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
moving intuition mind
Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position.
revenge order games
If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.
player risk faces
There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player.
sports memories unique
Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players have a unique ability of taking in a lot of information and remembering relevant bits. So, memory and mental stamina are the key attributes.
mother sibling teaching
When I was about six, I saw my elder siblings play chess and pestered my mother into teaching me. Very soon, I was beating everyone at home, and they thought it would be good to join a club. So my sister would take me to the Tal chess club on Thursdays and weekends.
doors chess computer
For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.
competition important matter
There are some aspects of work you need to keep working on and no matter what environment you are in. Continuous learning is very important. It's what I call 'competitive tension', which is about having a competition around.
moving decision critical-moments
In any match, there are few critical moments where there's no second best decision. The rest of the moves are intuitive.
mistake hard-work long
Grandmasters decline with age. That's a given. There is nothing special about the age of 40, but age eventually takes its toll. That much is clear. Beyond that, it's about how long you can put off the effects and compensate for them. Mistakes will crop in, but you try to compensate for them with experience and hard work.
children believe parent
Parents, first and foremost, it is important to... understand and recognise the activities your child is naturally gravitating towards. It's important also to ensure that your child likes what he or she is doing. I believe in exposing children to as many hobbies and extracurricular activities as possible.
play world championship
Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)
games challenges keep-learning
I keep forcing, I keep learning new things in the game, and so far I have been taking challenges as they come.
play challenges psychology
It is important that you don't let your opponent impose his style of play on you. A part of that begins mentally. At the chessboard if you start blinking every time he challenges you then in a certain sense you are withdrawing. That is very important to avoid.
games chess news
Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.