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Sushila Viswanathan, mother of five time world Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand, passed away in Chennai on Wednesday the 26th May. She was 79.
Her husband Mr K Viswanathan was a retired GM of Southern Railway.
As per Manuel Aaron - India's first International Master, she was a 'tower of strength' and added that she had been Anand's mentor and guide all his life, a very nice and gentle lady who always had a smile on her face.
Also, when Anand had to struggle for Govt.'s support in hie early days, she used to call up the government agencies to check whether her son's name had been cleared and so on. There was no STD facility then. She had to place trunk calls. She once jokingly told Manuel Aaron, 'If I had not made all those phone calls, I would have had enough money to take my son half way round the world.'
May her soul rest in peace.
Her husband Mr K Viswanathan was a retired GM of Southern Railway.
As per Manuel Aaron - India's first International Master, she was a 'tower of strength' and added that she had been Anand's mentor and guide all his life, a very nice and gentle lady who always had a smile on her face.
Also, when Anand had to struggle for Govt.'s support in hie early days, she used to call up the government agencies to check whether her son's name had been cleared and so on. There was no STD facility then. She had to place trunk calls. She once jokingly told Manuel Aaron, 'If I had not made all those phone calls, I would have had enough money to take my son half way round the world.'
May her soul rest in peace.
