Viswanathan Anand (born 22 April, 1964) is an Indian Grandmaster of Chess. He is the current World Champion, having won the title at the 2007 world chess championship. He also holds or has held many other international titles in Chess, including being the winner of the World Blitz Championship four times, winning the World Junior Chess Championship four times, winning the Asian Team Chess Championship twice, winning the Asian Individual Chess Championship once, and winning the Asian Rapid Chess Championship three times. Anand was also awarded Padma Bhushan by Government of India in 2004 for his contributions to Indian Chess.
Anand is considered to be one of the greatest chess players in history
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His success includes breaking Bobby Fischer's record for most number of simultaneous games won with 39 won at Linares 2005. He also holds records for most number of games won in a single tournament (17) and most number of international matches won (10).