Mother's Day: Viswanathan Anand remembers his late mother, shares anecdote from his first Olympiad

CHENNAI: On the occasion of Mother's Day, five-time World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand remembered his late mother, Susheela Viswanathan by sharing an anecdote from his first Olympiad.

Susheela introduced Anand to chess and even accompanied him to chess events. Anand had an interesting anecdote to share when she accompanied him for his first Chess Olympiad as a 14-year-old at Thessaloniki, Greece in 1984.