Editing Viswanathan Anand (section)

== Early life ==
Viswanathan Anand was born on 11 December 1969 in [[Mayiladuthurai]], Tamil Nadu<!-- DO NOT LINK PER MOS:GEOLINK -->, India<!-- DO NOT LINK PER MOS:GEOLINK --> .<ref name=indiatoday>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/viswanathan-anand-who-is-he/1/198415.html |title=Viswanathan Anand: Who is he? |website=[[India Today]] |date=31 May 2012 |access-date=1 December 2014 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222135452/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/viswanathan-anand-who-is-he/1/198415.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/grandmaster-viswanathan-anand-elected-as-the-deputy-president-of-fide-11659861360574.html |title=Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand elected as the deputy president of FIDE |date=7 August 2022 |website=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |first=Paurush |last=Omar |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807172123/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/grandmaster-viswanathan-anand-elected-as-the-deputy-president-of-fide-11659861360574.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Viswanathan Anand: Who is he? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/viswanathan-anand-who-is-he-104005-2012-05-30 |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=India Today |date=31 May 2012 |language=en |archive-date=25 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825045003/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/viswanathan-anand-who-is-he-104005-2012-05-30 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2008 |title=Vishy Anand: 'Chess is like acting' |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/vishy-anand-che-is-like-acting- |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Chess News |language=en |archive-date=25 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825045003/https://en.chessbase.com/post/vishy-anand-che-is-like-acting- |url-status=live }}</ref> He later moved to [[Chennai]], where he grew up.<ref name=indiatoday /><ref name="Anand Inspires mind champions">{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/22/stories/2007122256681900.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224201400/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/22/stories/2007122256681900.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 December 2007 |title=Sport : Anand inspires mind champions |date=22 December 2007 |access-date=31 May 2010 | work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> His father Viswanathan Iyer was a general manager in the [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railways]] who had studied in [[Jamalpur, Bihar]]; and his mother, Sushila, was a housewife, chess aficionado, and an influential socialite.<ref>{{cite web |title=Super mom who shaped Anand's career no more |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Super-mom-who-shaped-Anands-career-no-more/articleshow/47450780.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |first=Susan |last=Ninan |date=28 May 2015 |access-date=7 November 2018 |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831053829/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Super-mom-who-shaped-Anands-career-no-more/articleshow/47450780.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

Anand is the youngest of three children. He is 11 years younger than his sister, and 13 years younger than his brother. His brother, Shivakumar, is a manager at [[Crompton Greaves]] in India. His sister, Anuradha, is a professor at the [[University of Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nilacharal.com/enter/celeb/vishy.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030817053646/http://www.nilacharal.com/enter/celeb/vishy.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 August 2003 |title=A Tamil entertainment ezine presenting interesting contents and useful services |website=Nilacharal |date=11 December 1969 |access-date=31 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-south-asian.com/March2002/Chess-Vishwanathan_Anand1.htm |title= Vishwanathan Anand – Chess|website=www.the-south-asian.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822011817/http://www.the-south-asian.com/March2002/Chess-Vishwanathan_Anand1.htm |archive-date=22 August 2007}}</ref>

Anand started learning chess from age six from his mother, but he learned the intricacies of the game in [[Manila]], where he lived with his parents from 1978 through the 1980s while his father was contracted as a consultant by the [[Philippine National Railways]].<ref name="interview">{{cite web|title=Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox: Viswanathan Anand|url=https://www.pbshawaii.org/long-story-short-with-leslie-wilcox-viswanathan-anand/|website=[[PBS Hawai‘i]]|date=15 September 2014|access-date=29 April 2018|archive-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430050514/https://www.pbshawaii.org/long-story-short-with-leslie-wilcox-viswanathan-anand/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Anand was educated at [[Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Muthalaly|first=Susan|title=Don Bosco 'boys' reminisce about their good old days|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/25/stories/2007052502690200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527141754/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/25/stories/2007052502690200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2007|access-date=1 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 May 2007|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> and has a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] from [[Loyola College, Chennai]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vishwanathan Anand: The King of 64 Squares|url=http://news.in.msn.com/National/independenceday09/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3131565&page=2|website=[[MSN]]|access-date=2 June 2012|date=12 August 2009|archive-date=27 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327184738/http://news.in.msn.com/National/independenceday09/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3131565&page=2|url-status=dead}}</ref>