Anand, Viswanathan Age 54

Source: © Amruta Mokal

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2751.0
Live Rank
#11
FIDE Rating
2751
World Rank
#11
India Rank
#3
FIDE Peak Rating
2817 - Mar 2011 (Age 41)
FIDE Peak Rank
#1 (2803) - Apr 2008 (Age 38)
Rapid
2749 World #6, Peak 2822 (Apr 2018)
Blitz
2709 World #19, 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:
4272
Wins:
1577 (37%)
Losses:
590 (14%)
Draws:
2105 (49%)
Total score:
62%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2739
White:
B90 Sicilian Defense (92 games)
C42 Russian Game (91 games)
C65 Ruy Lopez (76 games)
Black:
C54 Italian Game (62 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 
101Anand, Viswanathan2751Radjabov, Teimour27531-025Stavanger7 Jun 2022
102Giri, Anish2761Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/235Stavanger6 Jun 2022
103Giri, Anish2761Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/245Stavanger6 Jun 2022
104Anand, Viswanathan2751Carlsen, Magnus28641/2-1/240Stavanger5 Jun 2022
105Anand, Viswanathan2751Carlsen, Magnus28641-050Stavanger5 Jun 2022
106So, Wesley2776Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/228Stavanger3 Jun 2022
107So, Wesley2776Anand, Viswanathan27511-046Stavanger3 Jun 2022
108Anand, Viswanathan2751Wang, Hao27441/2-1/239Stavanger2 Jun 2022
109Anand, Viswanathan2751Wang, Hao27441-044Stavanger2 Jun 2022
110Topalov, Veselin2730Anand, Viswanathan27510-137Stavanger1 Jun 2022
111Anand, Viswanathan2751Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27501-040Stavanger31 May 2022
112Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2750Anand, Viswanathan27511-035Stavanger30 May 2022
113Anand, Viswanathan2751Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27591/2-1/267Stavanger30 May 2022
114Anand, Viswanathan2751Carlsen, Magnus28641-043Stavanger30 May 2022
115Wang, Hao2744Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/240Stavanger30 May 2022
116Anand, Viswanathan2751Giri, Anish27610-142Stavanger30 May 2022
117Radjabov, Teimour2753Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/235Stavanger30 May 2022
118Anand, Viswanathan2751Topalov, Veselin27301-041Stavanger30 May 2022
119So, Wesley2776Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/241Stavanger30 May 2022
120Anand, Viswanathan2751Tari, Aryan26541-037Stavanger30 May 2022
121Anand, Viswanathan2751Wojtaszek, Radoslaw26961-060Warsaw23 May 2022
122Rapport, Richard2776Anand, Viswanathan27510-154Warsaw23 May 2022
123Anand, Viswanathan2751Caruana, Fabiano27861/2-1/276Warsaw23 May 2022
124So, Wesley2776Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/226Warsaw23 May 2022
125Aronian, Levon2765Anand, Viswanathan27511-037Warsaw23 May 2022
126Anand, Viswanathan2751Shevchenko, Kirill26441-047Warsaw23 May 2022
127Gavrilescu, David2518Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/249Warsaw23 May 2022
128Anand, Viswanathan2751Korobov, Anton26710-126Warsaw23 May 2022
129Duda, Jan Krzysztof2750Anand, Viswanathan27511-034Warsaw23 May 2022
130Wojtaszek, Radoslaw2696Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/293Warsaw22 May 2022
131Anand, Viswanathan2751Rapport, Richard27761/2-1/260Warsaw22 May 2022
132Caruana, Fabiano2786Anand, Viswanathan27511-045Warsaw22 May 2022
133Anand, Viswanathan2751So, Wesley27761-045Warsaw22 May 2022
134Anand, Viswanathan2751Aronian, Levon27651/2-1/246Warsaw22 May 2022
135Shevchenko, Kirill2644Anand, Viswanathan27510-149Warsaw22 May 2022
136Anand, Viswanathan2751Gavrilescu, David25180-126Warsaw22 May 2022
137Korobov, Anton2671Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/226Warsaw22 May 2022
138Anand, Viswanathan2751Duda, Jan Krzysztof27501-040Warsaw22 May 2022
139Rapport, Richard2776Anand, Viswanathan27511-036Warsaw21 May 2022
140Anand, Viswanathan2751Caruana, Fabiano27861/2-1/227Warsaw21 May 2022
141Gavrilescu, David2518Anand, Viswanathan27510-125Warsaw21 May 2022
142Anand, Viswanathan2751Duda, Jan Krzysztof27501/2-1/251Warsaw20 May 2022
143Aronian, Levon2765Anand, Viswanathan27510-124Warsaw20 May 2022
144Anand, Viswanathan2751Shevchenko, Kirill26441-038Warsaw20 May 2022
145Anand, Viswanathan2751Korobov, Anton26711-028Warsaw19 May 2022
146So, Wesley2776Anand, Viswanathan27510-130Warsaw19 May 2022
147Anand, Viswanathan2751Wojtaszek, Radoslaw26961-036Warsaw19 May 2022
148Anand, Viswanathan2751Asadli, Vugar Afgan Oglu25791/2-1/234Baku23 Dec 2021
149Caruana, Fabiano2792Anand, Viswanathan27511-069Baku23 Dec 2021
150Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2767Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/219Baku23 Dec 2021
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