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Viswanathan Anand: Career Timeline
At the highest level of chess, the colours get blurred - whites and blacks are not as important as creativity or courage . Despite all that, it is the record of a man, which in it self is a perfect testimony to his supremacy.
Zeenews Bureau
Sofia: At the highest level of chess, the colours get blurred — whites and blacks are not as important as the player’s creativity, courage or calculation. Despite all that it is the records of a man which is a perfect testimony to his supremacy. Here is a look at Viswanathan Anand’s glorious career. • 1983 National Sub-Junior Chess Champion
• 1984 Asian Junior Champion •
• 1984 International Master •
• 1985 Indian National Champion •
• 1985 Arjuna award •
• 1987 World Junior Chess Champion •
• Padma Shri, National Citizens Award and Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1987 •
• 1988 Grandmaster •
• 1990 Asian Champion •
• The inaugural Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India`s highest sporting honour in the year 1991–1992. •
• 2000 FIDE World Chess Champion •
• 2000 World Blitz Chess Champion •
• Padma Bhushan in 2000 •
• Chess Oscar (1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008) •
• 2003 FIDE World Rapid Chess Champion •
• 2007 World Chess Champion (Undisputed) •
• Padma Vibhushan in 2007 •
• 2008 World Chess Champion (Undisputed) •
• 2010 World Chess Champion (Undisputed)
Sofia: At the highest level of chess, the colours get blurred — whites and blacks are not as important as the player’s creativity, courage or calculation. Despite all that it is the records of a man which is a perfect testimony to his supremacy. Here is a look at Viswanathan Anand’s glorious career. • 1983 National Sub-Junior Chess Champion
• 1984 Asian Junior Champion •
• 1984 International Master •
• 1985 Indian National Champion •
• 1985 Arjuna award •
• 1987 World Junior Chess Champion •
• Padma Shri, National Citizens Award and Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1987 •
• 1988 Grandmaster •
• 1990 Asian Champion •
• The inaugural Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India`s highest sporting honour in the year 1991–1992. •
• 2000 FIDE World Chess Champion •
• 2000 World Blitz Chess Champion •
• Padma Bhushan in 2000 •
• Chess Oscar (1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008) •
• 2003 FIDE World Rapid Chess Champion •
• 2007 World Chess Champion (Undisputed) •
• Padma Vibhushan in 2007 •
• 2008 World Chess Champion (Undisputed) •
• 2010 World Chess Champion (Undisputed)