DEFEATED VESELIN TOPALOV TO SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND HIS WORLD TITLE 6.5-5.5, IN SOFIA, BULGARIA, TOPALOV'S HOME TOWN, AFTER A NIGHTMARISH 40 HOUR DRIVE TO REACH THE SOFIA FROM FRANKFURT, HAVING HIS 3 DAY POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TURNED DOWN, LOSING THE VERY FIRST GAME AND FIGHTING A SEE SAW BATTLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, TO FINISH IN DRAMATIC STYLE, WINNING THE LAST SCHEDULED REGULAR GAME WITH THE BLACK PIECES.
2008
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, BONN, GERMANY
WORLD CHAMPION!
DOMINATED AND DEFEATED KRAMNIK 6.5-4.5 IN A MATCH TO RETAIN THE UNIFIED WORLD CHAMPION TITLE AND ACHIEVE IT IN AN UNPRECEDENTED THIRD DIFFERENT FORMAT!
2008
13th Grenkeleasing Rapid World Chess Championship, Mainz
Champion
Gave promising teenager Magnus Carlsen a lesson of how tough it is at the very top by comprehensively beating him 3-1 in the Final. Anand virtually now owns Mainz having won the Tournament 11 times in it's 13 years of existence and the last 9 times in a row!
2008
Morelia Linares
Champion
Impressively defended his Title by drawing the 14th and final round game with Topalov to finish with 8.5 points in this Category 21 Tournament. With this win, Anand has ensured that the No.1 ranking is now solely his and he will also, in all likelihood, cross the 2800 ELO mark when the new ratings are declared.
2007
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, MEXICO CITY
WORLD CHAMPION!
It was a majestic performance by Anand, who got ahead and stayed ahead right from the word go to finish a clear-cut first with nine points out of a possible 14 in this tough Category 21 Double Round Robin event. The Indian chess whiz not only regained the title, which he had previously won in 2000 at Delhi and Iran, he also won the undisputed crown, one that came without the shadow of a second champion lurking elsewhere.
2007
World Rapid Championship, Mainz
Champion
Beat Levon Aronian 2.5-1.5 in the best-of-4-game final to win a historic 10th Title at Mainz and his 7th in succession!
2007
20th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess tournament, Leon
Champion
Comprehensively beat Topalov in the Final to win at Leon for a record 7th time and the 3rd year consecutively.
2007
Morelia-Linares Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament, Linares
Champion
Took and early lead and hung onto it right upto a final draw with Vassily Ivanchuk, to not only take the Title at Linares for the first time since 1998 but also to take the FIDE World No.1 Ranking for the very first time ever!
2006
Mikhail Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament, Moscow
Champion
Anand scored a whopping 23 points out of a possible 34 and won 11 out of 17 mini-matches to claim the strongest Blitz tournament in the history of the game, beating his nearest rival, Levon Aronian of Armenia by a comprehensive 2 point margin.
2006
Grenkeleasing World Rapid Championship, Mainz Chess Classic, Mainz
Champion
Beat Radjabov twice on the final day to win his 6th Title in a row at Mainz, his 7th in succession and his 9th Classic win overall, setting a record that is unlikely to be surpassed.
2006
19th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess tournament, Leon
Champion
Underlined his mastery of the rapid format by running away with the title, easily beating Topalov in the Final, 2.5-1.5 to win his 6th Title at Leon.
2006
15th Amber Blindfold & Rapid Chess Tournament
Joint Champion
Shared honours with Alexander Morozevich. Anand did not lose a single Rapid game and finished a tied second in the Blindfold. Morozevich outplayed Loek van Wely in his final Blindfold top board game, to tie with Anand overall.
2006
Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee
Champion
Made history by becoming the only player ever to win this tournament a record 5 times! Anand beat Boris Gelfand in his final round game to share top honours with Veselin Topalov. Anand was however awarded the trophy for having won more games with the black pieces. This win also gave Anand a vital 13 ELO points taking his ELO rating to 2805, thereby crossing the magic 2800 ELO point marker, a summit achieved before by only Kasparov, Kramnik and Topalov
2005
World Chess Championship, San Luis
Runner- Up
Finished Runner Up to Topalov, largely due to Topalov's scorching start to the event.
2005
Mainz Chess Classic, Mainz
Champion
Took the title for the 5th year in a row, by beating Alexander Grischuk 5-2 in the Final, in an utterly dominant and professional display
2005
18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess tournament, Leon
Champion
Anand once again underlined his mastery over the rapid format, as he came back from a 0-1 deficit to beat FIDE champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan 2.5-1.5
2004
Corsica Masters, Bastia
Champion
Anand won Corsica for the 5th year in succession and underlined his awesome year by winning his 4th major title in 2004, blanking Rublevsky 2-0 in the Final.
2004
Mainz Chess Classic, Mainz
Champion
Won his 2 major titles on successive Sundays by beating Alexei Shirov 4.5 - 2.5, to don the Black Jacket for the 4th straight year. Anand has now been Champion at Mainz an amazing 7 times in total.
2004
Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund
Champion
Viswanathan Anand once again proved that he was the king of the Rapid chess variation as he recored an emphatic victory over Braingames champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia to win the Dortmund Sparkassen chess tournament 2004
2004
Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee
Champion
After 1989, 1998 and 2002 it was Anand's 4th tournament victory in Wijk Aan Zee, joining in the process an exclusive club of players that includes former World Chess Champion Max Euwe, Lajos Portisch, Viktor Kortchnoi and himself, who have won this prestigious event 4 times. With his result, Anand will pass Vladimir Kramnik on the rating list and will become the 2nd highest rated chess player in the world, behind Garry Kasparov in the FIDE world rankings.
2003
Corsica Masters, Bastia
Champion
Continued on what has been an amazing 2003, by winning the tournament for the 4th time in it's 7th year! Anand beat Veselin Topolov in the second set of tie break games in what was a pulsating Final.
2003
World Rapid Chess Championship, Cap D'Agde
Champion
Lived up to his reputation of being the best rapid chess player in the world by beating Vladimir Kramnik 1.5 - 0.5 in the Final.
2003
Rapid Chess Classic, Mainz
Champion
Came from behind to beat Polgar 5-3 in a thrilling finish, to successfully defend his Title
2003
Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund
Runner-Up
Finished runner-up to Bologan after beating him earlier in the "Game of the Year"
2003
12th Amber Chess Tournament, Monte Carlo
Champion
Became the first player ever, to win 3 unshared titles beating Kramnik's record of 2 unshared and 2 shared titles.
2003
Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee
Champion
Made an impressive start to 2003 by winning commandingly in the year's first super category tournament. Anand led throughout and finished a comfortable half point ahead of second placed Judit Polgar
Made it a hat-trick in Corsica by coming from behind to beat Anatoly Karpov 4-2
2002
World Cup, Hyderabad
Champion
Successfully defended his Title with a facile 29 move second round win over Uzbek Grandmaster Kasimdzhanov
2002
Russia Vs Rest of the World, Moscow
Champion
Anchored the Rest of the World team to a historic victory in this unique event
2002
Chess Classic, Mainz
Champion
Spectacularly beat reigning World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov in the eighth match of the Final, with a flurry of sacrifices which completely mesmerised his opponent, to win 4.5-3.5.
2002
"Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez", Leon
Runner- Up
Finished second to Vladimir Kramnik 2.5-3.5 by virtue of the decisive third game, all other games ending in draws.
2002
Eurotel World Chess Trophy, Prague
Champion
Sliced through a field that included all of the very best in world chess, beating 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.
2002
Super Torneo de Linnares, Linares
Joint Third Place
Tied for third place along with Adams and Ivanchuk
2001
World Chess Championship, Moscow
Semi Finalist
Lost to Ivanchuk in the Semi Final
2001
Corsica Masters, Corsica
Champion
Drew the final tie-break blitz game with Alexander Chernin, to successfully defend his Title
2001
"Duel of the Champions"
Champion
Beat Kramnik in a rapid game match 6.5,5.5.Anand won the blitz play off 1.5-.5 to clinch the title
2001
"Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez", Leon
Champion
Beat Shirov 2.5 - 1.5 in the Final to win in Leon for the 3rd straight year and underline his absolute dominance of Advanced Chess, world-wide.
2001
2nd Torneo Magistral, Mexico City
Champion
Finished 1 clear point ahead of his challengers in a 4 player field (Anand, Short, Khalifman and Hernandez) to win and take his rating, tantalisingly close to the magic 2800 mark!
2000
FIDE World Championships, Teheran and New Delhi
WORLD CHAMPION
Beat Alexei Shirov in the Final (3.5 - 0.5) to add the Crown Jewel to a glittering career and ascend the very pinnacle of game.
2000
FIDE World Cup, Shenyeng
Champion
Beat Bareev 1.5 - 0.5 in the final to register his best ever result in a FIDE event!
2000
Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund
Runner-Up
Followed up his outstanding win in Frankfurt by finishing Runner-Up to Kramnik after tieing on level points.
2000
Fujitsu Siemens Giants Rapid Chess, Frankfurt
Champion
Sliced through a field of the very best players on the planet to win in style with a round to spare
2000
"Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez", Leon
Champion
Won in Leon for the second straight year, beating Shirov 1.5-0.5 in the Final.
2000
Wydra International Tournament, Haifa
Champion
Underlined his superiority in the rapid game.
2000
Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee
Runner-Up
Finished Runner-Up to Kasparov
2000
Plus GSM World Blitz Chess Cup, Warsaw
Champion
Clear winner with 17.5 Points in 22 Games. Beat Karpov, Gelfand and Svidler.
1999
"Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez", Leon
Champion
Comprehensively beat Karpov 5-1
1999
Chess Oscar
Champion
Anand wins the coveted Chess Oscar for the second straight year!
1999
Toreno International De Ajedrez Ciudad De Linares 1999, Linares
Runner-Up
1999
61st Hoogoven's Schaak Tornoi, Wijk Aan Zee
Made a record plus 6 score
1999
Wydra Memorial Rapid Chess,Haifa
Champion
1998
Fontys-Tilburg International Chess Tournament
Champion
Has taken his 1998 record to 4 wins in 5 events entered.
1998
"Siemens Nixdorf Duell",Frankfurt
Champion
Beat the world open category computer chess champion Fritz5(1.5-0.5)
1998
"Siemens Nixdorf Duell",Frankfurt
Champion
Won the strongest rapid tournament of all time
1998
"Torneo Magitral Communidad De Madrid", Madrid
Champion
Achieved a career high ELO rating of 2795,just 5 points short of the magical 2800 mark achieved till date only by Garry Kasparov
1998
Moscow
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Viswanathan Anand wins the Chess 'Oscar' for 1997 !
1998
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Anand moves upto World No.2, with an FIDE rating of 2790
1998
Torneo International De Ajedrez, Linares
Champion
Won the strongest tournament ever, in the history of chess.
1998
60th Hoogoven's Schaak Tornoi,Wijk Aan Zee
Champion
Won the public prize for best game
1998
FIDE World Chess Championship Finals, Basel
Runner- Up
He played against Karpov who had the unfair advantage of being seeded straight into the Finals. Playing 31 games in 30 days, Anand tied the match 3-3, but lost in the tie-break.
1997
Knock-Out Championship, Groningen
Champion
This was the qualifier for the world championship finals. He beat 3 out of the top 10 in the world, Shirov, Gelfand & Adams in the final tiebreak. He thus holds the unique record of winning the strongest ever knock-out championship in the history of chess. He also won with the least number of tie-breaks.
1997
"Invesbanka Chess tournament", Belgrade
Champion
1997
Credit Suisse Classic Tournament, Biel
Champion
Also won the first prize for the most beautiful game
1997
Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund
Runner- Up
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1997
Chess Classic Rapid Tournament, Frankfurt
Champion
Qualified for the Final with 2 rounds to spare and went on to beat Karpov in the Final.
1997
Exhibition against 6 computers at the Aegon Man Vs Computers chess event.
Won 4-2
One of the few players to play 6 computers simultaneously and win.
1997
6th Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco
Champion
Finished overall first, and individually first in blindfold and rapid. . The first player in the history of the tournament to do so.
1997
Torneo de Ajedrex, Dos Hermanes
Champion
Finished first in a Category 19 Tournament.
1996
Las Palmas"Super Torneo De Ajedrez", Las Palmas
Second
Finished 2nd among the top 6 players in the world . This was the strongest tournament of all time.(at that time)
1996
Credit Swiss Rapid Chess Grand Prix, Geneva
Champion
Beat World Champion Garry Kasparov in the final.
1996
Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund
Joint Winner with Kramnik
Won the prestigious Dortmund Tournament
1995
World Championship, World Trade Center, New York
Finalist
Lost the match after a see-saw 3rd week. First Asian to play the World Championship. Attained the World No. 2 position in the PCA Ranking list
1995
Candidates Final, Las Palmas
Winner
Beat Gata Kamsky and qualified for World Championship against Kasparov
1994
World Championship Candidates Cycle, Linares
Champion
Beat Adams and qualified for World Championship Candidates Final
1994
World Championship Candidates Cycle, New York
Champion
Beat Romanishin
1994
PCA Grand Prix, Moscow
Champion
Won ahead of Kasparov
1994
Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco
Champion
Won ahead of stalwarts like Karpov, Kramnik, Ivanchuk
1993
PCA Interzonal, Groningen
Champion
Won the strongest Swiss tournament ever
1993
FIDE Candidates Circle Interzonal, Biel
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Qualified for the Candidates cycle
1992
Alekhine Memorial (Category 18), Moscow
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Won the tournament ahead of Karpov. Attained a 2700 rating, only the 8th person ever to do so in the World
1992
Immopar Trophy, Paris
Finalist
Lost to Kasparov
1992
Played in Linares against Vassily Ivanchuk (then World No. 3)
Champion
Score:Anand-5, Ivanchuk-3
1992
Chess Olympaid 1992, Manila
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Captained the Indian team. Remained unbeaten throughout while playing on the top board.
1992
Goodrich Open International Tournament, Calcutta
Joint Champion
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1992
Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament (Category 18)
Champion
First place in Reggio Emilia, ahead of Kasparov and Karpov in the strongest tournament ever held until this time (Category 18)
1991
World Championship, Brussels
Quarter Finalist
Lost to Anatoly Karpov
1991
"Candidates Match" for the World Championship, Madras
Champion
Beat Alexey Dreev to be the first Asian to qualify for the Quarter Finals of the World Championship
1990
Triveni International Super Grandmasters Tournament, Delhi
Joint Champion
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1990
Manila Chess Interzonal, Manila
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Placed 3rd and became 1st Indian to qualify for Candidates Matches leading up to the World Championships
1990
Asian Open Chess Championship, Manila
Champion
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1990
Manchester Chess Festival, Manchester
Champion
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1990
Asian Zonal Championship
Gold Medallist
Qualified for the Interzonal
1989
GMA World Cup Qualifier
Tied for 4th place
Strongest Open tournament in history with 184 Grandmasters
1989
Asian Team Chess Championship
Scored 7 points out of 7 games
Winner of the top board prize and individual performance of the tournament
1989
2nd Asian Active Chess Championship, Hong Kong
Champion
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1989
First National Active Chess, Pune
Champion
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1989
4th International Games Festival, France (Veterans vs. Youth Tournament)
2nd overall, but 1st in the Youth category
A special triumph in beating 2 former World Champions, Mikhail Tal and Boris Spassky
1988
51st Hoogovens Chess Tournament Wijk Aan Zee
Champion
First Asian to win
1987
Sakthi Finance International Grandmasters Chess Tournament
Tied for First Place
Became India’s first Grandmaster and the Youngest Grandmaster in the World at that time
1987
Bhilwara Grandmaster Chess Tournament, Bhilwara
Second
Secured his Second Grandmaster norm
1987
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First Indian to receive an ELO rating of 2500
1987
World Junior Chess Championship
Champion
First Asian to win the World Junior Title
1986
Arab-Asian International Chess Championship
Champion
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1986-88
National ‘A’ Chess Championship
Won all 3 years
Youngest National Champion ever
1986
Asian Team Championship
Board Prize Winner
Team won Silver
1984-85
Asian Junior (under 19) Championships
Won both years
Earned the title of International Master at 15, the youngest Asian to achieve this distinction
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