Lets salute to Viswanathan Anand who made INDIA proud

Full name	Viswanathan Anand
Country	India
Born	11 December 1969 (age 42) Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu,India
Title	Grandmaster (1988)
World Champion	2000–2002 (FIDE) 2007–present (Undisputed)

Viswanathan Anand born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess Grandmasterand the current World Chess Champion. Anand has won the World Chess Championship five times (2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012), and has been the undisputed World Champion since 2007.

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Year of Participation	Tournament	Performance
2012 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, MOSCOW WORLD CHAMPION OVERCAME A 7TH GAME LOSS, TO  DEFEAT BORIS GELFAND 2.5-1.5 IN  THE RAPID TIE BREAK MATCHES,  HAVING EARLIER BEEN HELD 6-6 IN  THE CLASSICAL FORMAT GAMES.  ANAND HAS NOW MADE HISTORY  AS A 5 TIME FIDE WORLD CHAMPION  AND IS NOW IN SERIOUS CONTENTION  TO BE POSSIBLY THE GREATEST OF  ALL TIME. 2011 Corsican Masters Champion 2011 Leon Masters Champion 2010 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, SOFIA, BULGARIA WORLD CHAMPION! 2008 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, BONN, GERMANY WORLD CHAMPION! 2008 13th Grenkeleasing Rapid World Chess Championship, Mainz Champion 2008 Morelia Linares Champion 2007 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, MEXICO CITY WORLD CHAMPION! 2007 World Rapid Championship,  Mainz Champion 2007 20th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess tournament, Leon Champion 2007 Morelia-Linares Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament, Linares Champion 2006 Mikhail Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament, Moscow Champion 2006 Grenkeleasing World Rapid Championship, Mainz Chess Classic, Mainz Champion 2006 19th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess tournament, Leon Champion 2006 15th Amber Blindfold & Rapid Chess Tournament Joint Champion 2006 Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee Champion 2005 World Chess Championship, San Luis Runner- Up 2005 Mainz Chess Classic, Mainz Champion 2005 18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess tournament, Leon  Champion 2004 Corsica Masters, Bastia Champion 2004 Mainz Chess Classic, Mainz Champion 2004 Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund Champion 2004 Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee Champion 2003 Corsica Masters, Bastia Champion 2003 World Rapid Chess Championship, Cap D'Agde Champion 2003 Rapid Chess Classic, Mainz Champion 2003 Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund Runner-Up 2003 12th Amber Chess Tournament, Monte Carlo Champion 2003 Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee Champion 2002 6th Corsica Masters Rapid Chess Tournament, Corsica Champion 2002 World Cup, Hyderabad Champion 2002 Russia Vs Rest of the World, Moscow Champion 2002 Chess Classic, Mainz Champion 2002 "Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez", Leon Runner- Up 2002 Eurotel World Chess Trophy, Prague Champion 2002 Super Torneo de Linnares, Linares Joint Third Place 2001 World Chess Championship, Moscow Semi Finalist 2001 Corsica Masters, Corsica Champion 2001 "Duel of the Champions" Champion 2001 "Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez", Leon Champion 2001 2nd Torneo Magistral, Mexico City Champion 2000 FIDE World Championships, Teheran and New Delhi WORLD CHAMPION 2000 FIDE World Cup, Shenyeng Champion 2000 Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund Runner-Up 2000 Fujitsu Siemens Giants Rapid Chess, Frankfurt Champion 2000 "Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez", Leon Champion 2000 Wydra International Tournament, Haifa Champion 2000 Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee Runner-Up 2000 Plus GSM World Blitz Chess Cup, Warsaw Champion 1999 "Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez", Leon Champion 1999 Chess Oscar Champion 1999 Toreno International De Ajedrez Ciudad De Linares 1999, Linares Runner-Up 1999 61st Hoogoven's Schaak Tornoi, Wijk Aan Zee 1999 Wydra Memorial Rapid Chess,Haifa Champion 1998 Fontys-Tilburg International Chess Tournament Champion 1998 "Siemens Nixdorf Duell",Frankfurt Champion 1998 "Siemens Nixdorf Duell",Frankfurt Champion 1998 "Torneo Magitral Communidad De Madrid", Madrid Champion 1998 Moscow - 1998 - - 1998 Torneo International De Ajedrez, Linares Champion 1998 60th Hoogoven's Schaak Tornoi,Wijk Aan Zee Champion 1998 FIDE World Chess Championship Finals, Basel Runner- Up 1997 Knock-Out Championship, Groningen Champion 1997 "Invesbanka Chess tournament", Belgrade Champion 1997 Credit Suisse Classic Tournament, Biel Champion 1997 Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund Runner- Up - 1997 Chess Classic Rapid Tournament, Frankfurt Champion 1997 Exhibition against 6 computers at the Aegon Man Vs Computers chess event. Won 4-2 1997 6th Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco Champion 1997 Torneo de Ajedrex, Dos Hermanes Champion 1996 Las Palmas"Super Torneo De Ajedrez", Las Palmas Second 1996 Credit  Swiss Rapid  Chess Grand Prix, Geneva Champion 1996 Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund Joint Winner with Kramnik 1995 World Championship, World Trade Center, New York Finalist 1995 Candidates Final, Las Palmas Winner 1994 World Championship Candidates Cycle, Linares Champion 1994 World Championship Candidates Cycle, New York Champion 1994 PCA Grand Prix, Moscow Champion 1994 Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco Champion 1993 PCA Interzonal, Groningen Champion 1993 FIDE Candidates Circle Interzonal, Biel - 1992 Alekhine Memorial (Category 18), Moscow - 1992 Immopar Trophy, Paris Finalist 1992 Played in Linares against Vassily Ivanchuk (then World No. 3) Champion 1992 Chess Olympaid 1992, Manila - 1992 Goodrich Open International Tournament, Calcutta Joint Champion - 1992 Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament (Category 18) Champion 1991 World Championship, Brussels Quarter Finalist 1991 "Candidates Match" for the World Championship, Madras Champion 1990 Triveni International Super Grandmasters Tournament, Delhi Joint Champion - 1990 Manila Chess Interzonal, Manila - 1990 Asian Open Chess Championship, Manila Champion - 1990 Manchester Chess Festival, Manchester Champion - 1990 Asian Zonal Championship  Gold Medallist 1989 GMA World Cup Qualifier Tied for 4th place 1989 Asian Team Chess Championship Scored 7 points out of 7 games 1989 2nd Asian Active Chess Championship, Hong Kong Champion - 1989 First National Active Chess, Pune Champion - 1989 4th International Games Festival, France (Veterans vs. Youth Tournament) 2nd overall, but 1st in the Youth category 1988 51st Hoogovens Chess Tournament Wijk Aan Zee