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Viswanathan Anand

11 December 1969 – present

Viswanathan Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster who in 1988 became the first grandmaster from India and who held the World Chess Championship from 2007 to 2013. Known for his speed of calculation, he won the FIDE knockout title in 2000, took the undisputed title in Mexico City in 2007 and defended it three times before losing a match to Magnus Carlsen in 2013.

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Born in Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu
11 December 1969

Born in Tamil Nadu, India, and raised largely in Madras.

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Awarded the International Master title
1984

Earned the title at the age of fifteen.

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Won the World Junior Chess Championship
1987

Became the first Asian player to win the junior world title.

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Became India's first chess grandmaster
1988
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Played Garry Kasparov for the PCA world title in New York
1995

Lost the match held at the World Trade Center in New York City.

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Married Aruna Anand
1996
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Won the FIDE World Chess Championship
2000

Took the knockout title staged in New Delhi and Tehran, defeating Alexei Shirov in the final.

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Won the undisputed World Chess Championship in Mexico City
2007

Won the eight-player double round-robin tournament that reunified the title.

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Defended the world title three times
2008 – 2012

Retained the championship in matches against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010 and Boris Gelfand in 2012.

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Lost the world title to Magnus Carlsen in Chennai
2013
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