Full name : Viswanathan AnandCountry : India
Born : 11 December 1969 (age 39) ,Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Title : Grandmaster(1988)
World champion : 2000-2002 (FIDE), 2007-present(undisputed)
FIDE rating : 2791 (No. 2 on the january 2009 FIDE rating list)
Peak rating : 2803 (April 2006, April 2008 )
Awards
Anand has received many national and international awards.
Arjuna award for Outstanding Indian Sportsman in Chess in 1985
Padma Shri, National Citizens Award and Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1987
The inaugural Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour in the year 1991-1992.
British Chess Federation 'Book of the Year' Award in 1998 for his book My Best Games of Chess. Padma Bhushan in 2000
Jameo de Oro the highest honour given by the Government of Lanzarote in Spain on 25 April 2001. The award is given to illustrious personalities with extraordinary achievements.
Chess Oscar (1997, 1998, 2003, 2004 and 2007)
Sportstar Millennium Award in 1998, from India's premier Sports magazine for being the sportperson of the millennium
Padma Vibhushan in 2007
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