![]() In 1996-97 he used to have very long working sessions. It was because he was working very hard, putting himself out and being very ambitious.Īccording to Aruna, as on 2020, Vishy Anand is working harder than he had ever worked before! | Photo: EvR Photography At all the junctures when he thought he had hit a low, a good result would happen. Then after Chennai it was a different feeling but after 2013 he went back and won the candidates. That was the start of Anand 2.0 if you may call it so. He had this incredible preparation in that tournament. I think winning the Mexico 2007 was clearly the big jump because he was in excellent form and at very few points he was actually in danger. He was actually able to overcome a lot of obstacles and it wasn't the first time he was going to go through it, there were a lot of bumpy rides even after that. I think also it gave him a lot of self-confidence. I think it was a very good exercise in keeping himself for the future because clearly he learnt some very hard lessons from the period of 2000 to 2003, and you can see from 2003 to 2005 he had this huge jump again. Then 2000 happened, he became the FIDE World Champion. SS: How do you think Anand's temperament has changed as a player, then and now?ĪA: I think clearly first you have to take pre 2000 when he was trying very hard to become the World Champion and he also came very close to achieving it at times. Since 2011, when Akhil was born, Aruna's first priority has been her role as a mother I guess that's how things work these days. For instance in Kolkata I had to be there for him. I would say I am still very efficient but clearly the focus has changed from Anand to Akhil, unless Anand needs me at a certain juncture in time. Things are easier to do wherever you are, however you are. Now almost everything can be done with a click of a button on your phone so you tend to be more efficient in doing things. I think the world has changed a lot as well. But it is not that just because of that I have stopped being Anand's manager or I stopped doing things. Now, I think life has changed a lot. Clearly, being a mother is my top priority right now. I don't think we sat down and told each other that this is how it was going to be. I think from then on it became a natural progression that I would take care of these things while he would focus on the chess part. So at that point I think it became rather a necessity that someone handles these things. But when in 1997 Groningen Lausanne happened there was a clear need to manage and plan things like getting air tickets, getting Anand to Lausanne, seeing that he was physically and mentally okay. I think we both got married and thought that we would just figure out how things work. It was not pre-planned or ordained to be that kind of a role. SS: You as Anand's manager, how were things back in 1996 when you started and how is it now in 2019?ĪA: I don't think I started off wanting to manage Anand's career. Vishy Anand got married to Aruna in 1996 and now it is already 2020! How have things changed from Then to Now? We ask about this to Aruna: From 1996 to 2020 Aruna has been firmly by Vishy's side
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