Anand, Viswanathan Age 55

Source: © Amruta Mokal

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2743.0
Live Rank
#14
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 
51Anand, Viswanathan2754Grischuk, Alexander27321-032Amsterdam26 Sep 2023
52Dubov, Daniil2710Anand, Viswanathan27540-142Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
53Anand, Viswanathan2754Nepomniachtchi, Ian27711/2-1/232Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
54So, Wesley2753Anand, Viswanathan27541-061Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
55Anand, Viswanathan2754Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27340-124Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
56Anand, Viswanathan2754Svidler, Peter26890-141Amsterdam25 Sep 2023
57Gelfand, Boris2655Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/214Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
58Anand, Viswanathan2754Aronian, Levon27421-045Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
59Anand, Viswanathan2754Kramnik, Vladimir27531/2-1/226Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
60Grischuk, Alexander2732Anand, Viswanathan27541-040Amsterdam23 Sep 2023
61Anand, Viswanathan2754Dubov, Daniil27101/2-1/228Amsterdam22 Sep 2023
62Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Anand, Viswanathan27540-170Amsterdam22 Sep 2023
63Anand, Viswanathan2754So, Wesley27531-024Amsterdam22 Sep 2023
64Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2734Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/257Amsterdam22 Sep 2023
65Svidler, Peter2689Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/232Amsterdam22 Sep 2023
66Orlov, Andrey2503Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/276Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
67Anand, Viswanathan2754Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/219Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
68Aravindh, Chithambaram VR2645Anand, Viswanathan27541-046Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
69Eljanov, Pavel2695Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/271Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
70Anand, Viswanathan2754Donchenko, Alexander26841-060Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
71Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2739Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/273Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
72Anand, Viswanathan2754Huschenbeth, Niclas26031-052Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
73So, Wesley2769Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/229Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
74Anand, Viswanathan2754Harikrishna, Pentala27111/2-1/230Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023
75Sargissian, Gabriel2692Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/223Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023
76Anand, Viswanathan2754Moussard, Jules26611-073Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023
77Anand, Viswanathan2754Saric, Ivan26571/2-1/268Zagreb9 Jul 2023
78Duda, Jan Krzysztof2732Anand, Viswanathan27540-138Zagreb9 Jul 2023
79Anand, Viswanathan2754Lupulescu, Constantin25841/2-1/247Zagreb9 Jul 2023
80Firouzja, Alireza2777Anand, Viswanathan27541-040Zagreb9 Jul 2023
81Carlsen, Magnus2835Anand, Viswanathan27541-041Zagreb9 Jul 2023
82Anand, Viswanathan2754Gukesh, Dommaraju27440-134Zagreb9 Jul 2023
83Caruana, Fabiano2782Anand, Viswanathan27541-073Zagreb9 Jul 2023
84Anand, Viswanathan2754Rapport, Richard27521/2-1/247Zagreb9 Jul 2023
85Nepomniachtchi, Ian2779Anand, Viswanathan27540-139Zagreb9 Jul 2023
86Saric, Ivan2657Anand, Viswanathan27541-035Zagreb8 Jul 2023
87Anand, Viswanathan2754Duda, Jan Krzysztof27320-119Zagreb8 Jul 2023
88Lupulescu, Constantin2584Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/251Zagreb8 Jul 2023
89Anand, Viswanathan2754Firouzja, Alireza27770-145Zagreb8 Jul 2023
90Anand, Viswanathan2754Carlsen, Magnus28350-130Zagreb8 Jul 2023
91Gukesh, Dommaraju2744Anand, Viswanathan27540-131Zagreb8 Jul 2023
92Anand, Viswanathan2754Caruana, Fabiano27821-045Zagreb8 Jul 2023
93Rapport, Richard2752Anand, Viswanathan27541-050Zagreb8 Jul 2023
94Anand, Viswanathan2754Nepomniachtchi, Ian27791/2-1/242Zagreb8 Jul 2023
95Anand, Viswanathan2754Nepomniachtchi, Ian27791/2-1/259Zagreb7 Jul 2023
96Gukesh, Dommaraju2744Anand, Viswanathan27541-040Zagreb7 Jul 2023
97Anand, Viswanathan2754Duda, Jan Krzysztof27321/2-1/259Zagreb7 Jul 2023
98Carlsen, Magnus2835Anand, Viswanathan27541-053Zagreb6 Jul 2023
99Caruana, Fabiano2782Anand, Viswanathan27541/2-1/242Zagreb6 Jul 2023
100Anand, Viswanathan2754Saric, Ivan26571-039Zagreb6 Jul 2023
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