Viswanathan World Chess Championship

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  "Little Bit Surprising": Viswanathan Anand On D Gukesh's Title Triumph To NDTV

  In an exclusive chat with NDTV, Viswanathan Anand admitted that he was surprised to see D Gukesh take the world championship title home on Thursday.

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  D Gukesh Is Youngest-Ever World Chess Champ, Some Others Who Held The Title

  But 2023 was an eventful year for Gukesh when he unleashed himself to the world as the youngest player to reach a rating of 2750. The same year, he outperformed Viswanathan Anand as the top-ranked Indian chess player.

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  "I Had 11 Games...": What Viswanathan Anand Told D Gukesh After Game 1 Loss In World Chess Championship

  D Gukesh is the second world champion from India after Viswanathan Anand, who won the title four times.

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  D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, World Chess Championship 2024 Highlights: Gukesh Becomes Youngest Ever World Champion

  D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 Game 14: Gukesh D becomes the first Indian grandmaster to win the crown since Viswanathan Anand in 2012.

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  Who Is D Gukesh? Indian Grandmaster Who Became Youngest-Ever World Chess Champion

  Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh dethroned China's Ding Liren and won the World Chess Championship 2024.

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  India's Savitha Shri Bags Bronze in World Rapid Chess Championship

  Savitha Shri became the third Indian after Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy to win a medal at the World Rapid Championship.

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  Viswanathan Anand Wins Bronze At World Blitz Chess Championship

  Viswanathan Anand endured a difficult first day but came storming back on the final day of the World Blitz Chess Championship.

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  Garry Kasparov Congratulates Viswanathan Anand On Winning World Rapid Chess Title

  Viswanathan Anand beat World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen to lift the World Rapid Chess Championship title.

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  Viswanathan Anand Beats Boris Gelfand in Tal Memorial Chess

  Viswanathan Anand defeated former world championship challenger Boris Gelfand in the fifth round of the 10th Tal Memorial chess championship

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  Viswanathan Anand Draws With Peter Svidler, Sergey Karajkin To Challenge Magnus Carlsen For World Championship

  Viswanathan Anand drew with Peter Svidler as Sergey Karajkin became the new challenger to Magnus Carlsen after the end of the Candidates chess tournament.

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  Candidates Chess: Viswanathan Anand Loses to Hikaru Nakamura

  Viswanathan Anand will have to win both his last two games to be in with a chance to challenge Magnus Carlsen in the World Championship match.

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  Viswanathan Anand Registers Second Win, D Harika Shocks Nigel Short at Gibraltar Chess

  Viswanathan Anand defeated Xiangyu Xu while D Harika stunned former world championship challenger Nigel Short

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  Viswanathan Anand Finishes Tied 13th in World Rapid Chess Championship

  Viswanathan Anand scored 9.5 points while Magnus Carlsen retained his title after scoring 11.5 points.

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  Viswanathan Anand Falters on Day 1 of World Rapid Chess Championship

  Viswanathan Anand started the day started with wins against Russia's Kateryna Lagno and US' Alexander Onischuk. In the third round, the Indian ace was held to a draw by A R Salem Saleh of UAE. Then he lost the fourth round to Russia's Daniil Dubov while in the fifth another Russian

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  Viswanathan Anand Begins as One of The Favourites in World Rapid Chess Championship

  Viswanathan Anand will face a tough challenge from top seed Magnus Carlsen. The Norwegian defeated Anand in a World Championship match under classical time control and wrapped both the rapid and blitz title in the championship held in UAE.