Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is India's first chess Grandmaster (the title he earned in 1988) and the former world champion of the year 2007. He is the fourth chess player in the rating list of FIDE who passed the 2800 Elo mark and the six times winner of Chess Oscar. Anand has earned numerous accolades in his professional chess career amongst which some are listed here-

• 2019 - Clinched 1^st and 3^rd position at the Paris Grand Chess Tour Blitz tournament
• 2019 - Clinched 1^st and 2^nd position at Levitov blitz tournament, held in Amsterdam
• 2018 - Won the title at the 11th Tal Memorial Rapid, held in Moscow
• 2018 - Clinched top spot at the 1st Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz Tournament in Blitz event
• 2017 - Won the World Rapid Chess Championship held in Riyadh
• 2017 - Earned the 3^rd position at the World Blitz Chess Championship in Riyadh
• 2016 - Clinched 1^st and 2^nd position at the Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid and blitz)
• 2016 - Won the St. Louis Champions Tournament
• 2016 - Anand received the "Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award" for his outstanding consummations in chess by C.Vidyasagar Rao, the Governor of Maharashtra.
• 2014 - Anand shared the award of Russian "Order of Friendship" with Boris Gelfand for their astounding performance in the FIDE World Chess Championship match of the year 2012.
• 2012 - Honored as the "Indian Sportsman of the Year" and "Indian of the Year"
• 2011 - He was presented the "Global Strategist Award" by NASSCOM for his dominant performance in various formats of World Chess Championship.
• 1998 - The British Chess Federation selected his book "My Best Games of Chess" as the "Book of the Year".
• 1991-92 - The Government of India honoured Anand by giving him the "Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award" for his sincere efforts in the sport.
• 1987 - He was honoured with the "Soviet Land Nehru Award" and "National Citizens Award" for his consummate efforts in chess.
• 1985 - This year he was entitled with the prestigious "Arjuna Award".