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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

of chess. It was an eight-player, double round robin tournament. Viswanathan Anand won the tournament and the title of World Chess Champion. His winning...

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

including the top seed and winner of the previous FIDE World Championship Viswanathan Anand. The championship was a knockout tournament similar to other FIDE...

Gukesh officially surpassed Viswanathan Anand as the top-ranked Indian player, marking the first time in 37 years that Anand was not the top-ranked Indian...

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

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;...

tournament in Wijk aan Zee. He finished with +2, tying for fourth with Viswanathan Anand, behind Carlsen, Shirov, and Kramnik.[citation needed] In May, Nakamura...

addition to his tournament play, Kasimdzhanov was a longtime second to Viswanathan Anand, including during the 2008, 2010 and 2012 World Championship matches...

Viswanathan Anand. The only other absentee from the top 25 was Ye Jiangchuan. All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.  Viswanathan Anand (IND)...

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

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

with green background. Karjakin–Anand, round 4 Topalov–Karjakin, round 5 Aronian–Nakamura, round 6 The first round saw Anand beat Topalov after mutual blunders...

average of the July 2004 and January 2005 lists: Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov and Alexander Morozevich. Kramnik refused to play...

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

in New York City. Garry Kasparov, the defending champion, played Viswanathan Anand, the challenger, in a twenty-game match. Kasparov won the match after...

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