<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ukukhuphuka kuka - Anand emhlabeni wama - Indian we - chess kwakusheshisa kakhulu. Impumelelo kazwelonke yafika kusenesikhathi kuye lapho enqoba ubuqhawe obungaphansi kwe-junior ngamaphuzu ayi-99 ngo-1983, eneminyaka engu-14. Ngo-1984 u-Anand wanqoba i-Asian Junior Championship e-Coimbatore, wathola isitifiketi se-International Master IM kule nqubo. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, wahlanganyela  <response>: I-26th Chess Olympiad, eThessaloniki, lapho enza khona i-debut yakhe eqenjini lesizwe laseNdiya. Lapho, u-Anand wathola amaphuzu angu-712 emidlalweni engu-11, ethola indinganiso yakhe yesibili ye-IM. Ngo-1985 waba ngumNdiya omncane kunabo bonke ukuthola isihloko se-International Master, eneminyaka engu-15, ngokuwina i-Asian Junior Championship ngonyaka wesibili ilandelana, kulokhu eHong Kong. Lapho eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala, waba ngumpetha wezwe lonke emidlalweni ye - chess. Wabuye walinqoba kabili lelo gama. Wayedlala imidlalo ngokushesha okukhulu. Ngo-1987, waba ngowokuqala waseNdiya ukunqoba iWorld Junior Chess Championship. Ngo-1988, eneminyaka engu-18, waba yi-grandmaster yokuqala yaseNdiya ngokuwina umqhudelwano we-Shakti Finance International chess owawubanjelwe eCoimbatore, eNdiya. Wanikezwa iPadma Shri eneminyaka engu-18. 