Viswanathan Anand continued to remain the lone flag-bearer of Indian ches for a long time, but things seem to have changed in the last decade or so, with numerous talented players emerging on the scene, making the country a formidable force in the world. With India producing Grandmasters almost on demand, Anand has, on numerous occasions, went so far as to suggest that the current lot happens to be the golden generation in Indian chess. And it really is. 

On Friday, in a significant development, the legendary Anand was dethroned by teenaged Grandmaster D Gukesh as India`s top chess player after more than three decades. Anand has been India`s No.1 since July 1986.