Anand, Viswanathan Age 54

Source: © Amruta Mokal

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2751.0
Live Rank
#10
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 #8, 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:
4294
Wins:
1590 (37%)
Losses:
591 (14%)
Draws:
2113 (49%)
Total score:
62%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2740
White:
B90 Sicilian Defense (92 games)
C42 Russian Game (91 games)
C65 Ruy Lopez (76 games)
Black:
C54 Italian Game (63 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, Viswanathan2749Nakamura, Hikaru27441/2-1/241London7 Oct 2024
2Nakamura, Hikaru2744Anand, Viswanathan27491-058London6 Oct 2024
3Giri, Anish2662Anand, Viswanathan27491/2-1/259London5 Oct 2024
4Firouzja, Alireza2742Anand, Viswanathan27491-047London5 Oct 2024
5Anand, Viswanathan2749Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27550-148London4 Oct 2024
6Anand, Viswanathan2749Carlsen, Magnus28341/2-1/248London3 Oct 2024
7Anand, Viswanathan2751Bellahcene, Bilel25351-029Quenza7 Jul 2024
8Maurizzi, Marc Andria2620Anand, Viswanathan27510-178Quenza7 Jul 2024
9Anand, Viswanathan2751Fressinet, Laurent26251-024Quenza7 Jul 2024
10Lagarde, Maxime2608Anand, Viswanathan27510-116Quenza7 Jul 2024
11Anand, Viswanathan2751Dourerassou, Jonathan24221-041Quenza7 Jul 2024
12Glek, Igor Vladimirovich2396Anand, Viswanathan27510-167Quenza7 Jul 2024
13Anand, Viswanathan2751Unuk, Laura23241-061Quenza7 Jul 2024
14Sibille, Ettore1904Anand, Viswanathan27510-135Quenza7 Jul 2024
15Anand, Viswanathan2751Rauscher, Philemon10991-032Quenza7 Jul 2024
16Anand, Viswanathan2751Santos Latasa, Jaime26261/2-1/227Leon30 Jun 2024
17Anand, Viswanathan2751Santos Latasa, Jaime26261-037Leon30 Jun 2024
18Santos Latasa, Jaime2626Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/250Leon30 Jun 2024
19Santos Latasa, Jaime2626Anand, Viswanathan27510-149Leon30 Jun 2024
20Anand, Viswanathan2751Topalov, Veselin27271/2-1/248Leon29 Jun 2024
21Topalov, Veselin2727Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/260Leon29 Jun 2024
22Topalov, Veselin2727Anand, Viswanathan27510-169Leon29 Jun 2024
23Anand, Viswanathan2751Amin, Bassem26831-027Casablanca19 May 2024
24Nakamura, Hikaru2795Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/255Casablanca19 May 2024
25Anand, Viswanathan2751Carlsen, Magnus28301/2-1/223Casablanca19 May 2024
26Amin, Bassem2683Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/217Casablanca18 May 2024
27Anand, Viswanathan2751Nakamura, Hikaru27951/2-1/249Casablanca18 May 2024
28Carlsen, Magnus2830Anand, Viswanathan27511-020Casablanca18 May 2024
29Anand, Viswanathan2754Bluebaum, Matthias26681/2-1/230Germany25 Feb 2024
30Nakamura, Hikaru2780Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/255Germany24 Feb 2024
31Anand, Viswanathan2748Abasov, Nijat Azad26411-047Germany23 Feb 2024
32Anand, Viswanathan2754Grandelius, Nils26891/2-1/241Durres7 Oct 2023
33Sadhwani, Raunak2641Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/239Durres6 Oct 2023
34Martirosyan, Haik M2696Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/230Durres5 Oct 2023
35Anand, Viswanathan2754Amin, Bassem26801/2-1/252Durres4 Oct 2023
36Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan2588Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/234Durres3 Oct 2023
37Aronian, Levon2742Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/243Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
38Anand, Viswanathan2754Gelfand, Boris26551-041Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
39Kramnik, Vladimir2753Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/261Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
40Anand, Viswanathan2754Grischuk, Alexander27321-032Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
41Dubov, Daniil2710Anand, Viswanathan27540-142Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
42Anand, Viswanathan2754Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/232Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
43So, Wesley2753Anand, Viswanathan27541-061Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
44Anand, Viswanathan2754Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27340-124Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
45Anand, Viswanathan2754Svidler, Peter26890-141Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
46Gelfand, Boris2655Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/214Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
47Anand, Viswanathan2754Aronian, Levon27421-045Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
48Anand, Viswanathan2754Kramnik, Vladimir27531/2-1/226Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
49Grischuk, Alexander2732Anand, Viswanathan27541-040Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
50Anand, Viswanathan2754Dubov, Daniil27101/2-1/228Amsterdam22 Sep 2023
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