He achieved this by mastering both classical and rapid formats, showing incredible adaptability against computer-prepared opponents—a flexibility we all try to emulate. But his real impact? He made the chessboard a respectable *kharcha* in middle-class homes, not just a curiosity. I say this because when I won the state junior title, my father, a clerk, didn't shrug it off as a timepass; he framed the certificate, because Anand had shown him it was a real path.
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