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Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion, [2] a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion and a 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]
Viswanathan Anand: Tamil Nadu 2001 GM M [14] Padma Shri: 2 Anupama Gokhale: Maharashtra 1986 WIM F [14] 3 Bhagyashree Thipsay: Maharashtra 1987 WIM F [14] - Viswanathan Anand: Tamil Nadu 1988 GM M [14] 4 Koneru Humpy: Andhra Pradesh 2007 GM F [14] 5 Harika Dronavalli: Andhra Pradesh 2019 GM F [15] Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - Viswanathan Anand ...
For most of the period April 2007 to November 2009, the top ranking was held by either Anand or Topalov. The seventh and current world number one is Magnus Carlsen, who first achieved this ranking in the January 2010 list, and has been world number one since July 2011 after having lost and reclaimed the position from Anand during 2010 and 2011.
“It’s our Mount Olympus,” Viswanathan “Vishy” Anand, a five-time world chess champion, tells CNN Sport. “It’s the thing you spend a lot of time trying to achieve, aiming for ...
Viswanathan Anand: 2817 2011-03 1969 Highest-ranked Indian player (since 1987), former world champion (2007–2013, FIDE 2000–2002), formerly world no. 1 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) Soviet Union Russia: Vladimir Kramnik: 2817 2016-10 1975
Anand missed a comparatively simple combination and lost. After a draw in game 12, Anand again played weakly against the Dragon in game 13, losing again with white to go two points down. When Anand lost game 14, Kasparov had a commanding 8½-5½ lead and the match was effectively over. The players drew their remaining games. [6]
1 Ratings are as at the time of the tournament.; The first tie-break was head-to-head result; the second tie-break was total number of wins. Topalov scored an extraordinary 6½/7 in the first cycle, one of the greatest streaks in the history of championship-level chess, beating all but Viswanathan Anand, after Anand defended tenaciously in a lost queen-pawn ending.
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