Anand wasn't paying enough attention with his team to the fact that he was playing the World Championship. Because Anand had lost the year before, he had to watch as Topalov fell, but his time would soon come. He was immediately set against Karpov, who won the first game. His contribution to the film industry in a five-decade career has been path-breaking. SPB’s warm personality shone through when he recognized Viswanathan Anand when they met next at the Hyderabad airport. Anand won the 2017 World Rapid Chess Championship by defeating Vladimir Fedoseev 2–0 in the final tiebreak after he, Fedoseev and Ian Nepomniachtchi tied for first with 10.5/15 points. Viswanathan Anand participated in several high-level tournaments in 2017 including the World Rapid and Blitz championship, the Isle of Man Championship, the Norway chess tournament, the Zurich Chess Challenge, the Leon Chess Masters Rapid Tournament and the FIDE World Cup, to which he returned after fifteen years. Anand learned to play chess from his mother when he was 6 years old. [69] In addition to the title of FIDE world champion, Anand received a $528,000 cash prize. ", "Anand finishes third at Zurich Chess Challenge 2017", "Anand signs off joint second at Isle of Man Chess", "Viswanathan Anand bows out of Chess World Cup", "Viswanathan Anand wins bronze at World Blitz Chess Championship", "GRENKE Chess Classic 2018: Pairings & standings", "Vishwanathan Anand seals Tata Steel Chess India Blitz title in style", "Anand Wins Tata Steel Chess India Blitz", "Carlsen Wins 81st Tata Steel Chess Tournament", "Carlsen Wraps Up Gashimov Memorial With 'Stellar Performance, "My target is to regain world number one status: Anand", "Final Chess Masters 2010 in Shanghai and Bilbao", "Vladimir Kramnik on Chess, Anand, Topalov, and his future", "Former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik says Vishwanathan Anand was unstoppable in 2008", "Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: Anand proved to be one of the greatest chess players of modern times", "Viswanathan Anand says experimentation is important in cricket and chess", Anand & Cmilyte winners Botvinnik Memorial rapid, "Carlsen beats Anand to 2010 Chess Oscar", "Vishwanathan Anand among winners of Global Leadership Awards", "Jayalalithaa hands over Rs. Among these tournaments, Anand also participated in the Berlin World Rapid and Blitz Championships, GRENKE Chess, Zurich Chess Challenge, Bilbao Chess Masters Final, and Shamkir Chess. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of 2800, a feat he first achieved in 2006. By 1990 Anand was already strong enough to participate in the Interzonal tournament for the 1993 championship cycle.

In October 2003, the governing body of chess, FIDE, organised a rapid time control tournament in Cap d'Agde[95][96] and billed it as the World Rapid Chess Championship. In the last 5–6 years he's made a qualitative leap that's made it possible to consider him one of the great chess players. Sportstar Millennium Award in 1998, from India's premier sports magazine for being the sportsperson of the millennium. In 1983, to be precise. And even at that age he remains a regular top-10 presence on the rating list, achieving the ninth spot in October 2019. Anand won this event ahead of ten of the other top twelve players in the world, beating Kramnik in the final. [77] In the post-event press conference, Anand commented on his final game and his feelings on winning the tournament: "This time there is no rival claimant, so obviously it is a fantastic feeling. Anand asked for a three-day postponement, which the Bulgarian organisers refused on 19 April. Follow this trick. If he had won six games, he had lost eight. The Norwegian won game two before Anand took game three (below) to tie the match.

It was obviously real. Anand successfully defended his title twice more, in 2010 and 2012, as the world championship cycle settled into a more regular routine.

However, Anand scored just half a point in the next five games, losing twice to Kasparov's Sicilian Dragon defense, and eventually conceded a 10½–7½ loss. [49] Afterwards, Kasparov commented on Anand's psychological approach to the match: "Anand lost the match in five games, Games 10 to 14.

It will not be easy for the younger generation to push him aside... Anand out-prepared Kramnik completely. Viswanathan Anand won the World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament, which earned him a rematch against Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship. Anand was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 1991–92, India's highest sporting honour. 'Regret didn't win US Open or Roland Garros': Novak Djokovic... 'Indian hockey team is shaping up well for Olympics,' says defend... India tour of Australia venues, dates reportedly confirmed; Adelaide as sta... UEFA Champions League: Coronavirus-impacted Inter Milan draw with Gladbach, CSA gets green light from govt to host England for limited-overs series. If anybody else other than Karpov wins, it's a world championship. Anand also recollected the contribution of SPB in his Tweet when he tweeted from his official handle.

In 1983, to be precise.

So I would prepare for a general game. Anyone can play fast, but it takes a special talent to play quickly and accurately at the very highest levels for decades. [97] In most tournament time control games that Anand plays, he has more time left than his opponent at the end of the game. In 2007, he was awarded India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, making him the first sportsperson to receive the award. Condoling SPB's death, Anand tweeted that the legendary singer had sponsored his team 'Chennai Colts' in the national team championship in back in 1983. SPB was the former chess world champion Viswanathan Anand's "first sponsor" at a tournament. Anand participated in several high-level tournaments in 2013, including the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Grenke Chess Classic, Zurich Chess Challenge, Alekhine Memorial, Tal Memorial, the 1st Norway Chess Tournament, and the London Chess Classic. ", "The Berlin Wall has Fallen — but the Tower of London still remains", "Magnus Carlsen wins the London Chess Classic and Grand Chess Tour", "Nakamura wins the 2016 Zurich Chess Challenge! The most notable aspect of Anand’s career has to be his longevity. [68] Upon his return to India, Anand was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government in recognition of his world title win. In 1984 Anand won the Asian Junior Championship in Coimbatore earning a norm for the title International Master (IM) in the process. Anand convincingly defended the title against Kramnik in the World Chess Championship 2008 held 14–29 October in Bonn, Germany. [43], In March 2007, Anand won the Linares chess tournament and it was widely believed that he would be ranked world No. The players drew their regular six-game match with two wins apiece and two draws, but Karpov won the two “quick chess” tie-break games to win the match. Anand won five of his 14 games while drawing, twice. Anand's rise in the Indian chess world was meteoric. The following year, he won the first of three consecutive national championships. With the win, he became the first world champion from Asia and the first world champion from outside the ex-Soviet Union since Bobby Fischer. In the agreement, FIDE recognized Kramnik as the classical champion, Kramnik agreed to defend his classical title against a FIDE challenger in a unification match, and both sides agreed that the winner of that match would put the unified title on the line in FIDE’s next championship tournament. In 1993, the newly formed Professional Chess Association (PCA) held a 54-player, 11-round Swiss-style qualifying tournament in Groningen on 19–30 December, an equivalent to FIDE's Interzonal. Anand played in both championship cycles from 1993 to 1995. ", "Nakamura triumphs in the Super Sixteen Rapid", http://www.zurich-cc.com/archive/zcc2014/pages/press.html, "FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2014", "Bilbao Final: Anand first, Aronian second", "Magnus Carlsen is FIDE World Chess Champion 2014! He is the first player to have won five titles of the Corus chess tournament, succeeded by Magnus Carlsen. He lost the match 10½–7½.

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