Visvanathan anand is an Indian chess grand master and the current world chess champion,he was born on December 11,1989 in Chennai,his FIDE rating rank is 2798,Peak rating rank is 2803.
Anand’s rise in the Indian Chess World was meteoric, he became the youngest Indian to win International Master Title, he became the first Indian to win world Junior Chess Championship,he played games at Blitz speed.
After several misses Anand won the FIDE WCC in 2000 after defeating Alexei Shirov, In 2005 he won Veselin Topalov, In 2007 he won the double round-robin tournament against Vladimir Kramnik.
In 1983 ,he won National sub-Junior chess champion
1984-International Master,
1985-Indian national Champion,
1987-Word Junior chess Champion,
1988-Grand Master,
2000-FIDE World Chess Champion.
In his life history he got many awards as follows
Arjuna award in 1985,Bhadma shri award in 1987,Book of the year award in1988,
Sports Star Millennium award in 1998,Bhadma Bhushan in 2000,Bhadma Vibhushan in 2007.
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
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