Here is my attempt at creating a photographic tribute to Anand. This is a collection of pictures in a PDF presentation that unfortunately has to be advanced manually (since it is a PDF). Request you to do that in full screen mode - Hit <ctrl-l>. Here you go presenting - V. Anand, 5 time World Champion, chess.

8. Born 11 December 1969 in Madras
FIDE World Champion 2000, World
Champion since 2007
Rating on 1 January 2012 – 2799 (peak
rating: 2817)
Early years. Anand was born on 11
December 1969 to a well-to-do family in
Madras. His parents belonged to the
highest caste in Hinduism: his father,
Viswanathan, was an engineer, and later
Photo from chessvibes.com
General Manager of the Southern
Champion
Railway; his mother, Susheela, was a
Viswanathan ANAND (India) housewife. The future champion was
given the name Anand at birth.

9. Born 24 June 1968 in Minsk
Grandmaster, winner of the 2009 World Cup
and of the 2011 Candidates’ Matches
Rating on 1 January 2012: 2739 (peak rating
= 2762)
Early years. Boris entered the world on 24
June 1968 in Minsk, born into a family of
engineers. His parents – Abram and Nella –
had difficult backgrounds: they were both
Photo from tatar-inform.ru born not long before the Great Patriotic War,
Challenger were both evacuated, and after the war they
returned home to Minsk. The family was
Boris GELFAND constantly moving from one construction site
to another in Belorussia, Lithuania and
Russia… The parents were accustomed to a
nomadic lifestyle, and their sun picked this up
from them.

10. The winner gets both these!

11. They are under way …

12. In the glass box

13. It is tough going …

14. Boris Gelfand takes a break …

15. The Champion working on a master move

16. The challenger under pressure?

17. That’s it, Anand is the World Champion!

18. Anand with the President of FIDE

21. The lady behind the Champion

22. The lady behind the Challenger

23. She asks, “can you lift it? It’s too heavy for me!

25. What a beauty!

28. This is some heavy stuff …

34. The Champion and the Challenger

36. Gold Medal being presented

37. To both finalists

38. Now for the grand crowning!

40. It says “Chess Champion 2012”

42. Now to crown the Chess King

43. With a crown of olive leaves

49. Rise for the Indian National Anthem

50. Salute the real World Champion from India!