Question

Vishwanathan Anand is associated with ________.
1. Hockey
2. Wrestling
3. Chess
4. Table Tennis

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Chess

The correct answer is Chess.

• Viswanathan Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster and former world chess champion.
  • He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988 and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of 2800, a feat he first achieved in 2006.
  • He is a five-time world chess champion.

• Anand has received many national and international awards:
  • Arjuna Award for Outstanding Indian sportsperson in Chess in 1985.
  • Padma Shri – Fourth highest civilian award awarded by Government of India in 1987.
  • The inaugural Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honor in the years 1991–1992.
  • Padma Bhushan – Third highest civilian award awarded by Government of India in 2000.
  • Padma Vibhushan – Second highest civilian award awarded by Government of India in 2007.