Anand, Viswanathan Age 53

Source: © Amruta Mokal

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2748.0
Live Rank
#11
FIDE Rating
2748
World Rank
#10
India Rank
#1
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
2709 World #21, Peak 2832 (Dec 2018)
Born
11 Dec 1969
Mayiladuthurai,[2] Tamil Nadu, India
FIDE ID 5000017
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Active Years:
1984 - 2023
Total Games:
4269
Wins:
1576 (37%)
Losses:
590 (14%)
Draws:
2103 (49%)
Total score:
62%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2733
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 
1Anand, Viswanathan2754Grandelius, Nils26891/2-1/241Durres7 Oct 2023
2Sadhwani, Raunak2641Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/239Durres6 Oct 2023
3Martirosyan, Haik M2696Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/230Durres5 Oct 2023
4Anand, Viswanathan2754Amin, Bassem26801/2-1/252Durres4 Oct 2023
5Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan2588Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/234Durres3 Oct 2023
6Aronian, Levon2742Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/243Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
7Anand, Viswanathan2754Gelfand, Boris26551-041Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
8Kramnik, Vladimir2753Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/261Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
9Anand, Viswanathan2754Grischuk, Alexander27321-032Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
10Dubov, Daniil2710Anand, Viswanathan27540-142Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
11Anand, Viswanathan2754Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/232Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
12So, Wesley2753Anand, Viswanathan27541-061Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
13Anand, Viswanathan2754Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27340-124Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
14Anand, Viswanathan2754Svidler, Peter26890-141Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
15Gelfand, Boris2655Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/214Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
16Anand, Viswanathan2754Aronian, Levon27421-045Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
17Anand, Viswanathan2754Kramnik, Vladimir27531/2-1/226Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
18Grischuk, Alexander2732Anand, Viswanathan27541-040Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
19Anand, Viswanathan2754Dubov, Daniil27101/2-1/228Amsterdam22 Sep 2023
20Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Anand, Viswanathan27540-170Amsterdam22 Sep 2023
21Anand, Viswanathan2754So, Wesley27531-024Amsterdam22 Sep 2023
22Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2734Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/257Amsterdam22 Sep 2023
23Svidler, Peter2689Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/232Amsterdam22 Sep 2023
24Orlov, Andrey2503Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/276Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
25Anand, Viswanathan2754Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/219Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
26Aravindh, Chithambaram VR2645Anand, Viswanathan27541-046Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
27Eljanov, Pavel2695Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/271Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
28Anand, Viswanathan2754Donchenko, Alexander26841-060Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
29Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2739Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/273Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
30Anand, Viswanathan2754Huschenbeth, Niclas26031-052Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
31So, Wesley2769Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/229Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
32Anand, Viswanathan2754Harikrishna, Pentala27111/2-1/230Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023
33Sargissian, Gabriel2692Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/223Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023
34Anand, Viswanathan2754Moussard, Jules26611-073Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023
35Anand, Viswanathan2754Saric, Ivan26571/2-1/268Zagreb9 Jul 2023
36Duda, Jan Krzysztof2732Anand, Viswanathan27540-138Zagreb9 Jul 2023
37Anand, Viswanathan2754Lupulescu, Constantin25841/2-1/247Zagreb9 Jul 2023
38Firouzja, Alireza2777Anand, Viswanathan27541-040Zagreb9 Jul 2023
39Carlsen, Magnus2835Anand, Viswanathan27541-041Zagreb9 Jul 2023
40Anand, Viswanathan2754Gukesh, Dommaraju27440-134Zagreb9 Jul 2023
41Caruana, Fabiano2782Anand, Viswanathan27541-073Zagreb9 Jul 2023
42Anand, Viswanathan2754Rapport, Richard27521/2-1/247Zagreb9 Jul 2023
43Nepomniachtchi, Ian2779Anand, Viswanathan27540-139Zagreb9 Jul 2023
44Saric, Ivan2657Anand, Viswanathan27541-035Zagreb8 Jul 2023
45Anand, Viswanathan2754Duda, Jan Krzysztof27320-119Zagreb8 Jul 2023
46Lupulescu, Constantin2584Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/251Zagreb8 Jul 2023
47Anand, Viswanathan2754Firouzja, Alireza27770-145Zagreb8 Jul 2023
48Anand, Viswanathan2754Carlsen, Magnus28350-130Zagreb8 Jul 2023
49Gukesh, Dommaraju2744Anand, Viswanathan27540-131Zagreb8 Jul 2023
50Anand, Viswanathan2754Caruana, Fabiano27821-045Zagreb8 Jul 2023
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