Biography of viswanathan anand pdf files

Indian chess grandmaster (born )

"Vishy" redirects here. For the Indian cricketer, see Gundappa to be confused with Vichy.

In this Tamil name, there is no surname or family name. The name Viswanathan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Anand.

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December ) is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion,^[2] a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion and a two-time Chess World Cup Champion.^[3] He became the first grandmaster from India in , and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time.^[4] In , he was the elected Deputy President of FIDE.^[5][6]

Anand defeated Alexei Shirov in a six-game match to win the FIDE World Chess Championship, a title he held until He became the undisputed world champion in and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in , Veselin Topalov in , and Boris Gelfand in ^[7&