Now, at 49 years old, he has a room full of trophies and medals won from super-GM events. Hailing from Tamil Nadu, Anand made Spain his second home for some years now but continues to hold an Indian passport. Anand has been subject to suspicions about his nationality by the very Human Resources Ministry of his country, just because he lives in Spain.

Anand married Aruna in 1996 and has a son, Akhil, born on 9 April 2011, and is named in the traditional patronymic way Anand Akhil. Even after a series of clarifications, including submission of his passport copy, the ministry has kept the file on hold. But with the clearance being withheld, the ceremony has been put on hold too. Born in December 11, 1969 in Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India, Viswanathan – or Vishy – Anand grew up in Chennai.

By seeing Viswanathan Anand’s marvelous playing skills and success record the University of Hyderabad honored him with a doctorate.
Government checkmates Anand, doubts his citizenship World chess champion Viswanathan Anand may have earned India laurels across the globe, but the … According to CNN-IBN, the Hyderabad university decided to award Anand honorary doctorates in 2009 and forwarded the proposal formally to the Human Resource Development Ministry.

The University of Hyderabad had decided to award Anand an honorary doctorate in 2009 and formally forwarded the proposal to the human resource development ministry recently. Though there were certain controversies about his nationality stemmed from his Spanish Citizenship but later all the controversies ended in Anand’s favor and received an honor of doctorate.

By the age of 16, he was a national champion and went on to win it two times. NEW DELHI: World chess champion Viswanathan Anand was denied an honorary doctorate from University of Hyderabad because the government is confused over his citizenship.