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Anand, Viswanathan [Viswanathan Anand]
- Born:
- 1969-Dec-11; Madras, India
Career Highlights:
- 1987
- World Junior Champion
- 1995
- Candidates final match vs. Kamsky (+3-1=7); Las Palmas (PCA)
- 1995
- Title match vs. Kasparov (+1-4=13); New York (PCA)
- 1997
- Candidates final match vs. Adams (+0-0=8); Groningen (FIDE, Anand won on sudden death blitz)
- 1998
- KO final for title vs. Karpov (+2-2=2); Lausanne (FIDE); Karpov won +2-0=0 in rapidplay tiebreak
- 2000
- KO final for title vs. Shirov (+3-0=1); India/Iran (FIDE)
- 2000-2002
- World Champion (FIDE)
Non-title Tournaments:
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- Famous Chess Tournaments
- 1991
- Reggio Emilia (1st)
- 1992
- Moscow (1st-2nd)
- 1993
- Amsterdam (1st-3rd)
- 1996
- Dortmund (1st-2nd)
- 1997
- Belgrade (1st-2nd)
- 1997
- Biel (1st)
- 1997
- Dos Hermanas (1st-2nd)
- 1998
- Linares (1st)
- 1998
- Madrid (1st)
- 1998
- Tilburg (1st)
- 1998
- Wijk aan Zee (1st-2nd)
- 2000
- Dortmund (1st-2nd)
- 2001
- Merida MEX (1st)
- 2003
- Wijk aan Zee NED (1st)
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