Happy Mother's Day 2022: Chess legend Viswanathan Anand shares heartfelt message for late mother
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Anand had an interesting anecdote to share when she accompanied him for his first Chess Olympiad as a 14-year-old at Thessaloniki, Greece in 1984
On the occasion of Mother's Day, five-time World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand remembered his late mother, Susheela Viswanathan by sharing an anecdote from his first Olympiad. Susheela introduced Anand to chess and even accompanied him to chess events.
Anand had an interesting anecdote to share when she accompanied him for his first Chess Olympiad as a 14-year-old at Thessaloniki, Greece in 1984.
"I had just earned my international rating almost a year back and was totally overawed by seeing all the top players at the Olympiad. Soviet Union then, still was a formidable force without the presence of Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov who were fighting for the World title bout. In those days access to chess material and games was very limited and the only source was the Chess Informant founded by Aleksander Matanovic and Milivoje Molerovic which published all the top games played in a year in one or two editions," said Anand in a statement.
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