Chess player
Viswanathan Anand
Indian chess player and five time world champion.
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion, a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and a World Blitz Chess Cup Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time. In August 2022, he was the elected deputy president of FIDE, and subsequently became acting president of FIDE after Arkady Dvorkovich was added on the international sanctions list against Russia in July 2026. He has played a significant role in popularizing chess in India.
- Born
- 1969-12-11, Chennai, IndiaA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- India
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1969-12-11, Chennai, India · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Kolkatathe zone used then
Asia/KolkataThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 19°03′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 15°06′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 2°37′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 8°22′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 26°46′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 29°05′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 2°33′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Libra | 8°17′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 29°11′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 27°17′ | Direct |
Viswanathan Anand is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Viswanathan Anand was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.