Vishy

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Vishy is the popular nickname of Viswanathan Anand, the Indian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion renowned for his rapid playing style and contributions to modern chess.

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Vishy canonical 2

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instanceOf World Chess Champion ⓘ
chess player ⓘ
human ⓘ
achievedGrandmasterTitleIn 1988 ⓘ
awardReceived Arjuna Award ⓘ
Chess Oscar ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
countryOfResidence India ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1969-12-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Egmore ⓘ
EloPeakDate 2011-03 ⓘ
familyName Anand ⓘ
linked to: Viswanathan Anand
givenName Viswanathan ⓘ
hasChild Akhil Anand ⓘ
hasEloPeak 2817 ⓘ
hasStyle excellent rapid calculation ⓘ
strong opening preparation ⓘ
universal playing style ⓘ
influenced Indian chess ⓘ
younger generations of chess players ⓘ
knownFor World Chess Championship titles ⓘ
contributions to modern chess ⓘ
rapid playing style ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
memberOf FIDE ⓘ
nicknameOf Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
notableGameFormat blitz chess ⓘ
rapid chess ⓘ
notableOpponent Boris Gelfand ⓘ
Magnus Carlsen ⓘ
Veselin Topalov ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
notableTournamentWin Corus/Tata Steel Chess Tournament ⓘ
FIDE World Cup ⓘ
Linares International Chess Tournament ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
chess commentator ⓘ
chess player ⓘ
participatedIn Candidates Tournament 2014 ⓘ
Candidates Tournament 2016 ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2007 ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2008 ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2010 ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2012 ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2013 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chennai ⓘ
India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
playsForFederation All India Chess Federation ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
residence Chennai ⓘ
Collado Mediano ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Aruna Anand ⓘ
subjectOf biographies ⓘ
documentaries ⓘ
title FIDE World Champion ⓘ
Grandmaster ⓘ
International Master ⓘ
World Chess Champion ⓘ
wonTitle FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2007 ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2008 ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2010 ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2012 ⓘ
World Rapid Chess Championship 2003 ⓘ
World Rapid Chess Championship 2017 ⓘ
worldChampionFrom 2007 ⓘ
worldChampionIn FIDE knockout world championship ⓘ
classical chess ⓘ
rapid chess ⓘ
undisputed World Chess Championship ⓘ
worldChampionTo 2013 ⓘ

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