Viswanathan Anand, World Chess Champion

Anand won the World Chess Championship in Bonn, Germany, beating Kramnik by 6.5 to 4.5, with three wins and one loss. “Vishy”, who turns 39 in December, now holds the record of winning the World Championship in three different formats: knock-out, round robin, and match-play.

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