Viswanathan Anand
Indian chess grandmaster
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| 2024 | Competed in the WR Chess Masters Cup in London (classical knockout format), losing in the quarterfinals to Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa in a tiebreak after drawing both classical games. |
| 2024 | Participated in the second Global Chess League season in London, scoring 2/10 and losing 6 out of 10 rapid games. |
| June 30 2024 | Won the Leon Masters for the 10th time in his career, defeating Veselin Topalov 2½−1½ in the semifinals and then beating Grandmaster Jamie Santos 3−1 in the final. |
| February 23 2024 | Participated in the German Chess Bundesliga (Classical format), scoring 2/3 against top players including Hikaru Nakamura and Nijat Abasov. Achieved a notable 47-move victory against Abasov. |
| 2023 | Participated in the Levitov Chess Week Rapid event, finishing 4th among 10 Grandmasters, which included top players like Vladimir Kramnik, Wesley So, and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Scored 10 points out of 18 in the double round robin format. |
| 2023 | Competed in the Zagreb Grand Chess Tour (Rapid and Blitz), finishing 8th out of 10 Grandmasters. |
| 2022 | Competed in the Norway Chess tournament, finishing third in the Classical event. Defeated Grandmasters Topalov and Maxime Vachier Lagrave, while suffering a surprising loss to Grandmaster Mamedyarov. |
| 2022 | Participated in the Warsaw leg of the Grand Chess Tour (Rapid and Blitz), winning the Rapid segment with an impressive 7/9 score. Finished joint second overall (third on tiebreaks), with an unfortunate final round loss to Grandmaster Richard Rapport. |
| 2022 | Elected as the Deputy President of FIDE. |
| May 2022 | Defeated Magnus Carlsen for the first time in almost five years at the Norway Chess Blitz tournament, marking a significant victory after a long period. |
| 2021 | Finished second in the Croatian leg of the Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz, competing against top grandmasters like Ian Nepomniachtchi and Garry Kasparov. |
| December 2021 | Participated in the Vugar Gashimov Memorial tournament in Azerbaijan, where he performed poorly. |
| July 2021 | Played a four-game No Castling Chess match against Vladimir Kramnik in Dortmund, winning the match 2½−1½ by winning the first game and drawing the next three. |
| April 15 2021 | Anand's father passed away at age 92. |
| 2020 | Achieved a notable short victory against Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi in just 17 moves during the FIDE Online Nations Cup. |
| 2020 | Participated in the online chess Olympiad on chess.com during the Covid pandemic, with the Indian team declared 'joint winners' alongside Russia. |
| January 2020 | Participated in the Tata Steel chess tournament in the Netherlands, finishing 7th with a 50% score. |
| March 30 2019 | Participated in the 2019 Gashimov Memorial tournament in Şəmkir, Azerbaijan, placing third with a score of 4½/9, sharing the position with Teimour Radjabov and Alexander Grischuk. The tournament ran until 9 April. |
| January 2019 | Competed in the 81st Tata Steel Masters tournament in Wijk aan Zee, achieving a third-place finish with a score of 7½/13, sharing the position with Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren. |
| 2018 | Won the 11th Tal Memorial tournament in the rapid section with a score of 6/9, defeating notable players including Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura, Daniil Dubov, and Alexander Grischuk. |
| November 2018 | Won the blitz portion of the inaugural Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz tournament held in Kolkata. |
| May 28 2018 | Competed in the sixth edition of Norway Chess from May 28 to June 7, placing fourth with 4½/8 (+2–1=5). |
| March 31 2018 | Participated in the 5th Grenke Chess Classic from March 31 to April 9, finishing eighth with a score of 3½/9 (+0–2=7). |
| January 13 2018 | Participated in the 80th Tata Steel Masters tournament, finishing fifth with a score of 8/13 (+4−1=8). |
| 2017 | Won the World Rapid Chess Championship in Riyadh. |
| 2017 | Won the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship for the second time. |
| 2016 | Won the St. Louis Champions Tournament in St. Louis. |
| 2015 | Won the Zurich Chess Challenge (classical section) and achieved 2nd place in the Shamkir Chess and Norway Chess tournaments. |
| May 26 2015 | Anand's mother passed away at age 79. |
| 2014 | Won the Candidates Tournament in Khanty Mansiysk, the Bilbao Chess Masters Final in Bilbao, and the London Chess Classic (1st on tie-break). |
| 2014 | Anand won the Candidates Tournament, which FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov highlighted as proof that Anand was 'one of the strongest and greatest players of modern times'. |
| 2014 | Alexander Grischuk stated that among all players he had faced, Anand struck him as the strongest player, second only to Kasparov. |
| 2014 | Lost a rematch to Magnus Carlsen after winning the Candidates Tournament. |
| 2013 | Lost the world champion title to Magnus Carlsen. |
| 2012 | Defended his world champion title against Boris Gelfand. |
| 2011 | Vladimir Kramnik described Anand as a 'colossal talent, one of the greatest in the whole history of chess' and noted that Anand had made a 'qualitative leap' in his chess playing. |
| April 9 2011 | Anand's son Anand Akhil was born. |
| 2010 | Successfully defended his world champion title against Veselin Topalov. |
| December 24 2010 | Guest of honour at Gujarat University, where 20,486 players created a world record for simultaneous chess play at a single venue. |
| November 7 2010 | Only sportsperson invited to a dinner hosted by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for US President Barack Obama. |
| August 2010 | Joined the board of directors of Olympic Gold Quest, a foundation supporting India's elite sportspersons and potential young talent. |
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