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InthisIndianname,thenameViswanathanisapatronymic,notafamilyname,andthepersonshould
bereferredtobythegivenname,Anand.
Viswanathan"Vishy"Anand(born11December
1969)isanIndianchessGrandmasterandformerWorld
ChessChampion.

ViswanathanAnand

HeheldtheFIDEWorldChessChampionshipfrom2000
to2002,atatimewhentheworldtitlewassplit.He
becametheundisputedWorldChampionin2007and
defendedhistitleagainstVladimirKramnikin2008.He
thendefendedhistitleintheWorldChessChampionship
2010againstVeselinTopalovandintheWorldChess
Championship2012[3]againstBorisGelfand.Inthe
WorldChessChampionship2013helosttochallenger
MagnusCarlsenandhelostagaintoCarlseninthe
WorldChessChampionship2014.[4]
Anandisoneofnineplayersinhistorytopass2800Elo
ontheFIDEratinglist.[5]Heoccupiedthenumberone
positionfor21months,the6thlongestonrecord.[6]
ViswanathanAnandbecameIndia'sfirstgrandmasterin
1988.[7]HewasalsothefirstrecipientoftheRajiv
GandhiKhelRatnaAwardin199192,India'shighest
sportinghonour.In2007,hewasawardedIndia'ssecond
highestcivilianaward,thePadmaVibhushan,making
himthefirstsportspersontoreceivetheaward.

Fullname

V.Anand [1]

Country

India

Born

11December1969
Mayiladuthurai, [2]TamilNadu,
India

Title

Grandmaster(1988)

World
Champion

200002(FIDE)
200713

FIDErating

2816(July2015)
(No.2intheJuly2015FIDEWorld

Contents
1Earlylife
2Personallife
3Chesscareer
3.1Earlycareer
3.2WorldChesschampionships
3.2.1FIDEWorldChampion2000
3.2.2WorldChampion2007
3.2.3WorldChampion2008
3.2.4WorldChampion2010
3.2.5WorldChampion2012
3.2.6WorldChampionship2013
3.2.7WorldChampionship2014
3.3FIDEWorldRapidChessChampion

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Rankings).

Peakrating

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3.3FIDEWorldRapidChessChampion
2003
3.42013
3.5Otherresults
3.6Rating
4Assessment
5Headtoheadrecordversusselected
grandmasters
6Notabletournamentsuccesses
6.1Rapid/exhibitiontournaments
6.2Classicaltournaments
6.3Matches
7Awards
7.1Indiannationalhonours
7.2Otherhonours
8Samplegame
9Seealso
10References
11Furtherreading
12Externallinks

Earlylife
ViswanathanAnandwasbornon11December1969atMayiladuthurai,TamilNadu.[8][9]Shortly
thereafter,hisfamilymovedtoMadras(nowChennai),wherehegrewup.[2]Hisfather,ViswanathanIyer,
isaretiredGeneralManagerofSouthernRailways,hadstudiedinJamalpurBihar,andhismotherSusheela
wasahousewifeandchess/film/clubaficionadoandaninfluentialsocialite.
Anandistheyoungestof3children.Heis11yearsyoungerthanhissisterand13yearsyoungerthanhis
brother.Hiselderbrother,ShivakumarisamanageratCromptonGreavesinIndiaandhiseldersister,
Anuradha,isaprofessorintheUnitedStatesattheUniversityofMichigan.[10][11]
AnandlearntchessfromagesixfromhismotherandaclosefamilyfriendnamedDeepaRamakrishnan.[12]
AnandwaseducatedatDonBoscoMatriculationHigherSecondarySchool,[13]Egmore,Chennaiandholds
adegreeofBachelorofCommercefromLoyolaCollege,Chennai.[14]

Personallife
InAugust2010,AnandjoinedtheboardofdirectorsofOlympicGoldQuest,afoundationforpromoting
andsupportingIndia'selitesportspersonsandpotentialyoungtalent.[15][16][17]On24December2010
AnandwasguestofhonouronthegroundsofGujaratUniversity,where20,486playerscreatedanew
worldrecordofsimultaneouschessplayatsinglevenue.[18]

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Hishobbiesarereading,swimming,andlisteningtomusic.HeismarriedtoArunaAnandandhasason
bornon9April2011.[19]
Anandhasbeenregardedasanunassumingpersonwithareputationforrefrainingfrompoliticaland
psychologicalploysandinsteadfocusingonhisgame.[20]Thishasmadehimawelllikedfigurethroughout
thechessworldfortwodecades,evidencedbythefactthatGarryKasparov,VladimirKramnik,and
MagnusCarlsen,ofwhomtheformertwowererivalsfortheWorldChampionshipthroughoutAnand's
career,eachaidedhiminpreparingfortheWorldChessChampionship2010.[21][22]Anandissometimes
knownasthe"TigerofMadras".[23]
AnandwastheonlysportspersontohavebeeninvitedforthedinnerhostedbytheIndianPMManmohan
SinghforUSPresidentBarackObamaon7November2010.[24]
AnandwasdeniedanhonorarydoctoratefromUniversityofHyderabadbecauseofconfusionoverhis
citizenshipstatushowever,laterKapilSibal,India'sMinisterofHumanResourceDevelopmentapologised
andsaid"ThereisnoissueonthematterasAnandhasagreedtoacceptthedegreeataconvenienttime
dependingonhisavailability".[25]AccordingtoTheHindu,Anandfinallydeclinedtoacceptthe
doctorate.[26]

Chesscareer
Earlycareer
Anand'sriseintheIndianchessworldwasmeteoric.Nationallevelsuccesscameearlyforhimwhenhe
wontheNationalSubJuniorChessChampionshipwithascoreof9/9in1983attheageoffourteen.He
becametheyoungestIndiantowinthetitleofInternationalMasterattheageoffifteen,in1984.Attheage
ofsixteenhebecamethenationalchesschampionandwonthattitletwomoretimes.Heplayedgamesat
blitzspeed.In1987,hebecamethefirstIndiantowintheWorldJuniorChessChampionship.In1988,at
theageofeighteen,hebecameIndia'sfirstGrandmasterbywinningtheShaktiFinanceInternationalchess
tournamentheldinCoimbatore,India.HewasawardedPadmaShriattheageof18.
IntheWorldChessChampionship1993cycleAnandqualifiedforhisfirstCandidatesTournament,
winninghisfirstmatchbutnarrowlylosinghisquarterfinalmatchtoAnatolyKarpov.[27]
In199495AnandandGataKamskydominatedthequalifyingcyclesfortherivalFIDEandPCAworld
championships.IntheFIDEcycle(FIDEWorldChessChampionship1996),Anandlosthisquarterfinal
matchtoKamskyafterleadingearly.[28]Kamskywentontolosethe1996FIDEchampionshipmatch
againstKarpov.
Inthe1995PCAcycle,AnandwonmatchesagainstOlegRomanishinandMichaelAdamswithoutaloss,
thenavengedhisFIDElossbydefeatingGataKamskyintheCandidatesfinal.[29]In1995,heplayedthe
PCAWorldChessChampionship1995againstKasparovinNewYorkCity'sWorldTradeCenter.Afteran
openingrunofeightdraws(arecordfortheopeningofaworldchampionshipmatch),Anandwongame
ninewithapowerfulexchangesacrifice,butthenlostfourofthenextfive.Helostthematch107.

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Inthe1998FIDEcycle,thereigningchampionKarpovwasgranteddirectseedingbyFIDEintothefinal
againstthewinnerofthesevenroundsingleeliminationCandidatestournament.Thepsychologicaland
physicaladvantagegainedbyKarpovfromthisdecisioncausedsignificantcontroversy,leadingtothe
withdrawaloffutureWorldChampionVladimirKramnikfromthecandidatestournament.Anandwonthe
candidatestournament,defeatingMichaelAdamsinthefinal,andimmediatelyfacedawellrestedKarpov
forthechampionship.DespitethistremendousdisadvantageforAnand,whichhedescribedasbeing
"broughtinacoffin"toplayKarpov,[20]theregularmatchended33,whichledtoarapidplayoff,which
Karpovwon20.KarpovthusremainedtheFIDEchampion.

AnandattheManila1992Olympiad,
age22

WorldChesschampionships
FIDEWorldChampion2000
Mainarticle:FIDEWorldChessChampionship2000
Afterseveralnearmisses,AnandwontheFIDEWorldChessChampionshipin2000forthefirsttimeafter
defeatingAlexeiShirov30inthefinalmatchheldatTehran,therebybecomingthefirstIndiantowin
thattitle.

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Hefailedtodefendthetitlein2002,losinginthesemifinalstoVassilyIvanchuk.The2002FIDEworld
championshipwasultimatelywonbyRuslanPonomariov.AnandtiedforsecondwithPeterSvidlerinthe
FIDEWorldChessChampionship2005with8pointsoutof14games,1pointsbehindthewinner,
VeselinTopalov.
WorldChampion2007
Mainarticle:WorldChessChampionship2007
InSeptember2007AnandbecameWorldChampionagainby
winningthatyear'sFIDEWorldChampionshipTournamentheldin
MexicoCity.Hewonthedoubleroundrobintournamentwitha
finalscoreof9outof14points,afullpointaheadofjointsecond
placefinishersVladimirKramnikandBorisGelfand.
In2000,whenAnandwontheFIDEWorldChampionship,there
wasalsotherival"Classical"WorldChampionship,heldby
Kramnik.By2007,theworldchampionshiphadbeenreunified,so
Anand'svictoryinMexicoCitymadehimundisputedWorldChess
Champion.Hebecamethefirstundisputedchampiontowinthetitle
inatournament,ratherthaninmatchplay,sinceMikhailBotvinnik
in1948.
InOctober2007,Anandsaidhelikedthedoubleroundrobin
championshipformat(asusedinthe2007championshipinMexico
City),andthattherightofKramniktoautomaticallychallengefor
thetitlewas"ridiculous".[30]

Anandin2007

WorldChampion2008
Mainarticle:WorldChessChampionship2008
AnandconvincinglydefendedthetitleagainstKramnikintheWorldChessChampionship2008held1429
OctoberinBonn,Germany.Thewinnerwastobethefirsttoscore6pointsinthetwelvegamematch.[31]
Anandwonbyscoring6pointsin11games,havingwonthreeofthefirstsixgames(twowiththeblack
pieces).[32]Afterthetenthgame,Anandled64andneededonlyadrawineitherofthelasttwogamesto
winthematch.Intheeleventhgame,KramnikplayedtheNajdorfVariationoftheSicilianDefense.Once
theplayerstradedqueens,Kramnikofferedadrawafter24movessincehehadnowinningchancesinthe
endgame.
Anand(2783)Kramnik(2772),WchBonnGER(11)[33]29October2008(finalgame)
1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3a66.Bg5e67.f4Qc78.Bxf6gxf69.f5Qc5
10.Qd3Nc611.Nb3Qe512.000exf513.Qe3Bg714.Rd5Qe715.Qg3Rg816.Qf4fxe4
17.Nxe4f518.Nxd6+Kf819.Nxc8Rxc820.Kb1Qe1+21.Nc1Ne722.Qd2Qxd223.Rxd2
Bh624.Rf2Be3

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RespondingtoAnand'swin,GarryKasparovsaid"Agreatresult
forAnandandforchess.Vishydeservedthewinineveryway
andI'mveryhappyforhim.Itwillnotbeeasyfortheyounger
generationtopushhimaside...AnandoutpreparedKramnik
completely.Inthiswayitremindedmeofmymatchwith
KramnikinLondon2000.LikeIwasthen,Kramnikmayhave
beenverywellpreparedforthismatch,butweneversawit."[34]
In2010Ananddonatedhisgoldmedaltothecharitable
organisation"TheFoundation"tobeauctionedoffforthe
benefitofunderprivilegedchildren.[35]
WorldChampion2010
Mainarticle:WorldChessChampionship2010

AnandKramnik,2008WorldCh.
a

1
a

Finalpositionofthematch

BeforetheWorldChessChampionship2010matchwithVeselin
Topalov,Anand,whohadbookedontheflightFrankfurtSofia
on16April,wasstrandedduetothecancellationofallflightsfollowingthevolcanoashcloudfrom
Eyjafjallajkull.Anandaskedforathreedaypostponement,whichtheBulgarianorganisersrefusedon19
April.AnandeventuallyreachedSofiaon20April,aftera40hourroadjourney.[36]Consequently,thefirst
gamewasdelayedbyoneday.[37]
Thematchconsistedof12games.After11gamesthescorewastiedat55.Anandwongame12onthe
BlacksideofaQueen'sGambitDeclinedtowinthematchandretaintheWorldChampionship.Ingame12,
afterTopalov'sdubious31stand32ndmoves,AnandobtainedastrongattackagainstTopalov'srelatively
exposedking.Topalovsubsequentlyresigned.
WorldChampion2012
Mainarticle:WorldChessChampionship2012
AsaresultofAnand'svictoryintheWorldChessChampionship2010,hedefendedhistitleintheWorld
ChessChampionship2012thelocationoftheeventwastheTretyakovGalleryinMoscow.[38]His
opponentwasBorisGelfand,thewinnerofthe2011CandidatesMatches.Afterlosinginthe7thgameto
Gelfand,Anandcamebacktowinthe8thgameinonly17movestheshortestgameinWorldChess
Championshiphistory.Thematchwastied66afterregulargameswithonewineach.Anandwonthe
rapidtiebreak21towinthematchandretainhistitle.Afterthematch,RussianpresidentVladimir
PutingreetedAnandandGelfandbycallingbothtohisofficialresidence.[39]
WorldChampionship2013
Mainarticle:WorldChessChampionship2013
AnandlostthedefenceofhistitleintheWorldChessChampionship2013atChennai.Thewinnerwas
MagnusCarlsen,thewinnerofthe2013CandidatesTournament.Thefirstfourgamesweredrawn,but
Carlsenwonthefifthandsixthgamesbacktoback.Theseventhandeighthgamesweredrawn,whilethe
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ninthgamewaswonbyCarlsen.On22November,thetenthgamewasdrawnmakingCarlsenthenew
worldchampion.[40]
WorldChampionship2014
Mainarticle:WorldChessChampionship2014
AnandwonthedoubleroundrobinFIDECandidatestournamentatKhantyMansiyskMarch1330and
earnedaworldchampionshiprematchwithMagnusCarlsen.Anandwentthroughthetournament
undefeated,winninghisfirstroundgameagainstLevonAronian,histhirdroundgameagainstShakhriyar
Mamedyarov,andhisninthroundgameagainstVeselinTopalov.[41]Hedrewallhisothergames,including
histwelfthroundgameagainstDmitryAndreikin,whereAnandagreedtoadrawinacomplex,but
winningposition.[42]HefacedCarlsenintheworldchampionshipmatchinNovember,inSochi,Russia.[43]
Carlsenwonthematch6.5to4.5afterelevenoftwelvescheduledgames.

FIDEWorldRapidChessChampion2003
InOctober2003,thegoverningbodyofchess,FIDE,organisedarapidtimecontroltournamentinCap
d'Agde[44][45]andbilleditastheWorldRapidChessChampionship.Eachplayerhad25minutesatthestart
ofthegame,withanadditionaltensecondsaftereachmove.Anandwonthiseventaheadoftenoftheother
toptwelveplayersintheworld,beatingKramnikinthefinal.Hismainrecenttitlesinthiscategoryareat:
Corsica(sixyearsinarowfrom1999through2005),ChessClassic(nineyearsinarowfrom2000through
2008),Leon2005,Eurotel2002,FujitsuGiants2002andtheMelodyAmber(fivetimes,andhewonthe
rapidportionofMelodyAmberseventimes).IntheMelodyAmber2007,Ananddidnotloseasinglegame
intherapidsection,andscored8/11,twomorethantherunnersup,foraperformanceratingintherapid
sectionof2939.[46]InmosttournamenttimecontrolgamesthatAnandplays,hehasmoretimeleftthanhis
opponentattheendofthegame.Helostontimeinonegame,toGataKamsky.Otherwise,hetook
advantageoftheruleallowingplayersintimetroubletousedashesinsteadofthemovenotationduringthe
lastfourminutesonlyonce,inthegameAnandversusSvidlerattheMTelMasters2006.[47]

2013
Inthe2013AlekhineMemorialtournament,heldfrom20Aprilto1May,Anandfinishedthird,with
+21=6.[48]

Otherresults
AnandwonthreeconsecutiveAdvancedChesstournamentsinLeon,Spain,afterGarryKasparov
introducedthisformofchessin1998,andiswidelyrecognisedastheworld'sbestAdvancedChessplayer,
wherehumansmayconsultacomputertoaidintheircalculationofvariations.
Hisgamecollection,MyBestGamesofChess,waspublishedintheyear1998andwasupdatedin2001.
Anand'srecenttournamentsuccessesincludetheCoruschesstournamentin2006(tiedwithVeselin
Topalov),Dortmundin2004,andLinaresin2007and2008.HehaswontheannualeventMonacoAmber
BlindfoldandRapidChessChampionshipsinyears1994,1997,2003,2005and2006.Heistheonlyplayer
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tohavewonfivetitlesoftheCoruschesstournament.Heisalsotheonlyplayertowintheblindandrapid
sectionsoftheAmbertournamentinthesameyear(twice:in1997and2005).Heisthefirstplayertohave
achievedvictoriesineachofthethreebigchesssupertournaments:Corus(1989,1998,2003,2004,2006),
Linares(1998,2007,2008),Dortmund(1996,2000,2004).
In2007hewontheGrenkeleasingRapidchampionship,whichhewonforthetenthtimedefeating
ArmenianGMLevonAronian.[49]Incidentally,justafewdaysbeforeAronianhaddefeatedAnandinthe
Chess960final.[50]
InMarch2007,AnandwontheLinareschesstournamentanditwaswidelybelievedthathewouldbe
rankedworldNo.1intheFIDEEloratinglistforApril2007.However,AnandwasplacedNo.2inthe
initiallistreleasedbecausetheLinaresresultwasnotincluded.FIDEsubsequentlyannouncedthatthe
Linaresresultswouldbeincludedafterall,[51]makingAnandnumberoneintheApril2007list.[52]
AnandwontheMainz2008SupertournamentChampionshipbydefeatingrisingstarMagnusCarlsen,
earninghiseleventhtitleinthatevent.[53]

Rating
IntheApril2007FIDEEloratinglist,Anandwasrankedfirstintheworldforthefirsttime,[54]and(asof
July2008)heheldthenumberonespotinallratingslistsbutonesincethenuntilJuly2008,theexception
beingtheJanuary2008list,wherehewasratedNo.2behindVladimirKramnik(equalrating,butKramnik
heldtheNo.1spotduetomoregamesplayed).[55]HedroppedtoNo.5intheOctober2008list,thefirst
timehehadbeenoutsidethetop3sinceJuly1996.[56]
In2010,Anandannouncedthathewouldexpandhistournamentschedule,beginninginlate2010,inan
efforttoregaintheworldnumberonerankingfromMagnusCarlsen.[57][58]Heachievedthatgoalon1
November2010listwitharatingof2804,twopointsaheadofMagnusCarlsen,[59]butwasonceagain
overtakenbyCarlseninJuly2011.

Assessment
LubomirKavalekdescribesAnandasthemostversatileworldchampionever,pointingoutthatAnandis
theonlyplayertohavewontheworldchesschampionshipintournament,match,andknockoutformat,as
wellasrapidtimecontrols.[60]
Inaninterviewin2011,KramniksaidaboutAnand:"Ialwaysconsideredhimtobeacolossaltalent,oneof
thegreatestinthewholehistoryofchess"and"IthinkthatintermsofplayAnandisinnowayweaker
thanKasparovbuthe'ssimplyalittlelazy,relaxedandonlyfocusesonmatches.Inthelast56yearshe's
madeaqualitativeleapthat'smadeitpossibletoconsiderhimoneofthegreatchessplayers."[61]
FIDEPresidentKirsanIlyumzhinovcommentedthatAnand'svictoryinthe2014CandidatesTournament
"...provedthatheisoneofthestrongestandgreatestplayersofmoderntimes."[62]

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Inaninterviewin2014AlexanderGrischuksaidaboutAnand:"IhavetosaythatofalltheplayersIve
playedagainstAnandhaspersonallystruckmeasthestrongest,ofcourseafterKasparov."[63]

Headtoheadrecordversusselectedgrandmasters
(Rapid,blitzandblindfoldgamesnotincludedlistedas+winslosses=drawsasofJun27,2015.)[64]
PlayerswhohavebeenundisputedWorldChampionsinboldface

MichaelAdams+176=36
MagnusCarlsen+810=35
BorisGelfand+86=40
VassilyIvanchuk+137=49
GataKamsky+117=18
AnatolyKarpov+115=29
GarryKasparov+416=31
VictorKorchnoi+80=3
VladimirKramnik+108=69
NigelShort+75=11
VeselinTopalov+1613=37
LevonAronian+49=21[65]
HikaruNakamura+15=10[66]
FabianoCaruana+12=12[67]
WangHao+12=0[68]
SergeiTiviakov+24=7[69]
KrishnanSasikiran+01=0[70]

Notabletournamentsuccesses
Rapid/exhibitiontournaments
19892ndAsianActiveChessChampionship,
HongKong1st
1994MelodyAmberTournament,Monaco1st
1994PCAGrandPrix(Rapid),Moscow1st
1996CreditSwissRapidChessGrandPrix,
Geneva1st
1996TorneoMagistraldeAjedrez,Leon
1997MelodyAmberTournament,Monaco1st
1997ChessClassicRapidTournament,
Frankfurt
1998TorneoMagitralCommunidadDe
Madrid,Madrid1st
1998SiemensNixdorfDuell(Rapid),Frankfurt
1st
1999WydraMemorialChess(Rapid),Haifa
1st
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2000WydraInternationalTournament(Rapid),
Haifa1st
2000TorneoMagistraldeAjedrez,Leonbeat
Shirov1
2000FujitsuSiemensGiantsChess(Rapid),
Frankfurt1st
2000CorsicaMasters(Rapid),Corsica1st
2002Eurotel(CombinedRapidplusClassical),
Prague1st
2011BotvinnikMemorial,Moscow,1st[71]
2011CorsicaMastersKnockout(Rapid),
Corsica1st[72]
2014WorldRapidChessChampionship
(Rapid),Dubai3rd
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1999TorneoMagistraldeAjedrez,Leonbeat
Karpov51

Classicaltournaments
1986ArabAsianInternationalChess
Championship,Doha1st
1987SakthiFinanceGrandmastersChess
Tournament,Coimbatore1st
198951stHoogovensChessTournament,Wijk
aanZee1st
1990AsianZonalTournament,Qatar
1990ManchesterChessFestival,Manchester
1st
1990TriveniSuperGrandmastersTournament,
DelhiJoint1st
1992ReggioEmiliaChessTournament,
ReggioEmilia1st
1992GoodrichOpenInternational
Tournament,Calcutta1st
1992AlekhineMemorial,Moscow1st
1993PCAInterzonal,Groningen1st
1996DortmunderSchachtage,Dortmund(joint
1stwithKramnik)
1997TorneodeAjedrex,DosHermanas1st
1997InvesbankaChesstournament,Belgrade
1st
1997CreditSuisseClassicTournament,Biel
1st

199860thHoogoven'sSchaakTornoi,Wijk
aanZee1st
1998TorneoInternationalDeAjedrez,Linares
1st
1998FontysTilburgInternationalChess
Tournament1st
200365thCorusChessTournament,Wijkaan
Zee1st
200466thCorusChessTournament,Wijkaan
Zee1st
200668thCorusChessTournament,Wijkaan
Zee1st
2007LinaresChessTournament,Linares1st
2007FIDEWorldChampionshipTournament,
MexicoCity1st
2008LinaresChessTournament,Linares1st
2010BilbaoChessMastersFinalThirdGrand
SlamMastersFinal,Bilbao2nd
2010LondonChessClassicLondon2nd
2011TataSteelChessTournament,Wijkaan
Zee2nd
2013GrenkeChessClassic,BadenBaden1st
2013ZurichChessChallenge,Zurich2nd
2014CandidatesTournament,Khanty
Mansiysk1st
2014BilbaoChessMastersFinal(GrandSlam
ChessFinal),Bilbao1st
2014LondonChessClassic,London1st
2015ZurichChessChallenge(classical
section),Zurich1st
2015ShamkirChess(VugarGashimov
Memorial),Shamkir2nd
2015NorwayChess(GrandChessTour),
Stavanger2nd

Matches
1991WorldChessChampionshipCandidates,Madras,BrusselsQuarterfinalist
1992LinaresmatchAnandvsVassilyIvanchuk53
19945PCAWorldChampionshipCandidatesCycle,Linares,LasPalmaswon
1997AegonManvsComputerschessevent(clocksimultanvs6programs)won42
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Awards
Anandhasreceivedmanynationalandinternationalawards.

Indiannationalhonours
ArjunaAwardforOutstandingIndianSportsmaninChessin1985.
PadmaShriFourthhighestcivilianawardawardedbyGovernmentofIndiain1987.[73]
TheinauguralRajivGandhiKhelRatnaAward,India'shighestsportinghonourintheyears1991
1992.
PadmaBhushanThirdhighestcivilianawardawardedbyGovernmentofIndiain2000.[73]
PadmaVibhushanSecondhighestcivilianawardawardedbyGovernmentofIndiain2007.[73]

Otherhonours
NationalCitizensAwardandSovietLandNehruAwardin1987
BritishChessFederation"BookoftheYear"Awardin1998forhisbookMyBestGamesof
Chess.[74]
AnandhaswontheChessOscarin1997,1998,2003,2004,2007and2008.TheChessOscaris
awardedtotheyear'sbestplayeraccordingtoaworldwidepollofleadingchesscritics,writers,and
journalistsconductedbytheRussianchessmagazine64.[75]
SportstarMillenniumAwardin1998,fromIndia'spremierSportsmagazineforbeingthesportperson
ofthemillennium.
"GlobalStrategistAward"forMasteringmanyformatsofWorldChessChampionshipsby
NASSCOMin2011.[76]
TamilNaduchiefministerJ.JayalalithaahonouredAnandwithachequeofRs2crores,forwinning
theWorldChessChampionshipforthefifthtime.[77]
In2012,hereceivedthe"Indiansportspersonoftheyear"and"Indianoftheyear"awards.[78]
In2014AnandwasawardedtheRussianOrderofFriendshipforthedevelopmentofeconomic,
scientificandculturaltieswithRussia.TheOrderofFriendshipwasawardedtoViswanathanAnand
andBorisGelfand,theparticipantsintheFIDEWorldChessChampionshipMatchthatwasheldat
theStateTretyakovGalleryinMoscowin2012.[79]
In2015AnandwashonouredwiththetopcountryawardattheSpanishembassy,DelhionJanuary
8.ItisgiventotheeminentpeopleofIndianoriginwhohelpedtobringglorytobothIndiaand
Spain.[80][81]
4538Vishyanand(provisionaldesignation1988TP)isamainbeltminorplanet.Itwasdiscoveredby
KenzoSuzukiinToyota,AichiPrefecture,Japan,onOctober10,1988.[82][83][84]

Samplegame
OnhiswaytowinningtheFIDEWorldChessChampionshipin2000,Anand,playingWhite,defeated
GrandmasterViktorBologan(analysisbyGMubomrFtnik):

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AnandBologan,2000WorldCh.
a

1
a

Positionafter36...c3.Anand,inan
apparentlyworseposition,findsan
intuitivesacrificethatleadstoawinning
attack.

AnandBologan,NewDelhi,2000WorldChampionship[85]RuyLopez,Breyer(ECOC95)
1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nf65.00Be76.Re1b57.Bb3d68.c3009.h3Nb8
10.d4Nbd711.Nbd2Bb712.Bc2Re813.Nf1Bf814.Ng3c515.d5c416.Bg5Qc717.
Nf5Kh818.g4Ng819.Qd2Nc520.Be3Bc821.Ng3Rb822.Kg2a523.a3Ne724.Rh1
Ng625.g5!b4!?
Anandhasastrongkingsideattack,soBologanseekscounterplaywiththesacrificeofa
pawn.
26.axb4axb427.cxb4Na628.Ra4Nf4+29.Bxf4exf430.Nh5Qb631.Qxf4Nxb432.
Bb1Rb733.Ra3Rc734.Rd1Na635.Nd4Qxb236.Rg3c3(seediagram)37.Nf6!!Re5
If37...gxf6,38.gxf6h639.Rg1!Qd2!40.Qh4leavesWhitewithanirresistibleinitiative.
38.g6!fxg639.Nd7Be740.Nxe5dxe541.Qf7h642.Qe8+10
Whiteforcesmatein12movesifthegameweretocontinue,with42...Bf843.Rf3Qa3
44.Rxf8+Qxf845.Qxf8+Kh746.d6exd447.Ba2h548.dxc7Nb449.Qg8+Kh650.f4
g551.f5g452.h4Bxf553.exf5Nxa254.Qh8#

Seealso
ListofchessgamesbetweenAnandandKramnik

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Furtherreading
ViswanathanAnand,MyBestGamesofChess(Gambit,2001(newedition))
EdwardWinter's"BooksaboutLeadingModernChessplayers"(ChessNotesFeatureArticle)
(http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/modern.html)

Externallinks
ViswanathanAnand
WikimediaCommonshas
(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=12088)
mediarelatedto
playerprofileandgamesatChessgames.com
ViswanathanAnand.
ViswanathanAnand(https://twitter.com/Vishy64theking)on
Twitter(ChessbasearticleonAnand'sTwitteraccount(http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?
newsid=6592))
AnandwinsWorldChampionship2010(http://players.chessdom.com/viswanathananand/anand
worldchesschampion2010)
ViswanathanAnandgamesat365Chess.com
(http://www.365chess.com/players/Viswanathan_Anand)
InterviewwithViswanathanAnand(http://latestchess.com/showInterview.php?id=1)at
LatestChess.comyear2007
TIME:HistoryofChess,byViswanathanAnand
(http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1815747_1815707_1815674,00.html)
StartupLessonsfromViswanathanAnand(http://www.pluggd.in/entrepreneurship/startup
inspirationsfromviswanathananandchesschamp855/)
InterviewwithCNNIBN,May2008
(http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/64541/05_2008/devils_anand_0405_1/devilsadvocateviswanathan
anandonmindgames.html)
InterviewatChessBase(http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4933)
VishyAnandonlessonstoboardroomfromtheboardEconomicTimes
(http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?
From=Search&Key=ETCH/2007/11/13/1/Ar00101.xml&CollName=ET_CHENNAI_ARCHIVE_20
07&DOCID=89252&Keyword=%28%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3Evishy%3Cand%3E%3Cmany%3E
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"IndiaSwoonsOverItsChessChamp,andEventheGame"
(http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/world/asia/09india.html)NewYorkTimes9August2010
ViswanathanAnand'sInterviewinDec2011beforeLondonChessClassic
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/dec/02/vishyanandsmalltalkinterview)
Awards
Precededby
AlexanderKhalifman

FIDEWorldChessChampion
20002002

Succeededby
RuslanPonomariov

Precededby
VladimirKramnik

WorldChessChampion
200713

Succeededby
MagnusCarlsen

Precededby
GarryKasparov

WorldRapidChessChampion
20032009

Succeededby
LevonAronian

Precededby
MikhailTal

WorldBlitzChessChampion
20002006

Succeededby
AlexanderGrischuk

Achievements
Precededby
VeselinTopalov
VladimirKramnik
MagnusCarlsen
MagnusCarlsen

WorldNo.1
1April31December2007
1April30September2008
1November31December2010
1March30June2011

Succeededby
VladimirKramnik
VeselinTopalov
MagnusCarlsen
MagnusCarlsen

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