Match result: Anand lost by 4.5-6.5 (+1 -3 =7). Youth Tournament, although he was first in the Youth category. In 1999, he won again at Wijk aan Zee. In August 2010, Anand joined the Board of Directors of Olympic Gold Quest, a foundation for promoting and supporting India's elite sportspersons and potential young talent. Conversely, in the concurrent FIDE cycle, Anand lost his quarter-final match to Kamsky, who went on to lose the 1996 FIDE championship match against Karpov. In April-May 2013, Anand placed outright 3rd at the category 20 Alekhine Memorial (2013), a half point behind Levon Aronian and Gelfand, with 5/9 (+2 -1 =6), a par for rating performance. View or download the best chess games of Viswanathan Anand. Karjakin vs Anand, 2006 0-1 Anand did not compete in the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004), but tied for second with Peter Svidler in the FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005) at San Luis in Mexico with 8� points out of 14 games, 1� points behind the winner, Veselin Topalov. Soon after his unsuccessful attempt to regain the crown from Carlsen in November 2014, Anand won the category 22 London Chess Classic (2014) in December 2014 ahead of Kramnik, Giri, Nakamura, Adams and Caruana. 1. At that time, three of the past four champions—Boris Spasskyin 1955, Anatoly Ka…    Carlsen - Anand World Championship Match (2014) Carlsen introduced an innovation from his home preparation that guaranteed him a relatively easy draw, forcing a mass exchange of pieces that left the position easily drawn. by chessgain ‘Not unless you are Viswanathan Anand,’ he concluded. By restraining himself, Anand created a dear and life-long memory. He had travelled to Germany to play in the Bundesliga chess. As long as chess will be played, your best games will be remembered. Anand played board 4 for India in 1984, and top board in 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004 and 2006, winning a silver medal on top board in 2004. Anand is one of eight players in history to officially crack the 2800 mark, peaking at 2817 in March and May 2011, when he was also ranked world #1. He has played in the Bundesliga, the French and Hungarian Team Championships and the European Club Cup.    Corsica Masters (2011) The game soon finished through a draw by repetition, with Carlsen content to maintain his one-point lead. Anand's loss in the 2013 World Championship match with Carlsen did, however, qualify him to play in the World Chess Championship Candidates (2014), which he won with a round to spare. Previously, he attended High School at Don Bosco. In Game 10, Anand again faced Carlsen defending a Grunfeld, albeit not as convincingly as in Game 1. Kasparov - Anand PCA World Championship Match (1995) do not necessarily represent the views of Chessgames.com, its employees, or sponsors. There followed, in 1997, wins in the category 19 tournament in Dos Hermanes, the Invesbanka Chess tournament in Belgrade, the Credit Suisse Classic Tournament in Biel, and 2nd place in Dortmund. As the loser of his world title challenge to Carlsen in 2014, Anand automatically qualified for the Candidates Tournament of 2016. As late as in December 2015 only Carlsen was ahead of the trio, and not with some huge margin either. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. I have not seen anyone complain. In 1997, he played an exhibition simul against 6 computers at the Aegon Man Vs Computers chess event, winning 4-2. In 1991, he defeated Alexey Dreev in Chennai in the first round of Candidates matches, but lost to Anatoly Karpov in Brussels in the quarter finals. Other victories include 1st place at the 1996 Credit Swiss Rapid Chess Grand Prix, in Geneva, where he beat Garry Kasparov in the final, 1st in Wydra in Haifa in 1999 and 2000, 1st in the 2000 Plus GSM World Blitz Chess Cup in Warsaw where he won outright with 17.5 Points in 22 Games, defeating Karpov, Gelfand and Svidler, 1st in the 2000 Fujitsu Siemens Giants Chess (Rapid) in Frankfurt, winning the 2006 Mikhail Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament in Moscow with 23/34, which involved winning 11 out of 17 mini-matches to claim the strongest Blitz tournament in the history of the game, beating his eventual successor to the rapid crown, Aronian, by a 2 point margin. Former world champion and legend of the game GM Vishy Anand speaks to David Cox about competing with the elite at the age of 50, the impact of technology on the chess world, and the irritations of having an entirely new generation of players discover his most embarrassing moment.. Having become India’s first grandmaster back in 1988, Anand has been mixing it with the game’s … Anand competed in the rejigged London Classic of 2013, and qualified for the final rounds by placing =1st in the London Chess Classic (Group A) (2013), but then lost to Kramnik in the London Chess Classic (Knockout) (2013). Before it gets too late in India, I check up on my wife Aruna and son Akhil through phone or video calls. After the fourth rest day, play resumed with Anand employing a Berlin Defence to Carlsen's Ruy Lopez. In game 4, Anand played the Sicilian, but Carlsen steered the opening into a quiet positional struggle that ended in a draw. In Las Palmas in 1995, he defeated Gata Kamsky in the final for the right to meet Garry Kasparov. Kasparov - Anand PCA World Championship Match (1995) On 27 March 2011 in Tashkent in Uzbekistan, Anand defeated Rustam Kasimdzhanov in a rapid play match by 3.5-0.5 and in September 2011, he won the Botvinnik Memorial Rapid (2011) ahead of Aronian, Kramnik and Carlsen with 4.5/6 (+3 =3 -0). by amadeus A few months later he racked up another major league triumph when he won standard section of the category 22 RR Zurich Chess Challenge (2015) ahead of outright runner-up, Hikaru Nakamura and the supporting cast of Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin, Aronian and Caruana respectively. Topalov as #2, Anand as #3 and Kramnik as #4 were all less than 40 Elo behind Carlsen. : In 1986, Anand won the Arab-Asian International Chess Championship. Over a hundred colour photographs illustrate the story.Michiel Abeln is a FIDE Master from the Netherlands with extensive experience as a chess trainer and as a leadership coach in the corporate world.From the Foreword by Viswanathan Anand: He won the 2001 "Duel of the Champions", defeating Kramnik in a rapid game match 6.5-5.5 and in 2009, he defeated Leko 5-3 in the Leko - Anand Rapid Match (2009).    Anand vs Topalov, 2010 1-0 In 1989, he won the 2nd Asian Active Chess Championship held in Hong Kong. 191 exercises: play like Anand and play against Anand. All of them will probably still be in the top 20 of the January list, though, as they all were already 27 years earlier in January 1993. Father’s Name : Krishnamurthy Viswanathan 5. In 1986, he won a team silver medal and a an individual gold medal for board four in the Asian Team Championship. NOTE: Create an account today Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Viswanathan Anand. It takes the reader behind the scenes to show the inner workings of Team Anand, including pre-game planning and preparing opening novelties, some of which have yet to be used.Meticulously researched over several years, during which the author conducted numerous interviews with members of Team Anand, this book follows Anand and his team of seconds for his dramatic matches against Kramnik, Topalov and Gelfand. Vishwanathan Anand ("Vishy" to his fans) was the 15th undisputed World Champion, reigning from 2007 until 2013.    Dortmund Sparkassen (2004) To discuss chess or this site in general, By the time many of the participants were in Yekaterinburg. GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]    anand's ruylopez as white by senankit Carlsen drew first blood in game two, playing the White side of a quiet Ruy Lopez.    Karpov - Anand FIDE World Championship Match (1998)    Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 0-1 As an Indian and an Asian chess player, Anand blazed a trail with a number of firsts, including in 1984 becoming the youngest Indian to earn the title of IM (aged 14), becoming the youngest ever Indian Champion at 16, becoming in 1987 the first Indian to win the World Junior Championship and India�s first grandmaster, and becoming India�s (and Asia�s) first World Champion. I wanted to try and enjoy watching the experience of the strong players competing for the right to play in the World championship.    Match Anand! After the first rest day, Anand struck back strongly, playing the White side of a Queen's Gambit Declined (D37), and overcame Carlsen before the first time control. In 1997, Anand won the knock-out matches at Groningen for an opportunity to challenge FIDE World Champion Karpov, defeating Predrag Nikolic 2-0, Alexander Khalifman 3.5-2.5 (in the rapid and blitz tiebreak), Zoltan Almasi 2-0, Alexey Shirov 1.5-0.5, Boris Gelfand 1.5-0.5, and Adams 5-4 in a hard fought sudden death tiebreaker. https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B... 7.23b FIDE player card for Viswanathan Anand, RECENT GAMES:    FIDE Online Olympiad Log In. Match result: Anand lost by 4.5-6.5 (+1 -3 =7). However, his defence kept Carlsen at bay for 122 moves before the game was finally drawn due to insufficient mating material on the board.    Anand vs Lautier, 1997 1-0 In 1999 at the Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez in Leon, he beat Karpov 5:1. Grandmaster Games Database. Two months later, he again displayed his excellent form, finishing an undefeated 2nd behind a resurgent Topalov at the category 22 Norway Chess (2015) event in Stavanger, with 6/9 (+3 =6; TPR 2899) and defeating Carlsen in their individual game. He failed to defend the title in 2002, losing in the semifinals to Ivanchuk after defeating Olivier Touzane, Peter Heine Nielsen, Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev, Dreev, and Shirov in the earlier rounds. FIDE player card for Viswanathan Anand. Last FIDE rating: 2753 (2751 rapid, 2785 blitz) A player is considered to commence inactivity if he plays no rated games in a one year period.7.23b Anand is the only player to have won the super tournament at Wijk aan Zee (Corus from 1989-2010) five times. Players; Games; Forums; Tournaments; Ladders; Puzzles; Clubs; Blogs; Tables; Play Computer; Log In. 2013 saw Anand breaking his tournament drought by winning outright at the category 19 GRENKE Chess Classic (2013) with 6.5/10, winning in the last round to head off Fabiano Caruana by half a point at the pass. RECENT GAMES:    FIDE Online Olympiad    anand ruylopez as white by senankit In 2002, he won the Eurotel World Chess Trophy in Prague, defeating Jan Timman (2-0), Khalifman (2-0), Sokolov (1.5-0.5), Ivanchuk (2.5-1.5) and Karpov (1.5-0.5) in the final. "People sitting at home seem to have discovered the game of chess," Anand, a five-time world champion, said in a phone interview from his home in … They stop downloading the latest software versions of things or don’t update their apps, like young people do. In the lead up to the return match against Carlsen in November 2014, Anand placed a decisive 1st at the category 21 Bilbao Masters (2014), winning with a round to spare in the six game round robin event.