Anand, Viswanathan Age 54

Source: © Amruta Mokal

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2750.0
Live Rank
#10
FIDE Rating
2750
World Rank
#10
India Rank
#3
FIDE Peak Rating
2817 - Mar 2011 (Age 41)
FIDE Peak Rank
#1 (2803) - Apr 2008 (Age 38)
Rapid
2719 World #14, Peak 2822 (Apr 2018)
Blitz
2739 World #13, Peak 2832 (Dec 2018)
Born
11 Dec 1969
Mayiladuthurai,[2] Tamil Nadu, India
FIDE ID 5000017
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Active Years:
1984 - 2024
Total Games:
4309
Wins:
1591 (37%)
Losses:
598 (14%)
Draws:
2120 (49%)
Total score:
62%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2688
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 
1Praggnanandhaa R2746Anand, Viswanathan27511-026London15 Oct 2024
2Anand, Viswanathan2751Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27461/2-1/248London15 Oct 2024
3Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2746Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/252London15 Oct 2024
4Royal, Shreyas2519Anand, Viswanathan27510-156London14 Oct 2024
5Anand, Viswanathan2751Royal, Shreyas25191/2-1/253London14 Oct 2024
6Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2735Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/271London11 Oct 2024
7Carlsen, Magnus2831Anand, Viswanathan27511-049London10 Oct 2024
8Anand, Viswanathan2751Firouzja, Alireza27670-130London9 Oct 2024
9Anand, Viswanathan2751Giri, Anish27280-155London8 Oct 2024
10Anand, Viswanathan2751Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/241London7 Oct 2024
11Nakamura, Hikaru2802Anand, Viswanathan27511-058London6 Oct 2024
12Giri, Anish2728Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/259London5 Oct 2024
13Firouzja, Alireza2767Anand, Viswanathan27511-047London5 Oct 2024
14Anand, Viswanathan2751Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27350-148London4 Oct 2024
15Anand, Viswanathan2751Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/248London3 Oct 2024
16Anand, Viswanathan2751Bellahcene, Bilel25351-029Quenza7 Jul 2024
17Maurizzi, Marc Andria2620Anand, Viswanathan27510-178Quenza7 Jul 2024
18Anand, Viswanathan2751Fressinet, Laurent26251-024Quenza7 Jul 2024
19Lagarde, Maxime2608Anand, Viswanathan27510-116Quenza7 Jul 2024
20Anand, Viswanathan2751Dourerassou, Jonathan24221-041Quenza7 Jul 2024
21Glek, Igor Vladimirovich2396Anand, Viswanathan27510-167Quenza7 Jul 2024
22Anand, Viswanathan2751Unuk, Laura23241-061Quenza7 Jul 2024
23Sibille, Ettore1904Anand, Viswanathan27510-135Quenza7 Jul 2024
24Anand, Viswanathan2751Rauscher, Philemon10991-032Quenza7 Jul 2024
25Anand, Viswanathan2751Santos Latasa, Jaime26261/2-1/227Leon30 Jun 2024
26Anand, Viswanathan2751Santos Latasa, Jaime26261-037Leon30 Jun 2024
27Santos Latasa, Jaime2626Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/250Leon30 Jun 2024
28Santos Latasa, Jaime2626Anand, Viswanathan27510-149Leon30 Jun 2024
29Anand, Viswanathan2751Topalov, Veselin27271/2-1/248Leon29 Jun 2024
30Topalov, Veselin2727Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/260Leon29 Jun 2024
31Topalov, Veselin2727Anand, Viswanathan27510-169Leon29 Jun 2024
32Anand, Viswanathan2751Amin, Bassem26831-027Casablanca19 May 2024
33Nakamura, Hikaru2795Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/255Casablanca19 May 2024
34Anand, Viswanathan2751Carlsen, Magnus28301/2-1/223Casablanca19 May 2024
35Amin, Bassem2683Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/217Casablanca18 May 2024
36Anand, Viswanathan2751Nakamura, Hikaru27951/2-1/249Casablanca18 May 2024
37Carlsen, Magnus2830Anand, Viswanathan27511-020Casablanca18 May 2024
38Anand, Viswanathan2754Bluebaum, Matthias26681/2-1/230Germany25 Feb 2024
39Nakamura, Hikaru2780Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/255Germany24 Feb 2024
40Anand, Viswanathan2748Abasov, Nijat Azad26411-047Germany23 Feb 2024
41Anand, Viswanathan2754Grandelius, Nils26891/2-1/241Durres7 Oct 2023
42Sadhwani, Raunak2641Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/239Durres6 Oct 2023
43Martirosyan, Haik M2696Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/230Durres5 Oct 2023
44Anand, Viswanathan2754Amin, Bassem26801/2-1/252Durres4 Oct 2023
45Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan2588Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/234Durres3 Oct 2023
46Aronian, Levon2742Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/243Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
47Anand, Viswanathan2754Gelfand, Boris26551-041Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
48Kramnik, Vladimir2753Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/261Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
49Anand, Viswanathan2754Grischuk, Alexander27321-032Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
50Dubov, Daniil2710Anand, Viswanathan27540-142Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
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