Anand's Chennai — Pictorial Report
Although his family lived in the Philippines for a short while, Viswanathan Anand grew up and spent most of his childhood in Madras, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Having lived in Europe for a long time, Anand has now moved back to the city that was named Chennai in 1996 by the state government. It is the host city of the 2013 Chess World Championship between Anand (the "Tiger of Madras") and Magnus Carlsen. On two rest days, I got the opportunity to visit several places which played a role in the life of the young Vishy Anand. Here's a pictorial report.
Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Egmore, Chennai
Peter Doggers, Ian Rogers & Hans-Walter Schmitt
Vishy attended the school in the 1970s and early 1980s
where sometimes Russian coaches would visit, e.g. Yuri Averbakh
with coconut, lentil, koriander and garlic/tomato served on a banana leaf...
which has a pierced bottom that nests into the top of the "tumbler" cup, leaving ample room
underneath to receive the brewed coffee. The upper cup has two removable parts:
a pierced pressing disc with a central stem handle, and a covering lid.
dabarah and the tumbler in huge arc-like motions of the hand. This serves several
purposes: mixing the ingredients (including sugar) thoroughly; cooling the hot coffee
down to a sipping temperature; and most importantly, aerating the mix without
introducing extra water (such as with a steam wand used for frothing cappucinos).
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