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Being the undisputed world champion is a relief. We instituted a unified chess title, I am the absolute world champion.
Viswanathan Anand
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Viswanathan Anand
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 11
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We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow.
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When I started out playing chess as a kid I thought I should be world champion. As a kid you have no idea what that means and you only sort of picture it. It is hard to imagine that I waited all those years and it happened in a late stage of my career.
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