Viswanathan Anand, Chess Grandmaster

General Information about Viswanathan Anand

Name – Viswanathan Anand
Date of Birth of Viswanathan Anand – 11-Dec'1969
Birth Place of Viswanathan Anand – Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu
Parents of Viswanathan Anand – Krishnamoorthy Viswanathan Iyer and Susheela.
Siblings of Viswanathan Anand – Shiva Kumar and Anuradha.
Spouse of Viswanathan Anand – Aruna Anad
Educational Qualification of Viswanathan Anand - Viswanathan Anand did his school in Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai and Completed his degree in Loyola College, Chennai.

Chess Carrier of Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand became the National Chess Champion at the age of 16.
Viswanathan Anand is the first Indian who win World Junior Chess Championship" in the year of 1987.
Viswanathan Anand is the India's first Grand Master winner and he won title in the year of 1988.

Viswanathan Anand - World Chess Champion

In 2000, Viswanathan Anand became the first Indian who won theFIDE World Chess Championship title.
In 2007, Viswanathan Anand again won the FIDE World chess championship title which was held in Maxico City.
In 2008, Viswanathan Anand won the World Chess Championship 2008 title. The match was held in Bonn, Germany.
In 2010, Viswanathan Anand won the World Chess Championship 2010 title. The Match was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Viswanathan Anand - Title Winner

Consecutively three times Viswanathan Anand won the Advanced Chess Tournaments which was held in Leon, Spain.
Viswanathan Anand has won Chess Oscar title 6 times.
Viswanathan Anand has won Grenkeleasing Rapid Championship title 10 times.
Viswanathan Anand has won Linares Chess Tournament title in 2007

Viswanathan Anand is the first Asian who became the World Chess Champion.
Viswanathan Anand wrote a book named as My Best Games of Chess which was published in the year of 1998.

Awards from Indian Government

Indian Government gave him "Padma Vibhushan" award in the year of 2007. Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award in India next to Bharath Rathna. Viswanathan Anand is the first sports person who received Padma Vibhushan award.
Viswanathan Anand got "Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna" award in the year of 1991-92 which is Inida's highest sporting honour.
Viswanathan Anand won Padma Shri award at the age of 18. He also won Padma Bhushan Award.

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