Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand (pronounced Vis'wah'nəh'thən Ah'nənd) (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. In the October 2005 FIDE Elo rating list, Anand has a rating of 2788, making him the number one in the world among active players (since Garry Kasparov recently retired). Anand has for years been the strongest "non-Soviet" player since Bobby Fischer, although recently Hungarian Péter Lékó and Bulgarian Veselin Topalov have rivalled him.

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December 11 - 1969 - India - Chess - Grandmaster - FIDE - Elo rating - Garry Kasparov - Bobby Fischer - Hungarian - Péter Lékó - Bulgarian - Veselin Topalov

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