"Vishy" redirects here. For the Indian cricketer, see Gundappa Viswanath.
In this Indian name, the name Viswanathan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Anand.
Viswanathan Anand
Anand in 2016
Born
Anand Viswanathan[1]
(1969-12-11) 11 December 1969 (age 54)
Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation
Deputy President of FIDE
Organization
FIDE
Awards
Full list
Country
India
Title
Grandmaster (1988)
World Champion
2000–2002 (FIDE) 2007–2013
FIDE rating
2751 (April 2024)
Peak rating
2817 (March 2011)
Ranking
No. 11 (April 2024)
Peak ranking
No. 1 (April 2007)
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former five-time World Chess Champion[2] and a record two-time Chess World Cup Champion.[3] He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time.[4] In 2022, he was elected the deputy president of FIDE.[5][6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
In April 2006, Anand became the fourth player in history to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE rating list, after Kramnik, Topalov, and Garry Kasparov.[9] He occupied the number one position for 21 months, the sixth-longest period on record.
Known for his rapid playing speed as a child, Anand earned the sobriquet "Lightning Kid"[10][11] during his early career in the 1980s. He has since developed into a universal player, and many consider him the greatest rapid chess player of his generation.[12][13] He won the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship in 2003 and 2017,[14] the World Blitz Cup in 2000,[15] and numerous other top-level rapid and blitz events.
Anand was the first recipient of the Khel Ratna Award in 1991–92, India's highest sporting honour. In 2007, he was awarded India's second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, making him the first sportsperson to receive the award.[16]
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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...
Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, ViswanathanAnand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess...
at the Wayback Machine, Chessbase, 15 February 2008 Anand takes a dig at Kasparov, ViswanathanAnand, The Hindu Gligorić, Svetozar (2002). Shall We Play...
Kramnik lost the title to ViswanathanAnand, who won the World Chess Championship 2007 tournament ahead of Kramnik. He challenged Anand at the World Chess Championship...
a match between the world champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger ViswanathanAnand, to determine the World Chess Champion. It was held from 7 to 25 November...
Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending World Champion ViswanathanAnand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 Candidates...
best-of-twelve-games match between the incumbent World Chess Champion, ViswanathanAnand, and the previous World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik had been...
Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion ViswanathanAnand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the World Chess Champion...
became World Chess Champion in 2013 by defeating ViswanathanAnand. He retained his title against Anand the following year and won both the 2014 World Rapid...
honours of India, including the Padma awards and the Arjuna Award. ViswanathanAnand was the first sportsperson to receive the second-highest civilian...
Ruslan Ponomariov and Vladimir Kramnik. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), 2777 ViswanathanAnand (IND), 2766 Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2739 Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2737...
form, may be used as an honorific. For example, ViswanathanAnand may be styled as "GM ViswanathanAnand". The term "master" for a strong chess player was...
tournament in Wijk aan Zee. He finished with +2, tying for fourth with ViswanathanAnand, behind Carlsen, Shirov, and Kramnik.[citation needed] In May, Nakamura...
of chess. It was an eight-player, double round robin tournament. ViswanathanAnand won the tournament and the title of World Chess Champion. His winning...
champion, ViswanathanAnand to raise funds for those suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic. During the event, Kamath cheated against Anand by using...
with green background. Karjakin–Anand, round 4 Topalov–Karjakin, round 5 Aronian–Nakamura, round 6 The first round saw Anand beat Topalov after mutual blunders...
World Chess Championship 2006 against Vladimir Kramnik. He challenged ViswanathanAnand at the World Chess Championship 2010, losing 6½–5½. He won the 2005...
conjunction with the All India Chess Federation. Former World Cup winner ViswanathanAnand defeated Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the final to retain the title. The...
Championship 2005. This tournament was won by ViswanathanAnand, thus making him the World Chess Champion. Because Anand's World Chess Champion title was won in...
primarily due to chess Grandmaster and former 5-time World Champion ViswanathanAnand. It is believed that chess originated from Chaturanga of ancient India...
Gukesh officially surpassed ViswanathanAnand as the top-ranked Indian player, marking the first time in 37 years that Anand was not the top-ranked Indian...
Asrian; 2½–1½ Gelfand; 1½–½ Polgár; 3½–2½ Nisipeanu; 3½–2½ Akopian Anand had a bye in the first round. 1½–½ Bologan; 1½–½ Lputian; 1½–½ Macieja;...
1926 to 1948. The first recipient of the award was chess Grandmaster ViswanathanAnand, who was honoured for the performance in the year 1991–92. In 2001...
addition to his tournament play, Kasimdzhanov was a longtime second to ViswanathanAnand, including during the 2008, 2010 and 2012 World Championship matches...
including the top seed and winner of the previous FIDE World Championship ViswanathanAnand. The championship was a knockout tournament similar to other FIDE...
average of the July 2004 and January 2005 lists: Garry Kasparov, ViswanathanAnand, Veselin Topalov and Alexander Morozevich. Kramnik refused to play...
[citation needed] According to many chess proponents, including GMs ViswanathanAnand, Vidit Gujrathi, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, Baskaran Adhiban, Emil...
in New York City. Garry Kasparov, the defending champion, played ViswanathanAnand, the challenger, in a twenty-game match. Kasparov won the match after...
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