed by Karpov with 3.5, Gelfand with 3.5, Lautier and Milov with 2.5 each and Pelletier with 0.5.
	specials.rediff.com /sports/jul/28d.htm (151 words)

	Anand's new move: AIDS ambassador : Vishwanathan Anand, AIDS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
		Mumbai:Indian grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand will be the HIV/AIDS ambassador for Avahan, the Indian chapter of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
		Anand would raise awareness about the epidemic in India by becoming part of Avahan's public education campaigns, a press release said
		Anand will help the foundation in its grassroots campaigns in Tamil Nadu, one of the states hit hardest by the HIV epidemic.
	www.ibnlive.com /news/anands_new_move_aids_ambassador/8509-3.html (229 words)

	Hari has the potential to go far - Anand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Anand also condoled the death of five chess players from Andhra Pradesh in a road accident in Orissa yesterday, and the meeting observed two minutes’ silence.
		World Junior Champion Koneru Humpy, who was also to be felicitated on the occasion, however, did not turn-up, as she was shocked to hear the news of the death of Abhinav, the Under-10 Asian Champion who was closely associated with her during a recent championship in Spain.
		World Champion Viswanathan Anand today instructed P Harikrishna as to which direction his career should be moving as he exhorted the young Grandmaster to follow him in winning the world title.
	www.chathurangam.com /news/anandhyd.asp (528 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - San Luis R14: Topalov wins, Anand second
		The second was the number of wins, and with Anand having five and Svidler four the Indian ex world champion was second.
		Anand, with a performance of 2807 stands to gain three or four points on the next list, while Peter Svidler 2814 will gain more due to his lower base rating.
		Anand has not played anywhere near as badly as his critics have made out.
	chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=2683 (1282 words)

	Vishwanathan Anand
		Viswanathan Anand, popularly known as "Vishy, the Tiger from Madras" learnt chess at the tender age of six.
		Anand has been awarded many prestigious titles in India like the Arjuna Award, the Padmashri (the youngest recipient of the title), the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the Soviet Land Nehru award, the BPL Achievers of the World, Sportstar, Sportsworld "Sportsman of the year 1995" Award.
		Anand holds a degree in commerce, his other hobbies are reading, swimming and listening to music.
	ganeshyamalabittu.tripod.com /heroes/id31.html (8061 words)

	Vishwanathan Anand fan club page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Anand won the Fontys tournament in Tilburg, scoring 4 wins (all as White), 7 draws, and no losses.
		Anand also won the grandmaster tournament in Madrid and tied for first at Wijk aan Zee this year.
		Affable gentleman that he is, Anand has pretty much steered clear of the debate over whose "World Championship" tournament is more valid, and simply piles up the wins.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /~hde/anand.html (185 words)

	Vishwanathan Anand creates history - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		According to a release by his sponsors 'TNQ', Anand has, in the year 2003, won every rapid chess event, starting with the Amber Rapid and Blind Chess Tournament in March.
		A native of Chennai, Anand, who has been the best rapid chess player by winning in Prague in 2002, proved his mettle once again by defeating Vasselin Topalov in a nail-biting finish.
		Anand has, in fact, won every event he has participated in, since the Eurotel Trophy in Prague in May 2002.
	sify.com /sports/others/fullstory.php?id=13305024 (218 words)

	Anand talks to Chennai schoolgirls about AIDS
		Vishwanathan Anand, Grandmaster and HIV/AIDS ambassador for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Avahan Initiative, was bombarded with questions on AIDS and chess by high school girls during a talk here.
		Anand, who hails from Chennai, was asked by the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (TANSACS) to open a Red Ribbon Club at the Avvai Home School here.
		Anand, who was virtually mobbed, was flooded with questions.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/Health/20061008/473086.html (331 words)

	The Hindu : Vishwanathan Anand has it easy
		For the discerning, it was Anand's ability to see so much more on the board and carry out the precise plan at the right moment was the key.
		When Anand pushed `g6' on the 38th turn, it took some time to gauge how effective this move was.
		With Anand's knight moving to d7 and queen moving from f7 and e8, Bologan chose to resign instead of facing loss of material on way to the inevitable.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/12/02/stories/07020201.htm (534 words)

	IBM Research \| Deep Blue \| Overview
		Vishwanathan Anand became India's first grandmaster in 1987.
		He met Garry Kasparov for the world championship in 1995 at the World Trade Center in New York.
		Kasparov retained the title, but Anand remains one of the world's elite chess players.
	www.research.ibm.com /deepblue/home/may11/story_3.html (547 words)

	rediff.com: Movies: A game of Chess
		The latest buzz is that Chopra has approached none other than chess Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand to assist him during the making of the film.
		Anand's wife Aruna confirmed recently that Chopra wants the star player to work on the technicalities of the game.
		Though the man in the question, Anand, is yet to make up his mind about accepting the proposal.
	www.rediff.com /entertai/2002/nov/29vish.htm (143 words)

	Vishwanathan Anand Chess Pages
		There are many, many articles on Anand and his interviews that appear on the web, but they also disappear all too soon.
		Anand, Kramnik and Peter Leko are joined by Svidler, Adams, Bologan, Topalov, Zhong, Sokolov and Timman.
		Anand, Kramnik and Peter Leko are joined by Bologan, Rajdabov, and Naiditsch in the six GM double round robin.
	www.geocities.com /Colosseum/Slope/4448 (419 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		CHENNAI: Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, the man who inspired a generation to take to playing Chess, on Friday cautioned youngsters under the age of 12 against turning professionals and advised parents to allow them lead a normal life.
		Listing out his schedule for the remainder of the year, Anand said he would be concentrating on improving his skills in Rapid Chess besides training for the regular tournaments in the European circuit in the coming months.
		Anand also distributed medals and certificates to students passed out of the institution.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=9814 (1455 words)

	Duif's Guide for Chess Fans: Chess News and Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Some of the best in the world will be here (including Viswanathan Anand of India, playing board 1 for his country), as well as many players who would otherwise qualify as amateurs.
		All in all 7 of the world's top ten, including Viswanathan Anand of India and Peter Svidler of Russia declined their invitations, with reasons as varied as the players themselves.
		Anand has previously won this event 3 times (including last year); Kramnik has won it 4 times.
	www.jaderiver.com /chess/hotchess.html (4039 words)

	BGN announcement is unfair to Vishwanathan Anand : Sports News : IndiaExpress.Com
		Kramnik will not be there, simply because he is the champion awaiting a challenger, and Kasparov and Anand are unlikely to find the ends of the tournament justifying their participating.
		For the present, as Anand says, ''I still have a tournament to play (the Dortmund 2001) and let's stick to that.'' It is unlikely he will make any grandiose refusals, but doubtless he will not accept the situation, even if Kasparov does to attempt a shot at Kramnik and get the world title.
		For Anand, it is now a wait for the FIDE announcement on when their official world championships will be.
	www.indiaexpress.com /news/sports/20010717-0.html (441 words)

	Internet Chess Club Hosts Anand Charity Simul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The world’s #2 ranked chess player, Vishwanathan Anand, is playing a simultaneous chess exhibition for in India against 64 opponents.
		The Indian Grandmaster is a spokesperson for Vidyasagar, a non-profit organization that strives for inclusion of children with autism and cerebral palsy (www.vidyasagar.co.in).
		Anand will also be playing 54 boards live in the city of Chennai, India while he plays on The Internet Chess Club.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/7/emw260908.htm (602 words)

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