Key facts
- Born
- 11 December 1969, Chennai
- State of birth
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Sector
- Chess
- Profession
- Indian chess grandmaster
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a four-time undisputed World Chess Champion, a FIDE World Chess Champion, a 13-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and a World Blitz Chess Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988 and became the fourth player in history to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE rating list In April 2006. He occupied the number-one position for 21 months, the sixth-longest period on record, and has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time.
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Timeline
- 1969Born in Chennai
- 1991Awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games
- 1997Awarded the Chess Oscar
- 1998Awarded the Chess Oscar
- 2000Awarded the world chess champion
- 2001Awarded the Padma Bhushan
- 2003Awarded the Chess Oscar
- 2004Awarded the Chess Oscar
- 2007Awarded the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year
- 2007Awarded the Padma Vibhushan
- 2007Awarded the Chess Oscar
- 2007Awarded the world chess champion
- 2008Awarded the Chess Oscar
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5