Anand, Viswanathan Age 55

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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2743.0
Live Rank
#15
FIDE Rating
2743
World Rank
#14
India Rank
#4
FIDE Peak Rating
2817 - Mar 2011 (Age 41)
FIDE Peak Rank
#1 (2803) - Apr 2008 (Age 38)
Rapid
2719 World #13, Peak 2822 (Apr 2018)
Blitz
2739 World #14, Peak 2832 (Dec 2018)
Born
11 Dec 1969
Mayiladuthurai,[2] Tamil Nadu, India
FIDE ID 5000017
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Active Years:
1984 - 2025
Total Games:
4311
Wins:
1591 (37%)
Losses:
599 (14%)
Draws:
2121 (49%)
Total score:
62%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2663
White:
B90 Sicilian Defense (92 games)
C42 Russian Game (91 games)
C65 Ruy Lopez (76 games)
Black:
C54 Italian Game (64 games)
E15 Queen's Indian Defense (62 games)
E12 Nimzo-Indian Defense (43 games)

FIDE World Champion 2000-2002, 15th undisputed World Champion 2007-2013. First and only player to win world championships via each of knockout tournament, round robin tournament and match. Former world #1.

World Junior Champion 1987; Indian Champion 1986, 1987 & 1988; Arab-Asian Champion 1986 and Asian Champion 1989.

Interzonals: 1990, 1993 (FIDE), 1993 (PCA).

Candidate in 1991, 1994 (FIDE), 1995 (PCA), 2014 & 2016.

Won the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament Groningen 1997 which qualified him to play Karpov for the title in 1998.

Won the World Championship Knockout Tournament 2000, holding the FIDE title until January 2002 when Ponomariov won the 2002 Knockout Championship.

World Championship Challenger 1995 (vs Kasparov), 1998 (vs Karpov), 2014 (vs Carlsen).

Third at the World Championship Tournament 2005, won the World Championship Tournament in Mexico City in 2007 to hold the crown until 2013 match against Carlsen, defeating Kramnik in the 2008 WCC match, Topalov in the 2010 WCC match and Gelfand in the 2012 WCC match. Lost to Carlsen in the WCC match 2013 and also lost in the return WCC match in 2014.

Represented India at:

- the Olympiads of 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 2004 (winning individual silver top board) & 2006;

- the Asian Team Championships of 1986 (team silver, individual gold board four) & 1989 (team bronze, individual gold top board).

Won team gold at the 2013-14 Bundesliga playing for Baden Baden.

Best tournament results were wins at Wijk aan Zee 1989, 1998, 2003, 2004 & 2006; Linares 1998, 2007 & 2008; Dortmund 1996, 2000 & 2004. He has won numerous other major tournaments.

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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Anand, Viswanathan2751Andersen, Mads25981/2-1/245Germany2 Feb 2025
2So, Wesley2752Anand, Viswanathan27511-037Germany1 Feb 2025
3Praggnanandhaa R2746Anand, Viswanathan27511-026London15 Oct 2024
4Anand, Viswanathan2751Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27461/2-1/248London15 Oct 2024
5Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2746Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/252London15 Oct 2024
6Royal, Shreyas2519Anand, Viswanathan27510-156London14 Oct 2024
7Anand, Viswanathan2751Royal, Shreyas25191/2-1/253London14 Oct 2024
8Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2735Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/271London11 Oct 2024
9Carlsen, Magnus2831Anand, Viswanathan27511-049London10 Oct 2024
10Anand, Viswanathan2751Firouzja, Alireza27670-130London9 Oct 2024
11Anand, Viswanathan2751Giri, Anish27280-155London8 Oct 2024
12Anand, Viswanathan2751Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/241London7 Oct 2024
13Nakamura, Hikaru2802Anand, Viswanathan27511-058London6 Oct 2024
14Giri, Anish2728Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/259London5 Oct 2024
15Firouzja, Alireza2767Anand, Viswanathan27511-047London5 Oct 2024
16Anand, Viswanathan2751Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27350-148London4 Oct 2024
17Anand, Viswanathan2751Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/248London3 Oct 2024
18Anand, Viswanathan2751Bellahcene, Bilel25351-029Quenza7 Jul 2024
19Maurizzi, Marc Andria2620Anand, Viswanathan27510-178Quenza7 Jul 2024
20Anand, Viswanathan2751Fressinet, Laurent26251-024Quenza7 Jul 2024
21Lagarde, Maxime2608Anand, Viswanathan27510-116Quenza7 Jul 2024
22Anand, Viswanathan2751Dourerassou, Jonathan24221-041Quenza7 Jul 2024
23Glek, Igor Vladimirovich2396Anand, Viswanathan27510-167Quenza7 Jul 2024
24Anand, Viswanathan2751Unuk, Laura23241-061Quenza7 Jul 2024
25Sibille, Ettore1904Anand, Viswanathan27510-135Quenza7 Jul 2024
26Anand, Viswanathan2751Rauscher, Philemon10991-032Quenza7 Jul 2024
27Anand, Viswanathan2751Santos Latasa, Jaime26261/2-1/227Leon30 Jun 2024
28Anand, Viswanathan2751Santos Latasa, Jaime26261-037Leon30 Jun 2024
29Santos Latasa, Jaime2626Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/250Leon30 Jun 2024
30Santos Latasa, Jaime2626Anand, Viswanathan27510-149Leon30 Jun 2024
31Anand, Viswanathan2751Topalov, Veselin27271/2-1/248Leon29 Jun 2024
32Topalov, Veselin2727Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/260Leon29 Jun 2024
33Topalov, Veselin2727Anand, Viswanathan27510-169Leon29 Jun 2024
34Anand, Viswanathan2751Amin, Bassem26831-027Casablanca19 May 2024
35Nakamura, Hikaru2795Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/255Casablanca19 May 2024
36Anand, Viswanathan2751Carlsen, Magnus28301/2-1/223Casablanca19 May 2024
37Amin, Bassem2683Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/217Casablanca18 May 2024
38Anand, Viswanathan2751Nakamura, Hikaru27951/2-1/249Casablanca18 May 2024
39Carlsen, Magnus2830Anand, Viswanathan27511-020Casablanca18 May 2024
40Anand, Viswanathan2754Bluebaum, Matthias26681/2-1/230Germany25 Feb 2024
41Nakamura, Hikaru2780Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/255Germany24 Feb 2024
42Anand, Viswanathan2748Abasov, Nijat Azad26411-047Germany23 Feb 2024
43Anand, Viswanathan2754Grandelius, Nils26891/2-1/241Durres7 Oct 2023
44Sadhwani, Raunak2641Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/239Durres6 Oct 2023
45Martirosyan, Haik M2696Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/230Durres5 Oct 2023
46Anand, Viswanathan2754Amin, Bassem26801/2-1/252Durres4 Oct 2023
47Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan2588Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/234Durres3 Oct 2023
48Aronian, Levon2742Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/243Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
49Anand, Viswanathan2754Gelfand, Boris26551-041Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
50Kramnik, Vladimir2753Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/261Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
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