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Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former five-time World Chess Champion and a record two-time Chess World 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 elected the deputy president of FIDE.
Viswanathan Anand, the 15th undisputed chess champion and surely the greatest Indian chess player of all time, was born on December 11, 1969, in Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, the southeasternmost state in India.
Jun 7, 2024 · Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess master who won the world chess championship in 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2012. He was the first world chess champion from Asia. He was known for quick tactical calculations, which he displayed by winning numerous ‘speed chess’ titles.
Sep 1, 2023 · D Gukesh has overtaken Viswanathan Anand as India's no.1 chess player - ending a spell that began when Anand overtook Pravin Thipsay in July 1986.
Viswanathan Anand has not only achieved the highest honours in the game of chess but has also led India to become one of the chess superpowers in the world. But how was he when he was young? FREDERIC FRIEDEL (pictured), co-founder of ChessBase, has been a very close friend of his for decades.
Feb 27, 2024 · Viswanathan Anand is the 15th official world chess champion, Deputy President of FIDE and 1st Indian Grandmaster and writer. He wrote “My best games of chess” etc. He was born on December 11, 1969, at Tamil Nadu, India.
Mar 27, 2024 · Viswanathan Anand, or "Vishy" as he's fondly called, is a name synonymous with Indian chess. He's not just a grandmaster, but a five-time World Chess Champion, a feat that places him among the greats of the game.
Dec 11, 2020 · Born on 11 th December 1969 to Krishnamurthy Viswanathan and Sushila Viswanathan, Anand was the youngest of all the three Viswanathan children. He started learning chess at a tender age of six and quickly picked up the brains of his mother Sushila, who was a chess aficionado.
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and former world chess champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of 2800, a feat he first achieved in 2006. [2]
Dec 11, 2020 · Anand, with his attacking style of play, stormed the Soviet bastion of chess in the 90s and his journey from being India's first Grandmaster to World Champion, battling raging politics and a...
