After ruling the chess world for nearly 20 years now, Viswanathan Anand is rightly regarded as one of the greats of the 64-squares game.
In the last few years, he has captured almost every title that came his way. This April he won the coveted Chess Oscar, thus becoming the first non-Russian to win the award for the fourth time, after previous wins in 1997, 1998 and 2003.
In December 2003, the 34-year-old Indian ace, who lives in Spain with wife Aruna, was conferred the Jameo do Oro, Spain's highest civilian award given to a foreigner.
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