Viswanathan Anand

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Does Viswanathan Anand smoke?: Not Known.Does Viswanathan Anand drink alcohol?: Not Known.At the age of six, he has learned chess from his mother and a family friend Deepa Ramakrishnan.During his childhood, he used to finish the game of chess in 15-25 minutes while his contemporaries would take 2-3 hours.In order to develop his Chess skills and for further training, he went to the Philippines for one year.In 1985, he won the Asian Junior Championship in Hong Kong.He declined to accept the honorary doctorate offered by the University of Hyderabad.He is skilled in the languages Tamil, English, German, French, and Spanish.He likes Moscow, which is considered the home of chess in the world.He is the Brand Ambassador of NIIT.