Question

Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna and Vidit Gujrathi are associated with the game of ______.
1. chess
2. cricket
3. kabaddi
4. football

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : chess

The correct answer is Chess.

• Viswanathan Anand is the first Indian chess grandmaster in 1988 and a former world chess champion.
  • At the age of 15, Anand became the youngest Indian to win the title of International Master (IM) 1984.
  • Anand won his first National Chess Championship in 1986.
  • The title of Grandmaster was awarded to ‘Vishy’ in 1988.
  • He won the Chess Oscar six times.
  • He won the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE; international chess federation) world championship in 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2012.
• Pentala Harikrishna is an Indian chess player. He became the youngest grandmaster from India.
  • He was Commonwealth Champion in 2001, World Junior Champion in 2004, and Asian Individual Champion in 2011.
• Vidit Gujrathi is an Indian chess player. He attained the title of Grandmaster in January 2013.