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Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand listens to an unseen speaker at a function to felicitate Anand on his birthday in Chennai. Viswanathan Anand successfully defended his world chess champion title in October against Russia's Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany. The "Tiger from Madras", 38, won the match in the 11th round, which finished in a draw. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

MS Dhoni gives a one-carat diamond ring to World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand on his birthday at a function to felicitate him, in Chennai. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

Dhoni gives a one-carat diamond ring to World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand on his birthday. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)