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How many times has Viswanathan Anand won World Chess Championship?
Anand has won the World Chess Championship five times (2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012), and has been the undisputed World Champion since 2007. Anand was the FIDE World Rapid Chess Champion in 2003, and is widely considered the strongest player in history in this form of the game.
What is the title of Viswanathan Anand autobiography?
Mind Master: Winning Lessons From A
Mind Master: Winning Lessons From A Champion’s Life Hardcover – 11 December 2019.
Who won most chess championship?
In the five matches Kasparov and Karpov played 144 games with 104 draws, 21 wins by Kasparov and 19 wins by Karpov.
What is the shortest chess game ever?
The shortest game ever registered between two grand masters, was in four moves. Lazard defeated Gibaud in a chess cafè in Paris in 1924.
Does Anand still play chess?
Anand is a five-time world chess champion. He defeated Alexei Shirov in a six-game match to win the 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship, a title he held until 2002. He has since developed into a universal player, and many consider him the greatest rapid chess player of his generation.
Who was the best chess world champion ever?
Garry Kasparov
Who is the current World Chess Championship?
Current world champion Magnus Carlsen won the World Chess Championship 2013 against Viswanathan Anand and successfully defended his title against Anand in the World Chess Championship 2014 and against Sergey Karjakin in 2016; Carlsen is set to defend his title again in the World Chess Championship in November of 2018.
Who is the present World Chess Champion?
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (Norwegian: [svɛn ˈmɑŋnʉs øːn ˈkɑːɭsn̩]; born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion.