Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Anand bụ onye mmeri egwuregwu chess ụwa ugboro ise. O meriri Alexei Shirov na egwuregwu isii iji merie 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship, aha o jidere ruo 2002. Ọ ghọrọ onye mmeri ụwa a na-enweghị mgbagha na 2007, ma gbachitere aha ya megide Vladimir Kramnik na 2008, Veselin Topalov na 2010, na Boris Gelfand na 2012. N'afọ 2013, onye na-ama ya aka bụ Magnus Carlsen meriri ya n'asọmpi ahụ, Carlsen merikwara ya n'asọmpi ọzọ n'afọ 2013.
2014 mgbe o meriri 2014 Candidates Tournament.