Viswanathan Anand   Chess Grandmaster, 1969 Lightning Kid Every sport needs an icon. It was super cool champion Viswanathan Anand who took chess out of its snobby confines and made it a mass movement that has seen the birth of several prodigies. None though is quite as gifted. "Being the undisputed world champion is a relief. We instituted a unified chess title, I am the absolute world champion."