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#8 Viswanathan Anand
Chess may not be the first thing that comes to one’s mind when thinking of the word “sports”. However, it definitely is a legitimate sport and one in which India has been proudly garnering several major titles and recognitions, all thanks to one person, Viswanathan Anand.
Fondly called “Vishy”, his biggest achievement in his chess career so far has been holding the FIDE World Chess Championship title from 2000-2002 and again from 2007 to 2013. Becoming India's first ever grandmaster in 1988, Anand was placed at the very top of the FIDE Rating list, making his run on the number one the sixth longest one on record.He has been given the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Vibhushan, making him the first Indian sportsperson to receive the latter.
