Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Hawan Anand a duniyar wasan chess na Indiya ya kasance mai ban mamaki. Nasarar kasa ta zo da wuri a gare shi lokacin da ya lashe gasar zakarun matasa da maki 9/9 a 1983, yana da shekaru 14. A cikin 1984 Anand ya lashe Gasar Zakarun Asiya a Coimbatore, yana samun matsayin Jagora na Duniya (IM) a cikin aikin. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, ya shiga cikin
Wasannin Chess Olympiad na 26, a Thessaloniki, inda ya fara bugawa tawagar kasar Indiya wasa. A can, Anand ya ci maki 7 da rabi a wasanni 11, yana samun ƙa'idar IM ta biyu. A cikin 1985 ya zama ɗan ƙaramin ɗan Indiya da ya sami taken Jagora na Duniya, yana da shekaru 15, ta hanyar cin Kofin Zakarun Asiya na Junior a shekara ta biyu a jere, a wannan karon a Hong Kong. A shekara 16, ya zama zakaran wasan chess na kasa. Ya sake lashe wannan kambin sau biyu. Ya yi wasa a saurin walƙiya. A 1987, ya zama dan Indiya na farko da ya lashe Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Junior. A shekara ta 1988, yana da shekaru 18, ya zama babban malamin Indiya na farko ta hanyar lashe gasar Shakti Finance International chess da aka gudanar a Coimbatore, Indiya. An ba shi lambar Padma Shri yana da shekara 18.