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Viswanathan Anand
Title:
Grandmaster
Rating:
2779
Federation:
India
Age:
47
Bio:
The former World Chess Champion and oldest player in the Tour field became India’s first grandmaster in 1988. He held the FIDE World Chess Championship from 2000 to 2002 and became the undisputed World Chess Champion in 2007. He defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010 and Boris Gelfand in 2012 before finally losing the title to Magnus Carlsen in their World Chess Championship match in 2013.
