Viswanathan Anand was born on 11 December 1969 (1969-12-11) (age 40) in Mayiladutharai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2007 till today. He defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008. With this win he became the world's first chess player to have won the World chamionship in all three formats: knockout, tournament and match. He defended his title once again against Topalov in a twelve match series in 2010. He became a grandmaster in 1988 at the age of 19. He is proud of the fact that his mother taught him chess. Anand held the FIDE World championship for two years from 2000 to 2002. He was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award which was awarded in 1991-92, India's highest sporting honour. He has also been awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.
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