Vishy Anand

Vishy Anand is ranked #53 of 100 in the race for India's Aura Star of the Year — Chess - Grandmaster, Sports.

Vishy Anand

Photograph by Wolfgang Jekel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Two stars enter the arena and you pick the one with more aura. The winner banks Aura points; whoever leads at midnight on 31 December IST takes the title. Battle Vishy Anand now.

The rules, in three numbers

Around Vishy Anand in the table

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AuraINDIA
The race for 2026

Who is India'sAura Star of the Year?

Two stars step into the arena. You decide who has more aura. The winner walks away with Aura points — and the one holding the most when the year ends takes the title.

⚔ Enter the arena

The year closes in

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Midnight, 31 December 2026 — Indian Standard Time. The table freezes the second it strikes.

Aura in play

0

Total Aura points held across all 100 stars on the index right now.

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Leading the year

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Biggest climb

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Battles you have fought

0

Stars left to face

100

★ The headline race

Aura Star of the Year

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Full table →

02 — The arena

Who has more aura?

Tap a face. They take the Aura — and never appear in your arena again this month.

Keys ←→ to pick · R to reshuffle · / to search

Battles left today

25 / 25

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◐ The monthly race

Aura Star of the Month

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Month table →

This month's board locks in

Then every star is back in your arena

04 — The Aura table

The Aura 100

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05 — Momentum

Who is moving

Places gained or lost on the year table since the week opened.

▲ Climbing

▼ Slipping

06 — Open battles

Join one

Custom battles anyone can play, busiest first. Scored on their own — none of it touches the Aura table.

07 — Custom battles

Run your own

Pick your own line-up, share the link, and settle it between yourselves. Nothing here touches the main table.

Between 2 and 64 people. Anyone with a Wikipedia page can be added — they battle only in your room and never appear on the main table.

Battle order

Random matches people by how close their room scores are. Choose your own order and everyone plays the same sequence: 1 v 2, then 3 v 4, and so on.

Who can find it

When it runs optional

Leave both empty and it stays open until you close it. Voting stops the moment it ends; you can restart it afterwards.

Your rooms

08 — Nominate

Someone missing?

The more detail you give, the faster an entry can be built.

Links — so the entry can be built properly

Your nominations

    Every nomination is read before a name joins the list.