Viswanathan anand brief biography of mark

Viswanathan Anand, known as Vishy,^[1] (born 11 December 1969) is a former World Chess Champion. He comes from India.

Anand is the oldest player in modern times to become classical World Champion for the first time: he was 37 when he won in 2007.

Viswanathan anand brief biography of mark twain

When the world championship was split,^[2] Anand played in both versions. In the classical chess versions, sometimes called the "PCA cycle", Anand won matches against Oleg Romanishin and Michael Adams without a loss, then avenged his FIDE loss by defeating Gata Kamsky in the Candidates final.^[3] In 1995, he played the PCA World Chess Championship 1995 against Kasparov in New York City's World Trade Center.

After an opening run of eight draws (a record for the opening of a world championship match), Anand won game nine with a powerful exchange sacrifice, but then lost four of the next five. He lost the match 10½–7½.

Anand held the FIDEWorld Chess Championship from 2000 to 2002 when the