Viswanathan Anand

Born:December 11 1969

Indian Chess Grandmaster

Anand won the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2000,

He won world chess championship in Year 2007

In 1988, at the age of eighteen, he became India's first Grandmaster. He was awarded Padhma Shri at the age of 18.

Titles won by Viswanathan Anand

• 1983 National Sub-Junior Chess Champion - age 14
• 1984 International Master - age 15
• 1985 Indian National Champion - age 16
• 1987 World Junior Chess Champion,
• 1988 Grandmaster
• 2000 FIDE World Chess Champion
• 2003 FIDE World Rapid Chess Champion
• 2007 FIDE World Chess Champion