CHESS

Long Name                       :   Vishwanathan Anand
Country                            :    India
Born                                :    11 December 1969 (Madras,India)
Title                                 :    Grandmaster (1988)
World Champion               :    2000 - 2002 (FIDE), 2007 - present (undisputed)
Ratings                            :    2783 ( no. 5 on the October 2008  FIDE rating list)
Highest Rangking              :    2803 (April 2006 & April 2008)