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Viswanathan Anand

Also known as Vishwanathan Anand

Indian chess grandmaster

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Viswanathan Anand is an Indian chess player and writer born in Chennai in 1969. He holds the titles of FIDE Master, International Master, and Grandmaster. Anand has competed in several major tournaments, including the Classical World Chess Championship 1995, World Chess Championship 2007, World Chess Championship 2008, and World Chess Championship 2013. He has an Elo rating of 2817.

He is educated at Loyola College and the University of Madras. Anand has received the Arjuna Award, Padma Bhushan, Chess Oscar, and Padma Vibhushan. He resides in Chennai and practices Hinduism. As an author, he has written two works, including *Sultan Khan* and *Mind Master*.

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Sultan Khan
Mind Master

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: India
Place of birth: Chennai
Occupation: writer
Religion: Hinduism
Award: Padma Shri
Participant in: 43rd Chess Olympiad
Sport: chess
Country for sport: India
Image: Viswanathan Anand (2016).jpeg
Residence: Chennai

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Commons category: Viswanathan Anand
date of birth: 1969-12-11
Commons gallery: Viswanathan Anand
name in native language: விசுவநாதன் ஆனந்த்
birth name: விசுவநாதன் ஆனந்த்
social media followers: 626843
Elo rating: 2743
Stack Exchange tag: chess.stackexchange.com/tags/anand
ranking: 11
title of chess person: Grandmaster

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Encyclopedic overview

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion, a two-time World Rapid Chess 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 2022, he was the elected Deputy President of FIDE. He has had an important role in popularizing chess in India.

Anand defeated Alexei Shirov in a six-game match to win the 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship, a title he held until 2002. He became the undisputed world champion in 2007 and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010, and Boris Gelfand in 2012. In 2013, he 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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