Awards received by Vishwanathan Anand

Anand has received many national and international awards.

* Arjuna award for Outstanding Indian Sportsman in Chess in 1985
* Padma Shri, National Citizens Award and Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1987
* The inaugural Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour in the year 1991–1992.
* British Chess Federation 'Book of the Year' Award in 1998 for his book My Best Games of Chess
* Padma Bhushan in 2000
* Jameo de Oro the highest honour given by the Government of Lanzarote in Spain on 25 April 2001. The award is given to illustrious personalities with extraordinary achievements.
* Chess Oscar (1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008)
* Sportstar Millennium Award in 1998, from India's premier Sports magazine for being the sportperson of the millennium
* Padma Vibhushan in 2007

Chess titles won by Vishwanathan Anand

* 1983 National Sub-Junior Chess Champion
* 1984 Asian Junior Champion
* 1984 International Master
* 1985 Indian National Champion
* 1987 World Junior Chess Champion
* 1988 Grandmaster
* 1990 Asian Champion
* 2000 FIDE World Chess Champion
* 2000 World Blitz Chess Champion
* 2003 FIDE World Rapid Chess Champion
* 2007 World Chess Champion (Undisputed)
* 2008 World Chess Champion (Undisputed)

Vishwanathan Anand's Notable tournament victories

* 1986 Arab-Asian International Chess Championship 1st
* 1987 Sakthi Finance Grandmasters Chess Tournament 1st
* 1988 51st Hoogovens Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee 1st
* 1989 2nd Asian Active Chess Championship, Hong Kong 1st
* 1990 Asian Zonal Championship Gold Medal
* 1990 Manchester Chess Festival, Manchester 1st
* 1990 Triveni Super Grandmasters Tournament, Delhi Joint 1st
* 1991 World Chess Championship, Brussels Quarter Finalist
* 1992 Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament, Reggio Emilia 1st
* 1992 Goodrich Open International Tournament, Calcutta 1st
* 1992 Linares match Anand vs Vassily Ivanchuk 5.0:3.0
* 1992 Alekhine Memorial, Moscow
* 1993 PCA Interzonal, Groningen 1st
* 1994 Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco 1st
* 1994 World Championship Candidates Cycle, Linares
* 1994 PCA Grand Prix, Moscow 1st