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Viswanathan Anand

1969 - Today

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Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion, a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion, a two-time Chess World Cup Champion, a World Blitz Chess Cup Champion, and a six-time Chess Oscar Winner. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time. In 2022, he was the elected Deputy President of FIDE. He has had an important role in popularizing chess in India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2024). Viswanathan Anand is the 85th most popular chess player (down from 60th in 2024), the 422nd most popular biography from India (down from 327th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Viswanathan Anand ranks 85 out of 461. Before him are Elisaveta Bykova, Levon Aronian, Maia Chiburdanidze, Pal Benko, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and Vladimir Kramnik. After him are Louis Paulsen, Gideon Ståhlberg, Ljubomir Ljubojević, Adolf Albin, Larry Evans, and Rashid Nezhmetdinov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Viswanathan Anand ranks 117. Before him are Bob Sinclar, Reginald Arvizu, Sandra Studer, Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain, Hugo Maradona, and Tanita Tikaram. After him are Paul Adelstein, Raphael Warnock, Aunjanue Ellis, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, Pierre van Hooijdonk, and Ravindra Prabhat.

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In India

Among people born in India, Viswanathan Anand ranks 422 out of 1,861. Before him are Jaya Prada (1962), Asha Bhosle (1933), Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), M. N. Roy (1887), D. R. Bendre (1896), and Margaret Abbott (1878). After him are Man Singh I (1550), Zail Singh (1916), Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919), Girish Karnad (1938), Abanindranath Tagore (1871), and Shah Alam II (1728).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In India

Among chess players born in India, Viswanathan Anand ranks 1. After him are Humpy Koneru (1987), Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2005), Pentala Harikrishna (1986), Harika Dronavalli (1991), Vidit Gujrathi (1994), R Vaishali (2001), Gukesh D (2006), Tania Sachdev (1986), Krishnan Sasikiran (1981), Yuzvendra Chahal (1990), and Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (1979).

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