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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...
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  • at the Wayback Machine, Chessbase, 15 February 2008 Anand takes a dig at Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, The Hindu Gligorić, Svetozar (2002). Shall We Play...
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    Kramnik lost the title to Viswanathan Anand, who won the World Chess Championship 2007 tournament ahead of Kramnik. He challenged Anand at the World Chess Championship...
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    a match between the world champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Viswanathan Anand, to determine the World Chess Champion. It was held from 7 to 25 November...
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  • honours of India, including the Padma awards and the Arjuna Award. Viswanathan Anand was the first sportsperson to receive the second-highest civilian...
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    became World Chess Champion in 2013 by defeating Viswanathan Anand. He retained his title against Anand the following year and won both the 2014 World Rapid...
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    form, may be used as an honorific. For example, Viswanathan Anand may be styled as "GM Viswanathan Anand". The term "master" for a strong chess player was...
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    [citation needed] According to many chess proponents, including GMs Viswanathan Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, Baskaran Adhiban, Emil...
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    Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 Candidates...
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    best-of-twelve-games match between the incumbent World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand, and the previous World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik had been...
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    Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the World Chess Champion...
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    Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess...
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    Ruslan Ponomariov and Vladimir Kramnik.  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), 2777  Viswanathan Anand (IND), 2766  Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2739  Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2737...
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  • Anand Sreebala is an 2024 Indian Malayalam-language mystery thriller film directed by Vishnu Vinay in his directorial debut, written by Abhilash Pillai...
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    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...
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  • primarily due to chess Grandmaster and former 5-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand. It is believed that chess originated from Chaturanga of ancient India...
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    champion, Viswanathan Anand to raise funds for those suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic. During the event, Kamath cheated against Anand by using...
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  • the rapid section of the tournament, while former World Champion Viswanathan Anand won the blitz section by winning the blitz playoffs against Nakamura...
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    1926 to 1948. The first recipient of the award was chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who was honoured for the performance in the year 1991–92. In 2001...
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    World Chess Championship 2006 against Vladimir Kramnik. He challenged Viswanathan Anand at the World Chess Championship 2010, losing 6½–5½. He won the 2005...
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    Championship 2005. This tournament was won by Viswanathan Anand, thus making him the World Chess Champion. Because Anand's World Chess Champion title was won in...
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    addition to his tournament play, Kasimdzhanov was a longtime second to Viswanathan Anand, including during the 2008, 2010 and 2012 World Championship matches...
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    conjunction with the All India Chess Federation. Former World Cup winner Viswanathan Anand defeated Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the final to retain the title. The...
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  • World Chess Championship 2014 in Sochi between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand also featured a double blunder. Carlsen adopted the space-gaining...
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  • Adarsh Sein Anand (1 November 1936 – 1 December 2017) was the 29th Chief Justice of India, serving from 10 October 1998 to 31 October 2001. Anand completed...
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  • championship match, in the 14th game of the PCA final at New York City. Viswanathan Anand as Black obtained an excellent position using the opening against...
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  • Kasparov used it in a few games (notably a famous 25-move win against Viswanathan Anand in Riga, 1995), which prompted a brief revival of interest in it....
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    Vasyl Ivanchuk and Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand entered the final round tied on points, Ivanchuk defeated Anand from a disadvantaged position to win...
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    Indian chess player, after Viswanathan Anand, second Bengali after Niaz Murshed, and third South Asian after Niaz and Anand to achieve the title of chess...
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    Anatoly Karpov, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, and Magnus Carlsen...
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