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...

at the Wayback Machine, Chessbase, 15 February 2008 Anand takes a dig at Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, The Hindu Gligorić, Svetozar (2002). Shall We Play...

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...

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...

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...

honours of India, including the Padma awards and the Arjuna Award. Viswanathan Anand was the first sportsperson to receive the second-highest civilian...

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...

Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the World Chess Champion...

Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess...

champion, Viswanathan Anand to raise funds for those suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic. During the event, Kamath cheated against Anand by using...

Ruslan Ponomariov and Vladimir Kramnik.  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), 2777  Viswanathan Anand (IND), 2766  Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2739  Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2737...

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...

primarily due to chess Grandmaster and former 5-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand. It is believed that chess originated from Chaturanga of ancient India...

best-of-twelve-games match between the incumbent World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand, and the previous World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik had been...

Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Vasily Smyslov, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Khalifman, and Rustam Kasimdzhanov....

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...

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;...

World Chess Championship 2006 against Vladimir Kramnik. He challenged Viswanathan Anand at the World Chess Championship 2010, losing 6½–5½. He won the 2005...

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...

World Chess Championship 2014 in Sochi between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand also featured a double blunder. Carlsen adopted the space-gaining...

Vasyl Ivanchuk and Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand entered the final round tied on points, Ivanchuk defeated Anand from a disadvantaged position to win...

[citation needed] According to many chess proponents, including GMs Viswanathan Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, Baskaran Adhiban, Emil...

Anatoly Karpov, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, and Magnus Carlsen...

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....

cricketer Viswanathan Anand (born 1969), Indian chess player Chetan Anand (badminton) (born 1980), Indian badminton player Subramanian Anand (born 1986)...

Chess Oscar, ChessBase News, 9-May-2003 Anand wins Chess Oscar for third time, rediff.com, 6-May-2004 Anand wins third Chess Oscar, ChessBase News, 8-May-2004...

conjunction with the All India Chess Federation. Former World Cup winner Viswanathan Anand defeated Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the final to retain the title. The...

2009, his FIDE rating was just four points behind World Champion Viswanathan Anand. In November 2009, he competed in the Mikhail Tal Memorial and finished...

Shahid (1986) Bhagyashree Thipsay (1987) Dilip Vengsarkar (1987) Viswanathan Anand (1988) Mohammad Azharuddin (1988) 1990s Chandraprabha Aitwal (1990)...

highest ranked player as of June 2024, overtaking former world champion Viswanathan Anand. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster at the age of...