Vishy Anand and Aaron

Tamil Nadu Chess Players in World arena 
  
Viswanathan Anand—The Great—Conqueror of Chess World.


Born on 11.12.1969 at Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu State, India.

Studies:  School—DON BOSCO, CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA.
                College—LOYOLA COLLEGE, CHENNAI (DEGREE in COMMERCE)


Records:

1983 Indian National Sub-Junior Chess Champion (Score 9/9)   Age 14

1984 Inter National Master   Age 15

1985 Indian National Chess Champion Age 16 (and won the title two more times)

1987 World Junior Chess Champion

1988 Grand Master (Winning Shakthi Finance Inter National Tournament held in Coimbatore, India.

2000 FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPION (Defeating Alexei Shirov  3 ½  – 0 ½ ) Tehran

2007 FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPION (Defeating Viladimir Kramnik & Boris Gelfand in double round-robin tournament (09 -08) Mexico City

2008 FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPION (Defeating Viladimir Kramnik (6 ½-4 ½) Berlin, Germany

2010 FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPION (Defeating Vaselin Topalo (6 ½ - 5 ½ ) Sofia, Bulgaria

2012 FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPION (Defeating Boris Gelfand(8 1/2- 7 1/2 ) Moscow, Russia.

S. No
Year
Description
1
1985
Arjuna Award, Outstanding Indian Sportsman (Chess)
2
1987
Soviet Land Nehru Award, for appreciation of outstanding services rendered to the cause of peace and friendship
3
1987
National Citizens Award, for distinctive contribution in the field of Chess
4
1987
Padma Shri, youngest ever recipient
5
1988
Shri. Rajiv Gandhi Award Outstanding sports person - Presented during the Great Freedom Run  to mark the 40th Anniversary of India’s Independence
6
1988
"Kala Praveena" Conferred Doctorate (Honoris Causa) From the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad
7
1991-1992
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, first ever recipient
8
1995
K K Birla Award, person of the year
9
1997
Chess " Oscar" Best Chess Player of 1997
10
1998
British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award, award presented for "Vishy Anand - My Best Games of Chess."
11
1998
Chess " Oscar" Best Chess Player of 1998
12
1998
Sport star Millennium Award, from India's premier Sports magazine for being the sportsperson of the millennium
13
2000
Padma Bhushan, for being the first Asian to win the World Championship
14
2003
Chess " Oscar" Best Chess Player of 2003
15
2004
Chess " Oscar" Best Chess Player of 2004
16
2007
Chess " Oscar" Best Chess Player of 2007
17
2007
CNN IBN Sportsperson Of The Year
18
2008
Padma Vibhushan from the Government of India, for his World Championship Title and  No.1 World Ranking
19
2008
NDTV Indian Sportsperson Of the Year
20
2011
Global Strategist Award for Mastering many formats of World Chess Championships by                            NASSCOM












          
MANUEL AARON



          Mega Star in Indian Chess
  • Born on 30.12.1935 - Toungoo, Burma now Myanmar
  • Parents:  Indian
  • Education School - Tamil Nadu
  • College-   B.Sc. Degree at Allahabad University

Organisation
  • Secretary, Tamil Nadu Chess Association    ( 1977-1997)
  • Chairman, All India Chess Federation
  • Editor – “CHESS MATE” (Now his son Arvind Aaron)
  • Arbiter: International Arbiter
  • Appeal Committee: Member in Appeals Committee of KARPOV- KASPAROU Match-1986 at LENINGRADE
  • Academy: Running AARON CHESS ACADAMY from 1993

RECORDS
  • India’s First International Master
  • Indian National Champion 9 times (1959 & 1981)
  • Tamil Nadu State Chess Champion 11 times (1957-1982)
  • Chess Olympiads - Played 3 times


NOTABLE GAMES WON AGAINST
  1. MAX EUWE (WORLD CHAMPION – 1935)
  2. LOJOS PORTISCH
  3. WOLFGANG UHIMANN

AWARD                    
  • ARJUNA AWARD - 1961 (First Chess Player honored by Govt. of India when the award was First instituted)

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO INDIAN CHESS
  • Popularize international standard of chess in India.
  • Valuable guidance given to Indian chess players to learn openings and chess literatures.
  • Encourage to form chess clubs, Academies, Associations to develop the chess in India.
  • Founded Monthly Magazine "Chess Mate" which brought International Chess News to Indian Players.


GRAND MASTERS   FROM   TAMIL NADU

  1.   VISWANATHAN ANAND
  2.   SASIKARAN. K
  3.   RAMESH. R.B.
  4.   MAGESH CHANDRAN. P
  5.   DEEPANCHAKKARAVARTHY. J
  6.   ARUN PRASAD. S
  7.   SUNDARARAJAN KIDAMBI
  8.   LAXMAN. R.R.
  9.    ADHIBAN. B


WOMEN GRANDMASTERS FROM TAMILNADU   
                   
  1.   VIJAYALAKSHMI. S
  2.   ARTHIE RAMASAMY
  3.    MEENAKSHI. S



INTERNATIONAL MASTERS FROM TAMILNADU

  1.    PARAMESWARAN. T.N.       
  2.    RAVIKUMAR. V.                                            
  3.    RAVISHEKAR RAJA
  4.    MURUGAN. K                          
  5.    MITHRAKANTH. P.     
  6.    KOSHY VERGHESE
  7.    KONGUVEL PONNUSAMY   
  8.    RAVI. T.S.                     
  9.    PRAVEENKUMAR
  10.    SUDHAKAR BABU. N.            
  11.    PRAKASH. G.B.            
  12.    SARAVANAN. V.
  13.    POOBESH ANAND. S.             
  14.    VENKATESH. M.R.       
  15.    SRINATH. N.
  16.    BALASUBRAMANIAN. R.      
  17.    SHYAM SUNDAR. M.   
  18.    SETHURAMAN. S.P.
  19.    ASHWIN  JAYARAM              
  20.    MURALIKRISHNAN.B.T. 
  21.    SINGH. D.P
  22.    KARTHIKEYAN. P.                 
  23.    PRIYADHARSHAN. K.  

 WOMEN INTER NATIONAL MASTERS FROM TAMILNADU


  1.     SARITHA REDDY
  2.    SAI MEERA RAVI
  3.    PRIYA. P
  4.      KASTHURI. M 
  5.     PRATHIBHA. Y
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