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Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand was born on December 11, 1969. He is an Indian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. Anand is one of four players in history to break the 2800 mark on the FIDE rating list.

In the April 2007 FIDE Elo rating list, Anand was ranked first in the world for the first time, and he retained the number one spot in the July 2007 list with a rating of 2792, a lead of 23 points.

On the current January 2008 list he has an Elo rating of 2799, which makes him number two behind Vladimir Kramnik who has the same rating but played more games in the three months before the list was published. He is the sixth person to head the rating list since its inception in 1970; the other five being Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik and Topalov. Anand became the undisputed World Chess Champion on September 29, 2007, after winning the 2007 World Chess Championship Tournament held in Mexico City.

Viswanathan Anand Repertoire with White pieces

ECO Opening Games
C42 Petrov's defence 47 games
B33 Sicilian defence 46 games
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 43 games
C88 Ruy Lopez, closed 32 games

Viswanathan Anand Repertoire with Black pieces

ECO Opening Games
E15 Queen's Indian, 4.g3 46 games
E12 Queen's Indian defence 36 games
C42 Petrov's defence 34 games
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, classical, 6...a6 32 games
Name: Viswanathan Anand
Federation:  INDIA
Born: 1969
Title: Grandmaster
ELO: 2798
Years: 1984 - 2007
Wins: 905 (40.71 %)
Draws: 1052 (47.32 %)
Losses: 266 (11.97 %)
Score: 64.37 %

Games played by Viswanathan Anand


White ELO W Black ELO B Result Moves ECO Date Tournamet View
Korhonen, H Anand, V 2285 0-1 B21 1984 Wch U20
Georgiev, K 2430 Anand, V 2285 1-0 E66 1984 Wch U20
Galego, L Anand, V 2285 0-1 B29 1984 Wch U20
Rechlis, G Anand, V 2285 0-1 E63 1984 Wch U20
Piket, J Anand, V 2285 0-1 A48 1984 Wch U20
Saeed, S 2390 Anand, V 2285 1-0 E69 1984 Wch U20
Barumba, G Anand, V 2345 0-1 E94 1984 Thessaloniki ol (Men)
Chandler, M 2540 Anand, V 2345 1-0 B66 1984 Lloyds Bank op
Van der Wiel, J 2535 Anand, V 2345 1-0 B42 1984 Thessaloniki ol (Men)
Anand, V 2345 Bryson, D 2245 ½-½ C88 1984 Thessaloniki ol (Men)
Anand, V 2345 Ogaard, L 2445 1-0 B44 1984 Thessaloniki ol (Men)
Hamed, A Anand, V 2345 0-1 A05 1984 Thessaloniki ol (Men)
Anand, V 2345 De Guzman, R 2355 ½-½ C88 1984 Thessaloniki ol (Men)
Alzate, D 2410 Anand, V 2345 0-1 B85 1984 Thessaloniki ol (Men)
Ostermeyer, P 2470 Anand, V 2345 0-1 A15 1984 Thessaloniki ol (Men)
Dobrey, N 2275 Anand, V 2385 0-1 A16 1985 Wch U20
Blatny, P 2390 Anand, V 2385 1-0 B25 1985 Wch U20
Paiewonsky, P Anand, V 2385 0-1 D79 1985 Wch U20
Zysk, R 2340 Anand, V 2385 ½-½ D79 1985 Wch U20
Grynszpan, M Anand, V 2385 ½-½ E91 1985 Wch U20
Grivas, E 2395 Anand, V 2385 ½-½ E75 1985 Wch U20
Wells, P 2365 Anand, V 2385 1-0 E94 1985 Lloyds Bank op
Mannion, S 2215 Anand, V 2385 0-1 B50 1985 Lloyds Bank op
Shovel, K 2280 Anand, V 2385 ½-½ E90 1985 Lloyds Bank op
Curtis, E 2275 Anand, V 2385 0-1 E81 1985 Lloyds Bank op
Prasad, D 2360 Anand, V 2405 ½-½ B82 1986 Calcutta
Meetei, A 2320 Anand, V 2405 0-1 B06 1986 Calcutta
Agzamov, G 2545 Anand, V 2405 1-0 E75 1986 Calcutta
Ravikumar, V 2370 Anand, V 2405 ½-½ E92 1986 Calcutta
Vaidya, A 2340 Anand, V 2405 0-1 B85 1986 Calcutta
Emms, J 2305 Anand, V 2405 1-0 C30 1986 Oakham YM
Thipsay, P 2485 Anand, V 2405 ½-½ B82 1986 Bhilwara
Soltis, A 2440 Anand, V 2405 ½-½ B23 1986 Calcutta
Razuvaev, Y 2525 Anand, V 2405 ½-½ E81 1986 Calcutta
Meetei, A 2320 Anand, V 2405 0-1 B40 1986 Bhilwara
Hakki, I 2325 Anand, V 2405 1-0 B42 1986 Arab Asian-ch
Alavi, A Anand, V 2405 0-1 B42 1986 Arab Asian-ch
Afifi, A Anand, V 2405 0-1 D20 1986 Arab Asian-ch
Moussa, I Anand, V 2405 0-1 A65 1986 Arab Asian-ch
Makarichev, S 2495 Anand, V 2405 1-0 A53 1986 Bhilwara
Palatnik, S 2460 Anand, V 2405 ½-½ E94 1986 Bhilwara
Finegold, B 2280 Anand, V 2405 ½-½ D20 1986 Oakham YM
Ravi, L 2285 Anand, V 2405 1-0 E66 1986 Bhilwara
Dagistani, A Anand, V 2405 0-1 A53 1986 Arab Asian-ch
Dimitrov, V 2400 Anand, V 2420 ½-½ B84 1986 Wch U20
Arencibia, W 2335 Anand, V 2420 ½-½ D29 1986 Wch U20
Howell, J 2400 Anand, V 2420 ½-½ B42 1986 Wch U20
Aturupane, H 2300 Anand, V 2420 0-1 D27 1986 Dubai ol (Men)
Pazos, P 2340 Anand, V 2420 0-1 B02 1986 Dubai ol (Men)
Braga, F 2480 Anand, V 2420 ½-½ B47 1986 Dubai ol (Men)
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