Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọganihu Anand nwere n'egwuregwu chess n'India bụ nke na-enweghị atụ. Ihe ịga nke ọma mba bịara n'oge n'oge ya mgbe o meriri n'asọmpi ndị na-erubeghị afọ iri na itoolu na akara 9/9 na 1983, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na anọ. N'afọ 1984, Anand meriri n'asọmpi Asia Junior Championship na Coimbatore, wee nweta ọkwa International Master (IM) na usoro ahụ. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, o sonyere na
26th Chess Olympiad, na Thessaloniki, ebe o mere nke mbụ ya na mba India. N'ebe ahụ, Anand nwetara akara 7 1⁄2 na egwuregwu 11, na-enweta ụkpụrụ IM nke abụọ ya. N'afọ 1985, ọ ghọrọ onye ntorobịa India nke nwetara aha International Master, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ise, site na mmeri nke Asia Junior Championship maka afọ nke abụọ n'usoro, oge a na Hong Kong. Mgbe ọ dị afọ 16, ọ ghọrọ onye mmeri mba na chess. O merikwara ya ugboro abụọ ọzọ. Ọ na-egwu egwuregwu na ọsọ ọsọ. N'afọ 1987, ọ ghọrọ onye India mbụ meriri World Junior Chess Championship. N'afọ 1988, mgbe ọ dị afọ 18, ọ ghọrọ onye isi egwuregwu mbụ nke India site na mmeri na Shakti Finance International chess tournament nke emere na Coimbatore, India. E nyere ya Padma Shri mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na asatọ.