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| 2013 |
Grenke Chess Classic, Baden-Baden |
Champion |
World Champion Viswanathan Anand scored an emphatic victory over German Arkadij Naiditsch to lift the Grenke Chess Classic trophy. |
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| 2012 |
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, MOSCOW |
WORLD CHAMPION |
OVERCAME A 7TH GAME LOSS, TO DEFEAT BORIS GELFAND 2.5-1.5 IN THE RAPID TIE BREAK MATCHES, HAVING EARLIER BEEN HELD 6-6 IN THE CLASSICAL FORMAT GAMES. ANAND HAS NOW MADE HISTORY AS A 5 TIME FIDE WORLD CHAMPION AND IS NOW IN SERIOUS CONTENTION TO BE POSSIBLY THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. |
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| 2011 |
Corsican Masters |
Champion |
World Champion Vishy Anand outplayed Azeri Super-GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with a clean 2-0 result. |
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| 2011 |
Leon Masters |
Champion |
World champion Viswanathan Anand completed a comprehensive 4.5-1.5 victory over Spain’s Alexei Shirov to claim the Leon Masters rapid chess title for the eighth time at Leon, on Sunday, 5th June 2011. |
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| 2010 |
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, SOFIA, BULGARIA |
WORLD CHAMPION! |
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. |
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| 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! |
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| 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! |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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! |
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| 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. |
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2007
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Morelia-Linares Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament, Linares
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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! |
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| 2006 |
Mikhail Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament, Moscow
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 2005 |
World Chess Championship, San Luis |
Runner- Up |
Finished Runner Up to Topalov, largely due to Topalov's scorching start
to the event. |
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| 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 |
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| 2005 |
18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess tournament, Leon
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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 |
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| 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. |
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| 2004 |
Mainz Chess Classic, Mainz
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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. |
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| 2004 |
Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund
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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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 2003 |
Rapid Chess Classic, Mainz |
Champion |
Came from behind to beat Polgar 5-3 in a thrilling finish, to
successfully defend his Title |
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| 2003 |
Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund |
Runner-Up |
Finished runner-up to Bologan after beating him earlier in the
"Game of the Year" |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 2002 |
6th Corsica Masters Rapid Chess Tournament, Corsica |
Champion |
Made it a hat-trick in Corsica by coming from behind to beat
Anatoly Karpov 4-2 |
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| 2002 |
World Cup, Hyderabad |
Champion |
Successfully defended his Title with a facile 29 move second
round win over Uzbek Grandmaster Kasimdzhanov |
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| 2002 |
Russia Vs Rest of the World, Moscow |
Champion |
Anchored the Rest of the World team to a historic victory in
this unique event |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 2002 |
Super Torneo de Linnares, Linares |
Joint Third Place |
Tied for third place along with Adams and Ivanchuk |
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| 2001 |
World Chess Championship, Moscow |
Semi Finalist |
Lost to Ivanchuk in the Semi Final |
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| 2001 |
Corsica Masters, Corsica |
Champion |
Drew the final tie-break blitz game with Alexander Chernin,
to successfully defend his Title |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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! |
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| 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. |
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| 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! |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 2000 |
"Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez", Leon |
Champion |
Won in Leon for the second straight year, beating Shirov 1.5-0.5
in the Final. |
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| 2000 |
Wydra International Tournament, Haifa |
Champion |
Underlined his superiority in the rapid game. |
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| 2000 |
Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee |
Runner-Up |
Finished Runner-Up to Kasparov |
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| 2000 |
Plus GSM World Blitz Chess Cup, Warsaw |
Champion |
Clear winner with 17.5 Points in 22 Games. Beat Karpov, Gelfand
and Svidler. |
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| 1999 |
"Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez", Leon |
Champion |
Comprehensively beat Karpov 5-1 |
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| 1999 |
Chess Oscar |
Champion |
Anand wins the coveted Chess Oscar for the second straight
year! |
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| 1999 |
Toreno International De Ajedrez Ciudad De Linares 1999, Linares |
Runner-Up |
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| 1999 |
61st Hoogoven's Schaak Tornoi, Wijk Aan Zee |
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Made a record plus 6 score |
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| 1999 |
Wydra Memorial Rapid Chess,Haifa |
Champion |
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| 1998 |
Fontys-Tilburg International Chess Tournament |
Champion |
Has taken his 1998 record to 4 wins in 5 events entered. |
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| 1998 |
"Siemens Nixdorf Duell",Frankfurt |
Champion |
Beat the world open category computer chess champion Fritz5(1.5-0.5) |
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| 1998 |
"Siemens Nixdorf Duell",Frankfurt |
Champion |
Won the strongest rapid tournament of all time |
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| 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 |
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| 1998 |
Moscow |
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Viswanathan Anand wins the Chess 'Oscar' for 1997 ! |
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| 1998 |
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Anand moves upto World No.2, with an FIDE rating of
2790 |
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| 1998 |
Torneo International De Ajedrez, Linares |
Champion |
Won the strongest tournament ever, in the history of chess. |
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| 1998 |
60th Hoogoven's Schaak Tornoi,Wijk Aan Zee |
Champion |
Won the public prize for best game |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 1997 |
"Invesbanka Chess tournament", Belgrade |
Champion |
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| 1997 |
Credit Suisse Classic Tournament, Biel |
Champion |
Also won the first prize for the most beautiful game |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 1997 |
Torneo de Ajedrex, Dos Hermanes |
Champion |
Finished first in a Category 19 Tournament. |
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| 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) |
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| 1996 |
Credit Swiss Rapid Chess Grand Prix, Geneva |
Champion |
Beat World Champion Garry Kasparov in the final. |
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| 1996 |
Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund |
Joint Winner with Kramnik |
Won the prestigious Dortmund Tournament |
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| 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 |
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| 1995 |
Candidates Final, Las Palmas |
Winner |
Beat Gata Kamsky and qualified for World Championship against
Kasparov |
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| 1994 |
World Championship Candidates Cycle, Linares |
Champion |
Beat Adams and qualified for World Championship Candidates
Final |
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| 1994 |
World Championship Candidates Cycle, New York |
Champion |
Beat Romanishin |
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| 1994 |
PCA Grand Prix, Moscow |
Champion |
Won ahead of Kasparov |
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| 1994 |
Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco |
Champion |
Won ahead of stalwarts like Karpov, Kramnik, Ivanchuk |
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| 1993 |
PCA Interzonal, Groningen |
Champion |
Won the strongest Swiss tournament ever |
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| 1993 |
FIDE Candidates Circle Interzonal, Biel |
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Qualified for the Candidates cycle |
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| 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 |
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| 1992 |
Immopar Trophy, Paris |
Finalist |
Lost to Kasparov |
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| 1992 |
Played in Linares against Vassily Ivanchuk (then World No.
3) |
Champion |
Score:Anand-5, Ivanchuk-3 |
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| 1992 |
Chess Olympaid 1992, Manila |
- |
Captained the Indian team. Remained unbeaten throughout while
playing on the top board. |
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| 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) |
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| 1991 |
World Championship, Brussels |
Quarter Finalist |
Lost to Anatoly Karpov |
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| 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 |
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| 1990 |
Triveni International Super Grandmasters Tournament, Delhi |
Joint Champion |
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| 1990 |
Manila Chess Interzonal, Manila |
- |
Placed 3rd and became 1st Indian to qualify for Candidates
Matches leading up to the World Championships |
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| 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 |
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| 1989 |
GMA World Cup Qualifier |
Tied for 4th place |
Strongest Open tournament in history with 184 Grandmasters |
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| 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 |
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| 1988 |
51st Hoogovens Chess Tournament Wijk Aan Zee |
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