All about GM Viswanathan Anand

Full Name-Viswanathan Anand

Place of Birth-Mayiladùthurai,Tamil Nadu,India

Current Age(Nov,2020)-50

Date of Birth-11 December,1969

Sport Category-Chess

Child-Akhil Anand

Wife-Aruna Anand

Height-1.77 metre

Currently Living(2020)-Chennai

Weight-75 kilograms

World Champion-2000-2002 FIDE;2007-2013

Fide Rating(Nov,2020)-2753

Highest Peak-2817(March,2011)

FIDE Title-Grandmaster 

Nationality-India

Favourite and Most Played Opening-The King’s Pawn Opening and the Queen’s Pawn Opening.

Toughest Opponents-Veselin Topalov,Magnus Carlsen,Vladimir Kramnik etc.

Personal Information- Viswanathan Anand is an Indian Grandmaster and a former world chess champion. He became the first Grandmaster from India in 1976. Anand was born to Brahmin family in Tamil Nadu in 1969. He was a big fan and had an interest of chess since his childhood. He practised very hard to become a Grandmaster in his childhood only!

Glossary-

*Highest Peak-The highest number of rating a player has reached.

*King’s Pawn Opening and Queens Pawn Opening-two common openings in chess.

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