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#1 Viswanathan Anand
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Viswanathan Anand has arguably achieved the most success in sport for India. The Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu first won the world chess championship in 2000. He won the championship for a further five times in 2002, 07, 08, 10 and 12.
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He was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Indias highest sporting award, in 1991. He was also the youngest awardee of the Padma Shree award.
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