Chess Career
Anish's first club was a local youth sport club 'DYUSH-2' in St. Petersburg, Russia. His trainers in this club were Asya Kovalyova and Andrei Praslov. He was a member of the Japan Chess Association and the Sapporo Chess Club during his stay in Japan. He became Russian champion (U12) while he was living in Yugoslavia.
Anish has been playing for SK Turm Emsdetten since 2008 in the German Chess Bundesliga (the premier league of team chess in Germany). He is the youngest ever player in the history of this league. Furthermore, he is affiliated with several Dutch chess clubs, including the HSG (Hilversum Chess Society) and the Delftsche SchaakClub (Delft Chess Club). He plays in the French league (TOP-16) for l'Echiquier Châlonnais.
He does not have intensive chess training facilities, mostly working by himself using chess programs and books at his leisure. Now the KNSB (Dutch Chess Federation) is providing him facilities for some training sessions with Federation coach Vladimir Chuchelov.
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