No, and the very premise of this question is kinda rude toward his legacy.

Viswanathan Anand is an absolute legend of the game, probably one of the top 10 players, if not the top 5 players, in the history.

The guy single-handedly rose from a country without a rich chess culture (igniting a true chess revolution), was among the best players in the 90s and arguably the best player in the first decade of the 2000s.

He played a World Championship match against Kasparov, won Knockout FIDE World Championship, won the World Championship Tournament in 2007, won three World Championship matches from 2008–2012 (against Kramnik and Topalov - his main competitors for the “player of the decade” title) and even won the Candidates 2014 tournament against all odds.

Not only that, he remained a member of the world elite well in his 40s and continues to play at the top level even in his 50s.

I simply have difficulties in imagining a scenario where the Tiger from Madras would be overrated.

I mean, sure, if you claim that he is the absolute best player of all time, or that he is better than Magnus or that he is the best player in the world even today (hi there Indian patriots), it can be regarded as an overstatement.

But if you think I am overrating him when I say he is one of the best players in the history and a member of the world elite in his 50s, I think it is more of a case of you underestimating his achievements than me glorifying them.

(This is how I looked like when I first read this question)

And that comes from someone who frequently gets annoyed because I get crucified by the very same Indian patriots in the comment section whenever I write a Quora answer which includes the word “chess”, but omits the words “Vishy” or “Anand”!

P.S. Just kidding my Indian readers, you know I love you….

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