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Viswanathan Anand [1] ou Anand [2], dit Vishy Anand (en tamoul : விசுவநாதன் ஆனந்த், prononcé /ʋ i ʃ ʋ ə ˈ n̪ a ː t̪ ə n ˈ a ː n ə n̪ d̪ /), né le 11 décembre 1969 à Madras (aujourd'hui Chennai) en Inde, est un joueur d'échecs indien, grand maître international depuis 1988.
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Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former five-time World Chess Champion and a record two-time Chess World Cup Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time. In 2022, he was elected the deputy president of FIDE.
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Anand began playing chess at six years old after learning the game from his mother. By the time he was 15, he was already an International Master after winning the 1984 Asian Junior Championship for players under 20. He followed that by winning the Indian Chess Championship every year from 1986 to 1988 as well as the World Junior Championship in 19...
By 1990 Anand was already strong enough to participate in the Interzonal tournament for the 1993 championship cycle. By scoring 8½ out of 13 in the Swiss-style tournament, Anand finished in the top 11 to earn a spot in the 1991 Candidates tournament along with the four semifinalists of the previous Candidates. There Anand beat Alexei Dreev4½-1½ in ...
Indeed, Anand began the next decade by winning FIDE’s championship in 2000. Missing from the competition were Kasparov, Karpov, and newly-minted classical champion Vladimir Kramnik, thus making Anand the top-rated player in the knockout tournament. He received a first-round bye before defeating Viktor Bologan, Smbat Lputian and Bartłomiej Macieja 1...
Anand successfully defended his title twice more, in 2010 and 2012, as the world championship cycle settled into a more regular routine. In 2010, he defeated Topalov 6½-5½. Anand’s opponent in 2012, in a bit of an upset, was Gelfand, and they fought to a 6-6 score through 12 games before Anand won in rapid tiebreaks. Looming throughout the early pa...
The most notable aspect of Anand’s career has to be his longevity. He appears set to be active as a serious player in his 50s when that has become rare. And even at that age he remains a regular top-10 presence on the rating list, achieving the ninth spot in October 2019. He was a candidate for the 1993 world championship as well as in 2016, a 23-y...
Learn about the life and achievements of Viswanathan Anand, the 15th undisputed chess champion and the greatest Indian chess player of all time. Explore his early career, his FIDE title wins, his post-championship success and his legacy in the chess world.
Découvrez la biographie et les exploits du 15ème champion du monde d'échecs, Viswanathan Anand, né en Inde en 1969. Suivez son parcours depuis ses débuts jusqu'à ses performances récentes dans les tournois classiques et rapides.
7 juin 2024 · Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess master who won the world chess championship in 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2012. He was the first world chess champion from Asia. He was known for quick tactical calculations, which he displayed by winning numerous ‘speed chess’ titles.
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1 sept. 2023 · Viswanathan Anand broke the Soviet/Russian dominance of chess in 2000 by becoming world champion, fourteen years after becoming India's no.1 as a sixteen-year-old.
Openings Played as White (20) B90 - Sicilian, Najdorf. Average Elo: 2717. Result: 65.5/96 = 68.23%. C42 - Petrov Defense. Average Elo: 2718. Result: 59.5/92 = 64.67%. C65 - Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense. Average Elo: 2741.
