CHESS PLAYER

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 and a two-time Chess World Cup Champion. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viswanathan Anand has received more than 6,633,971 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2019). Viswanathan Anand is the 60th most popular chess player (down from 50th in 2019), the 327th most popular biography from India (down from 245th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Viswanathan Anand ranks 60 out of 461Before him are Alexander Kotov, Lionel Kieseritzky, Magnus Carlsen, Salo Flohr, Aleksandar Matanović, and Géza Maróczy. After him are Dawid Janowski, Elisaveta Bykova, Mark Taimanov, Vladimir Kramnik, Olga Rubtsova, and Szymon Winawer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Viswanathan Anand ranks 81Before him are Tomas Brolin, Marjane Satrapi, Gedeon Burkhard, Zach Galifianakis, Christian Slater, and Bob Sinclar. After him are Jason Bateman, Erika Eleniak, Josh Holloway, Ice Cube, Bobby Brown, and Kathryn Morris.

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In India

Among people born in India, Viswanathan Anand ranks 327 out of 1,861Before him are Sikandar Lodi (1450), Puneeth Rajkumar (1975), Bhāskara I (600), Bahubali (null), Girish Karnad (1938), and Abbé Faria (1756). After him are Abanindranath Tagore (1871), Tatya Tope (1814), Rajnath Singh (1951), Birju Maharaj (1937), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), and Shashi Kapoor (1938).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In India

Among chess players born in India, Viswanathan Anand ranks 1After him are Vidit Gujrathi (1994), R Vaishali (2001), Humpy Koneru (1987), Tania Sachdev (1986), Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2005), Pentala Harikrishna (1986), Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (1979), Harika Dronavalli (1991), Krishnan Sasikiran (1981), Yuzvendra Chahal (1990), and Parimarjan Negi (1993).