India’s Vishwanathan Anand has been crowned world No 1 after nine years after he beat Veslin Topalov in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament on Sunday.
The 37-year old chennai born grandmaster, is amongst the only four people ever to break the 2800 Elo rating barrier.
It all began in 1983 when Anand won the National Sub-Junior Chess Championship. By 1987 he had won the World Junor Chess Championship, and became a grandmaster the following year. In 1991, the indian maestro won the Reggio Emilia ahead of the then champions Kasparov and Karpov. He continued him meteoric rise in Internation Chess over the years.
In 1995, he qualified for the World Chess Championship final and played the title match against Kasparov in the World Trade Centre. Unluckily, he lost the match 10.5-7.5.
He finally managed to win the World Chess Championship in 2000 by beating Alexei Shirov 3.5-0.5, and becoming the first Indian to win the title. He also won the 2003 World Rapid Chess Championship. In 2005, he tied for the first position in the World Chess Championship with Peter Svilder.
He has also won the Chess Oscar in 1997, 1998, 2003, and 2004.
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