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Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion, a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion, a two-time World Chess Cup Champion and a World Blitz Chess Cup Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time. In August 2022, he was the elected Deputy President of FIDE, and subsequen…
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Born 11 December 1969 · Q45747
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2026· 3 entries
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2021· 1 entry
On 15 April 2021, Anand's father died at age 92.
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2020· 1 entry
Kramnik, while talking about his World Chess Championship match against Anand in 2008, mentioned: "Vishy is such a great player and he was in a fantastic form
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2017· 2 entries
Including the World Rapid and Blitz Championship, the Isle of Man Championship, the Norway chess tournament, the Zurich Chess Challenge, the Leon Chess Masters Rapid Tournament and the FIDE World Cup, to which he returne
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Anand won the 2017 World Rapid Chess Championship, defeating Vladimir Fedoseev 2–0 in the final tiebreak after he, Fedoseev and Ian Nepomniachtchi tied for first with 10½/15 points
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2016· 1 entry
Anand played in the Gibraltar open, his first open in 23 years
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2015· 3 entries
Viswanathan Anand was a participant in the inaugural 2015 Grand Chess Tour, a series of 3 super-tournaments featuring the world's elite players
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On 26 May 2015, Anand's mother died at age 79.
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Anand was honoured with the top country award at the Spanish embassy, Delhi on 8 January
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2014· 2 entries
Alexander Grischuk said about Anand: "I have to say that of all the players I've played against Anand has personally struck me as the strongest, of course after Kasparov
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Anand was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship for the development of economic, scientific and cultural ties with Russia
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2013· 2 entries
Lost the title to challenger Magnus Carlsen, and he lost a rematch to Carlsen in 2014 after winning the 2014 Candidates Tournament
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Including the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Grenke Chess Classic, Zurich Chess Challenge, Alekhine Memorial, Tal Memorial, the 1st Norway Chess Tournament, and the London Chess Classic
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2012· 3 entries
Anand participated in several high-level tournaments, including the London Chess Classic and the Bilbao Masters Grand Slam
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Also played a World Championship match against Gelfand in Moscow
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Received the "Indian sportsperson of the year" and "Indian of the year" awards
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2011· 2 entries
Kramnik said about Anand: "I always considered him to be a colossal talent, one of the greatest in the whole history of chess"; and "I think that in terms of play Anand is in no way weaker than Kasparov but he's simply a
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Gelfand had won the 2012 World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in Kazan, Russia
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2010· 3 entries
Defended his title in the 2012 World Chess Championship at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow
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Anand announced that he would expand his tournament schedule, beginning in late 2010, in an effort to regain the world number one ranking from Magnus Carlsen
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Anand donated his gold medal to the charitable organisation The Foundation to be auctioned off for the benefit of underprivileged children
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Chess Oscar (2008).
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Defeated Carlsen en route to his 11th title in that event
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2007· 7 entries
Awarded world chess champion (2007).
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Awarded CNN-News18 Indian of the Year (2007).
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Awarded Padma Vibhushan (2007).
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Awarded Chess Oscar (2007).
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Won the Grenkeleasing Rapid championship for the tenth time, defeating Levon Aronian
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And defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010, and Boris Gelfand in 2012
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Was awarded India's second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, making him the first sportsperson to receive the award
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2006· 2 entries
(tied with Topalov), Dortmund in 2004, and Linares in 2007 and 2008
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Kramnik took Topalov's place in the event after his victory over the latter to reunify the world title
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2005· 2 entries
Eurotel 2002, Fujitsu Giants 2002 and the Melody Amber (five times, and he won the rapid portion of Melody Amber seven times)
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Anand finished in a tie for second place at the 2005 FIDE World Chess Championship, won by Topalov
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Chess Oscar (2004).
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Chess Oscar (2003).
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In October 2003, the governing body of chess, FIDE, organised a rapid time control tournament in Cap d'Agde and billed it as the World Rapid Chess Championship
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And 2017, the World Blitz Chess Cup in 2000, a two-time Chess World Cup winner (2000, 2002), and numerous other top-level rapid and blitz events
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Padma Bhushan (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded world chess champion (2000).
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1998· 3 entries
Awarded Chess Oscar (1998).
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From India's premier sports magazine for being the sportsperson of the millennium
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And is widely recognised as the world's best Advanced Chess player, where players may consult a computer to aid in their calculation of variations
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Chess Oscar (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
And has a son, born on 9 April 2011, named in the traditional patronymic way Anand Akhil
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1995· 1 entry
Played the PCA World Chess Championship against Kasparov at New York City's World Trade Center
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1994· 1 entry
1997, 2003, 2005, and 2006), and has the most "rapidplay" titles, winning 9 times
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1993· 1 entry
The newly formed Professional Chess Association (PCA) held a 54-player, 11-round Swiss-style qualifying tournament in Groningen on 19–30 December, an equivalent of FIDE's Interzonal
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games (1991).
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1988· 1 entry
And he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time
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1987· 3 entries
British Chess Federation "Book of the Year" Award in 1998 for his book My Best Games of Chess
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Became the first Indian to win the World Junior Chess Championship
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At age 18, he became India's first grandmaster by winning the Shakti Finance International chess tournament held in Coimbatore, India
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1985· 1 entry
Became the youngest Indian to achieve the title of International Master, at age 15, by winning the Asian Junior Championship for the second year in a row, this time in Hong Kong
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1984· 1 entry
Anand won the Asian Junior Championship in Coimbatore, earning an International Master (IM) norm in the process
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1969· 1 entry
Born 1969-12-11.
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