Viswanathan Anand, the world's newly-crowned chess champion, combines a calm, modest manner with lightning brilliance on the chess board and relentless preparation.Anand learned the game at age six from his mother because his brothers did not have the patience to play chess with him. He proved to be a good pupil.By the time he was 13, Anand was India's junior champion and at the age of 16, he won the senior title. He was the world's junior champion...
