Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster, was born in Mayiladuthurai, India, in 1969.
Viswanathan Anand (born 11 December 1969) is a former world chess champion and Indian chess grandmaster. In 1988, he became India's first grandmaster, and he is one of the few players who have attained an Elo rating of 2800, which he first did in 2006. Anand has won the global chess championship five times. He won the 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship in a six-game tournament against Alexei Shirov, a title he retained until 2002. In 2007, he won the uncontested world championship, which he successfully defended against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010, and Boris Gelfand in 2012. He lost the championship to challenger Magnus Carlsen in 2013, and after winning the 2014 Candidates Tournament, he lost
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