Viswanathan Anand

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Viswanathan Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time.

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Viswanathan Anand canonical 50
Anand 1

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Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Chess Champion ⓘ
chess grandmaster ⓘ
chess player ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Arjuna Award ⓘ
Chess Oscar ⓘ
Jameo de Oro ⓘ
linked to: Jameos del Agua

Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1969-12-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Egmore ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tamil ⓘ
familyName Anand ⓘ
FIDERankingPeak 1 ⓘ
FIDERankingPeakDate 2007-04 ⓘ
FIDERatingPeak 2817 ⓘ
FIDERatingPeakDate 2011-03 ⓘ
FIDETitle Grandmaster ⓘ
fullName Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
givenName Viswanathan ⓘ
hasChild Akhil Anand ⓘ
hasOpeningNamedAfter Anand Variation ⓘ
isConsideredOneOf greatest chess players of all time ⓘ
knownFor World Chess Championship titles ⓘ
rapid playing style ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
lostWorldChampionshipMatchTo Garry Kasparov ⓘ
Magnus Carlsen ⓘ
memberOf FIDE Athletes Commission ⓘ
nickname Vishy ⓘ
notableRival Garry Kasparov ⓘ
Magnus Carlsen ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
notableWork Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life ⓘ
My Best Games of Chess ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
chess player ⓘ
participatedIn Candidates Tournament ⓘ
Chess Olympiad ⓘ
World Blitz Chess Championship ⓘ
World Rapid Chess Championship ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chennai ⓘ
India ⓘ
Madras ⓘ
linked to: Madras, India

Tamil Nadu ⓘ
playsForNationalTeam India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
residence Chennai ⓘ
Collado Mediano ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sponsor AMD ⓘ
NIIT ⓘ
TVH ⓘ
Union Bank of India ⓘ
sportsDiscipline chess ⓘ
spouse Aruna Anand ⓘ
titleHeld FIDE World Champion ⓘ
Grandmaster ⓘ
World Blitz Chess Champion ⓘ
World Chess Champion ⓘ
World Rapid Chess Champion ⓘ
wonWorldChampionshipMatchAgainst Boris Gelfand ⓘ
Veselin Topalov ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
worldChampionFrom 2007 ⓘ
worldChampionIn blitz chess ⓘ
classical chess ⓘ
rapid chess ⓘ
worldChampionTo 2013 ⓘ
yearAwardedGrandmasterTitle 1988 ⓘ

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University of Madras → hasNotableAlumni → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna → firstRecipient → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Viswanathan Anand → fullName → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Loyola College, Chennai → hasNotableAlumnus → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik → lostTitleTo → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Chess Oscar → notableRecipient → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
World Chess Champion → notableHolder → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
World Chess Championship → notableChampion → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Viswanathan → hasNotableBearer → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
My Best Games of Chess → author → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
My Best Games of Chess → mainSubject → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
My Best Games of Chess → creator → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Magnus Carlsen → wonTitleAgainst → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Magnus Carlsen → defendedTitleAgainst → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Aruna Anand → spouse → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Akhil Anand → childOf → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
subject linked to: Aruna Anand
Aruna Anand → spouseOfSportsPerson → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Aruna Anand → marriedToChessPlayer → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Akhil Anand → father → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Akhil Anand → notableFamilyMember → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Aruna Anand → spouse → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
subject linked to: Akhil Anand
Vishy → nicknameOf → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Vishy → familyName → Anand ⓘ
linked to: Viswanathan Anand
Candidates Tournament → notableWinner → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
TVH → sponsorOf → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
TVH → sponsoredPersonName → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Anand Variation → namedAfter → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Anand Variation → influencedBy → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Anand Variation → hasNotablePlayer → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Boris Gelfand → worldChampionshipChallenger → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Berlin Defense → favoredBy → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Catalan Opening → favoredBy → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2007 → winner → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2007 → champion → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2007 → participant → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2008 → winner → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2008 → game1Winner → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2008 → game3Winner → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2008 → game5Winner → Viswanathan Anand ⓘ