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Anand on STAR Sports tonight

NEW DELHI, SEPT. 16. Grandmaster Peter Leko has told Viswanathan Anand that former World Champion Bobby Fischer loves to visit an Indian restaurant in Budapest.

For a while now, Fischer making the moves on the internet is known to many top players of the world. But surprise of surprises, Anand is not keen to meet the genius.

All this and much more will come to the fore when Anand shares his thoughts in Harshaonline on STAR Sports on Monday at 10.30 p.m. The episode will be repeated the following day.

During the one-hour show, Anand tells Harsha Bhogle, among other interesting things, why and when he decided to make a career in chess, how did he work on the chess basics without the help of computers, how he prepares for a tournament or a match, why chess players need to be physically fit, on playing a computer, memories of playing at the World Trade Center in 1995 and the future of Indian chess.

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