Indian sports persons have bagged three world championships and one Asian championship in last one month. Indian men Hockey team won the Asia cup tournament, Indian cricket team won Twenty20 world cup in cricket, Pankaj Advani retained the world championship in billiards. He came home from Singapore with Arthur Walker Trophy after retaining the IBSF World billiards title by defeating his teammate Dhruv Sitwala.

Now, Tiger from Madras, Viswanathan Anand won the world championship in chess. three world championships in just 10 days is really a good news for Indian sports.

On Monday, PM Manmohan Singh also congratulated Anand for winning the World Chess Championship. Vishwanathan Anand won the world championship after the gap of seven years and made the Indian people happy. Anand played his 14th and final round draw against Hungarian Peter Leko in Mexico City on Saturday and won the World Championship in chess.

He did not lose any game and finished the tournament at the top with scoring nine points. After this victory, Anand has regained his dominance in World chess and his status as the World Number 1 in the game.

Vishwanathan Anand had won the Chess Championship in the junior category in 1987. In the year 2000, he became the World Chess Champion for the first time. He had won the World Rapid Chess Championship in 2003. Now, he regained his Numero-uno position in World Chess by winning the world championship for the second time.

He received the Arjuna Award, the Padma Shri over the years and awarded the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1991. He was officially declared No.1 in the FIDE rankings also.

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