Five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand took the nostalgia wave on Thursday, January 2, as he shared postcards from the past that he used to convey information to his parents. (More Sports News)
The 55-year-old also shared a heartfelt story about how his the then-coach Kameswaran sent a card to his parents that they had arrived in Finland safe and sound.
“Throwback Thursday! Today, parents follow their kids on streams with engines. In my day, we sent a postcard... all the way from Finland to relay the result... Our team coach Kameswaran sent the card to inform my parents we had arrived safely! Me practicing cursive about playing GMs... It's amazing how a memory is kindled by looking at these. Finding a post box to post a card is definitely more Rizz than.What's your nostalgia?,” Anand wrote on X.
There is surely no denying that there has been a bit of a decline in the use of postcards by people, especially in metropolitan cities, where social media and other modern modes of communication are preferred over post.
To add to it, the social media age has changed the system of communication dramatically.
Along with winning the World Chess Championship title five times, Anand is also a two-time World Rapid Chess winner, and a two-time Chess World Cup Champion.
He was also the first grandmaster from India in 1988 and has the eighth-highest FIDE rating of all time, and was also elected as the Deputy President of FIDE in 2022.
