Vishwanathan Anand, Chess Wiki

Vishwanathan Anand is an Indian grandmaster and was World Chess Champion in 2008. Anand lost his defence of the title in 2013 being defeated by Magnus Carlsen. He is also one of nine players (along with Veselin Topalov, Garry Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Hikaru Nakamura, and Fabiano Caruana) to break the 2800 rating mark. This article is a stub. Please help us by improving or adding on to it.

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Viswanathan Anand quote: The Internet gives you access to a lot of material

Vishy Anand is now a planet - Chess Forums

Thoughts on Chess, Kasparov and Putin

World Chess Championship 2012 - Wikiwand

List of World Chess Champions - Wikiwand

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File:AnandWM2008.Presse.Konf.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

International Chess Federation on X: 1997: Viswanathan Anand wins FIDE Candidates, Ruslan Ponomariov becomes youngest Grandmaster IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch invited Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov to the 1997 World Championship.

Anand vs. Kramnik 2008 World Chess Championship

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Anand vs Carlsen: the age effect in the World Chess Championship