Anand, ViswanathanAge 55


Source: © Amruta Mokal

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2743.0
Live Rank
#15
FIDE Rating
2743
World Rank
#15
India Rank
#5
FIDE Peak Rating
2817 - Mar 2011 (Age 41)
FIDE Peak Rank
#1 (2803) - Apr 2008 (Age 38)
Rapid
2719 World #12, 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 
51
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Grischuk, Alexander
27321-032Amsterdam26 Sep 2023board
52
Dubov, Daniil
2710
Anand, Viswanathan
27540-142Amsterdam25 Sep 2023board
53
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27711/2-1/232Amsterdam25 Sep 2023board
54
So, Wesley
2753
Anand, Viswanathan
27541-061Amsterdam25 Sep 2023board
55
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
27340-124Amsterdam25 Sep 2023board
56
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Svidler, Peter
26890-141Amsterdam25 Sep 2023board
57
Gelfand, Boris
2655
Anand, Viswanathan
27541/2-1/214Amsterdam23 Sep 2023board
58
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Aronian, Levon
27421-045Amsterdam23 Sep 2023board
59
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Kramnik, Vladimir
27531/2-1/226Amsterdam23 Sep 2023board
60
Grischuk, Alexander
2732
Anand, Viswanathan
27541-040Amsterdam23 Sep 2023board
61
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Dubov, Daniil
27101/2-1/228Amsterdam22 Sep 2023board
62
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2771
Anand, Viswanathan
27540-170Amsterdam22 Sep 2023board
63
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
So, Wesley
27531-024Amsterdam22 Sep 2023board
64
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2734
Anand, Viswanathan
27541/2-1/257Amsterdam22 Sep 2023board
65
Svidler, Peter
2689
Anand, Viswanathan
27541/2-1/232Amsterdam22 Sep 2023board
66
Orlov, Andrey
2503
Anand, Viswanathan
27541/2-1/276Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023board
67
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
27391/2-1/219Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023board
68
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR
2645
Anand, Viswanathan
27541-046Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023board
69
Eljanov, Pavel
2695
Anand, Viswanathan
27541/2-1/271Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023board
70
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Donchenko, Alexander
26841-060Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023board
71
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
2739
Anand, Viswanathan
27541/2-1/273Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023board
72
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Huschenbeth, Niclas
26031-052Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023board
73
So, Wesley
2769
Anand, Viswanathan
27541/2-1/229Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023board
74
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Harikrishna, Pentala
27111/2-1/230Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023board
75
Sargissian, Gabriel
2692
Anand, Viswanathan
27541/2-1/223Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023board
76
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Moussard, Jules
26611-073Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023board
77
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Saric, Ivan
26571/2-1/268Zagreb9 Jul 2023board
78
Duda, Jan Krzysztof
2732
Anand, Viswanathan
27540-138Zagreb9 Jul 2023board
79
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Lupulescu, Constantin
25841/2-1/247Zagreb9 Jul 2023board
80
Firouzja, Alireza
2777
Anand, Viswanathan
27541-040Zagreb9 Jul 2023board
81
Carlsen, Magnus
2835
Anand, Viswanathan
27541-041Zagreb9 Jul 2023board
82
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Gukesh, Dommaraju
27440-134Zagreb9 Jul 2023board
83
Caruana, Fabiano
2782
Anand, Viswanathan
27541-073Zagreb9 Jul 2023board
84
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Rapport, Richard
27521/2-1/247Zagreb9 Jul 2023board
85
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2779
Anand, Viswanathan
27540-139Zagreb9 Jul 2023board
86
Saric, Ivan
2657
Anand, Viswanathan
27541-035Zagreb8 Jul 2023board
87
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Duda, Jan Krzysztof
27320-119Zagreb8 Jul 2023board
88
Lupulescu, Constantin
2584
Anand, Viswanathan
27541/2-1/251Zagreb8 Jul 2023board
89
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Firouzja, Alireza
27770-145Zagreb8 Jul 2023board
90
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Carlsen, Magnus
28350-130Zagreb8 Jul 2023board
91
Gukesh, Dommaraju
2744
Anand, Viswanathan
27540-131Zagreb8 Jul 2023board
92
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Caruana, Fabiano
27821-045Zagreb8 Jul 2023board
93
Rapport, Richard
2752
Anand, Viswanathan
27541-050Zagreb8 Jul 2023board
94
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27791/2-1/242Zagreb8 Jul 2023board
95
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27791/2-1/259Zagreb7 Jul 2023board
96
Gukesh, Dommaraju
2744
Anand, Viswanathan
27541-040Zagreb7 Jul 2023board
97
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Duda, Jan Krzysztof
27321/2-1/259Zagreb7 Jul 2023board
98
Carlsen, Magnus
2835
Anand, Viswanathan
27541-053Zagreb6 Jul 2023board
99
Caruana, Fabiano
2782
Anand, Viswanathan
27541/2-1/242Zagreb6 Jul 2023board
100
Anand, Viswanathan
2754
Saric, Ivan
26571-039Zagreb6 Jul 2023board