Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Indian Grandmaster.........



Viswanathan Anand
Full nameViswanathan Anand
Country India
Born11 December 1969 (age 39)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
TitleGrandmaster (1988)
World Champion2000–2002 (FIDE), 2007–present (undisputed)
FIDE rating2788
(No. 2 on the July 2009 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating2803 (April 2006, April 2008)


Chess titles


1983 National Sub-Junior Chess Champion
1984 Asian Junior Champion
1984 International Master
1985 Indian National Champion
1987 World Junior Chess Champion
1988 Grandmaster
1990 Asian Champion
2000 FIDE World Chess Champion
2000 World Blitz Chess Champion
2003 FIDE World Rapid Chess Champion
2007 World Chess Champion (Undisputed)
2008 World Chess Champion (Undisputed)
Awards

Anand has received many national and international awards.
Arjuna award for Outstanding Indian Sportsman in Chess in 1985
Padma Shri, National Citizens Award and Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1987
The inaugural Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour in the
year 1991–1992.
British Chess Federation 'Book of the Year' Award in 1998 for his book My Best Games of Chess
Padma Bhushan in 2000
Jameo de Oro the highest honour given by the Government of Lanzarote in Spain
on 25 April 2001. The award is given to illustrious personalities with extraordinary achievements.
Chess Oscar (1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008)
Sportstar Millennium Award in 1998, from India's premier Sports magazine for being the sportperson of the millennium
Padma Vibhushan in 2007.



By,
P.Anandharaj,
III-yr CSE,
REG. No:070105801002

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