Viswanathan Anand

Place of Birth: Madras, India
Date of birth: December 11th, 1969
Current FIDE rating: 2792
Current position in FIDE list: 1st (April 2007)
Highest FIDE rating: 2803 (April, 2006. 2nd place behind Topalov)
Highest position in the list: 1st (April and June 2007)

Most important achievements:

– In 1987, he became Junior World Chess Champion, and the Grand Master title.
– FIDE world champion, Teheran, Iran, 2000.
– Five times winner of the Wijk ann Zee tournament.

Latest results in 2007:

First place in Morelia – Linares tournament 2007
Second place in Melody Amber tournament 2007

Information from official website.

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