September 5, 2026

This Indian chess grandmaster and former World Champion played the London Chess Classic and the Bilbao Masters Grand Slam in 2012. He is famous for his 2000 world title match with Alexei Shirov and his blitz-chess speed. Which player is it?

A Viswanathan Anand
B Anand Amritraj
C M. G. Ramachandran
D Ravichandran Ashwin

Viswanathan Anand became India's first chess grandmaster and held the undisputed World Chess Championship from 2007 to 2013. He played both the London Chess Classic and the Bilbao Masters in 2012.

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