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On This Day - Viswanathan Anand wins maiden chess championship in 2000, becomes first-ever Indian world champion
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![Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand (L) and Indian President Kocheril Raman Narayanan hold his World Chess Championship trophy in New Delhi on December 29, 2000. Anand returned to India on Friday after Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand (L) and Indian President Kocheril Raman Narayanan hold his World Chess Championship trophy in New Delhi on December 29, 2000. Anand returned to India on Friday after](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3F05T/indian-chess-grandmaster-viswanathan-anand-l-and-indian-president-kocheril-raman-narayanan-hold-his-world-chess-championship-trophy-in-new-delhi-on-december-29-2000-anand-returned-to-india-on-friday-after-winning-the-fide-world-chess-championship-in-tehran-on-sunday-beating-alexei-shirov-of-spain-in-the-final-jsgjd-2D3F05T.jpg)
Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand (L) and Indian President Kocheril Raman Narayanan hold his World Chess Championship trophy in New Delhi on December 29, 2000. Anand returned to India on Friday after
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