Embassy in touch with Viswanathan Anand but repatriation will take time: Wife Aruna

Five-time world champion Anand was in Germany to take part in the Bundesliga chess tournament and before he could return, the travel restrictions came calling in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aruna Anand, wife of Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, right, gives him a piece of cake during her birthday celebrations in Gauhati, India, Thursday, June 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath Stock Photo

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The Mind Master

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