
A Sportsperson and a Gentleman
‘When Anand started playing, he had no benchmark whatsoever in India. We only had one or two International Masters – he was India’s first Grandmaster. He was first of and in basically everything. Not just that. He rose out of nowhere and completely dominated that world at a time when the Soviets were ruling.’ Surya Shekhar Ganguly speaks on his friend, mentor and icon, Viswanathan Anand