Who defeated Viswanathan Anand in chess?

Grandmaster Garry Kasparov
Zagreb [Croatia], July 11 (ANI): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand registered a win over Russian Grandmaster Garry Kasparov in the Croatia Grand Chess Tour tournament on Saturday. Playing with white pieces, Anand defeated the 13th world champion in half an hour in the fourth round of the Blitz event.

Has Viswanathan Anand defeated Magnus Carlsen?

India’s Viswanathan Anand suffered his second consecutive loss, going down to world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the second round of the USD 150,000 chess24 Legends of Chess online tournament.

Who did Viswanathan Anand defeated in 2012 to retain the world chess champion?

Boris Gelfand
The World Chess Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending world champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 Candidates Tournament. After sixteen games, including four rapid games, Anand retained his title.

Is Viswanathan Anand still playing chess?

Viswanathan Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former world chess champion. Anand is a five-time world chess champion. He defeated Alexei Shirov in a six-game match to win the 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship, a title he held until 2002.

Who is the No 1 chess player in the world?

GM Magnus Carlsen
GM Magnus Carlsen is the current world chess champion. To many people, he’s the best to ever play the game, although GMs Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer remain in the conversation. At any rate, the clear and remarkable point is that before turning 30 years old, Carlsen has already earned…

Is Anand better than Carlsen?

LIFETIME RECORD: Classical games: Magnus Carlsen beat Viswanathan Anand 12 to 8, with 50 draws. Including rapid/exhibition games: Magnus Carlsen beat Viswanathan Anand 33 to 19, with 79 draws.

Who is better Magnus or Anand?

Who is the best chess player ever: Anand or Carlsen? Magnus Carlsen is the best player ever if we go by their record. Carlsen soundly beat Anand to take the world champion’s slot in 2013 and shows no signs of surrendering it anytime soon. His peak rating of 2882 is the highest there has ever been.