Viswanathan Anand, the 42 year old Indian Grandmaster has been the sole representative of India in World Chess Tournaments for the past 3 decades. Starting from 1986, he has brought hundreds of Widely acclaimed titles for the Country and kept its Flag high.  Today  again,  he clinched World Chess Championship title after beating  Boris Gelfand  of Israel in a tough Competition.
Notable Wins
1986: Arab-Asian International Chess Championship
1987: Sakthi Finance Grandmasters Chess Tournament
1988: 5 Hoogovens Chess Tournament
1989: 2nd Asian Active Chess Championship, Hong Kong
1990: Gold Medal in Asian Zonal Championship
1990: Manchester Chess Festival, Manchester
1990: Triveni Super Grandmasters Tournament, Delhi Joint
1991: World Chess Championship, Brussels Quarter Finalist
1992: Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament, Reggio Emilia
1992: Goodrich Open International Tournament, Calcutta
1992: Alekhine Memorial, Moscow
1993: PCA Interzonal, Groningen
1994: Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco
1994: World Championship Candidates Cycle, Linares
1994: PCA Grand Prix, Moscow
1995: PCA Candidates Final, Las Palmas
1996: Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund
1996: Credit Swiss Rapid Chess Grand Prix, Geneva
1996: Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez, Leon
1997: Torneo de Ajedrex, Dos Hermanes
1997: Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco
1997: Aegon Man vs Computers Chess Event
1997: Chess Classic Rapid Tournament, Frankfurt
1997: Invesbanka Chess tournament, Belgrade
1997: Credit Suisse Classic Tournament, Biel
1997: Knock-Out Championship, Groningen
1998: FIDE World Chess Championship (Finalist)
1998: 60th Hoogoven’s Schaak Tornoi, Wijk Aan Zee
1998: Torneo International De Ajedrez, Linares
1998: Torneo Magitral Communidad De Madrid, Madrid
1998: Siemens Nixdorf Duell (Rapid), Frankfurt
1998: Fontys-Tilburg International Chess Tournament
1999: Wydra Memorial Chess (Rapid), Haifa
1999: Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez, Leon
2000: Wydra International Tournament (Rapid), Haifa
2000: Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez, Leon
2000: Fujitsu Siemens Giants Chess (Rapid), Frankfurt
2000: Corsica Masters (Rapid), Corsica
2000: Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund (Joint with Kramnik)
2000: FIDE World Cup, Shenyeng
2000: FIDE World Chess Championships, Teheran and New Delhi
2001: 2nd Torneo Magistral, Mexico
2001: Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez, Leon
2001: Duel of the Champions (Rapid)
2001: FIDE World Chess Championship, Moscow (Semi Finalist)
2001: Corsica Masters (Rapid), Corsica
2002: Eurotel World Chess Trophy, Prague
2002: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz
2002: FIDE World Cup, Hyderabad
2002: Corsica Masters (Rapid), Corsica
2003: Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee
2003: Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco
2003: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz beat Judith Polgar 5.0:3.0
2003: Corsica Masters, Bastia
2004: Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee
2004: Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund
2004: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz beat Alexei Shirov 4.5:2.5
2004: Corsica Masters, Bastia
2005: 18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess, Leon
2005: Chess Classic, Mainz
2005: FIDE World Chess Championship Tournament, San Luis (Runner-up to Topalov)
2006: Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee (jointly with Veselin Topalov)
2006: Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco (jointly with Alexander Morozevich)
2006: 19th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess, Leon
2006: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz
2006: Mikhail Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament, Moscow
2007: Morelia-Linares Super Grandmaster Tournament, Linares
2007: 20th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess, Leon beat Topalov
2007: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz
2008: Morelia-Linares Super Grandmaster Tournament, Linares
2008: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz
2011: Leon Chess Tournament, Leon
2011: Botvinnik Memorial, Moscow
2011: Corsica Masters Knockout (Rapid), Corsica
2012: FIDE World Chess Championship, Moscow