Viswanathan Anand | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 16/12/2018

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Viswanathan Anand


00:01:28 1 Early life
00:02:38 2 Personal life
00:04:24 3 Early chess career
00:07:29 3.1 Other results
00:09:45 4 World Chess Championships
00:09:55 4.1 FIDE World Champion 2000
00:11:10 4.2 World Champion 2007
00:12:42 4.3 World Champion 2008
00:15:27 4.4 World Champion 2010
00:17:19 4.5 World Champion 2012
00:18:14 4.6 World Championship 2013
00:18:50 4.7 World Championship 2014
00:19:41 4.8 FIDE World Rapid Chess Champion 2003
00:21:13 4.9 FIDE World Rapid Chess Champion 2017
00:21:49 5 Post-2010 chess career
00:21:59 5.1 2010
00:22:50 5.2 2011
00:26:19 5.3 2012
00:28:53 5.4 2013
00:33:37 5.5 2014
00:38:30 5.6 2015
00:45:23 5.7 2016
00:50:45 5.8 2017
00:54:59 5.9 2018
00:56:22 5.10 Rating
00:57:23 6 Assessment
00:58:38 7 Notable tournament successes
00:58:48 7.1 Rapid/exhibition tournaments
00:58:57 7.2 Classical tournaments
00:59:06 7.3 Matches
00:59:41 8 Awards
00:59:54 8.1 Indian national honours
01:00:36 8.2 Other honours
01:02:46 9 Notable games
01:06:00 10 See also



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Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former World Chess Champion.
Anand became India's first grandmaster in 1988. He held the FIDE World Chess Championship from 2000 to 2002, thus becoming the first Asian to do so. He became the undisputed World Champion in 2007 and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008. He then defended his title in the World Chess Championship 2010 against Veselin Topalov and in the World Chess Championship 2012 against Boris Gelfand. In the World Chess Championship 2013 he lost to challenger Magnus Carlsen and lost again to Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2014. He won the World Rapid Chess Championship in 2003 and 2017.
In April 2006 Anand became the fourth player in history to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE rating list, after Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov. He occupied the number one position for 21 months, the 6th longest on record.
Anand was also the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi 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.