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main whatisnew download strength features shots subscribe reviews FAQ price list phonelistemail list how to order aegon bench database util epd2diagramj. noomen column DIAZ column misc. older topics comp. profile cartoon mode VISWANATHAN ANAND (1984-1988)

Vishy's spectaculair career is reproduced, in the gamefile below.

Anand (11-12-1969) comes from Madras, India. He became a grandmaster afther winning the World Junior Championship in 1987 (Baguio City).

Now Viswanathan Anand is world's second best chess player.







Because of the REBEL - ANAND match we offer you a free download of 2700 games.


All games can be replayed on the computer screen with the use of any REBEL program. Also you can view the below statistic (included in the download) within Rebel 9.0 (or the free Rebel Decade 2.0) using View Textfile from the EXT pulldown menu.




ANAND.ZIP contains:

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# ANAND_V.TXT - ASCII text-file, with crosstables

# ANAND_V.DAT - best games 1984-1998, including Monaco 1998    1148 games

# GAMES.DAT   - complete view from the main events with Anand  1582 games

  Hoogovens     Wijk aan Zee, 1989, 1990, 1996 and 1998         364 games

                Linares, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997 and 1998  472 games

  Credit Suisse Biel, 1988 and 1997                              96 games

                Reggio Emilia, 1988 and 1992                     90 games

  Schachtage    Dortmund, 1992, 1996 and 1997                   135 games

  VSB           Amsterdam, 1992, 1993 and 1996                   69 games

  Interpolis    Tilburg, 1991                                    56 games

                Las Palmas, 1993 and 1996                       120 games

  Investbank    Belgrade, 1997                                   45 games

                Madrid, 1993                                     45 games

                Dos Hermanas, 1996 and 1997                      90 games



  All games can be replayed on the computer screen with the use of any

  REBEL program.

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 *** HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER ***



 place     : Wijk aan Zee

 year      : 1989

 note      : Hoogovens tournament

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¦                    ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+--------------------+-----------------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. ANAND,V        ¦ * ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 0 1 1 0 ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ¦  7˝  ¦ 2515 ¦ 2608 ¦

¦  2. Nikolic,P      ¦ ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 0 ˝ 0 1 1 ¦  7˝  ¦ 2605 ¦ 2601 ¦

¦  3. Ribli,Z        ¦ ˝ ˝ * ˝ 0 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  7˝  ¦ 2625 ¦ 2600 ¦

¦  4. Sax,G          ¦ ˝ ˝ ˝ * ˝ 0 1 0 ˝ 1 1 ˝ 1 ˝ ¦  7˝  ¦ 2610 ¦ 2601 ¦

¦  5. Georgiev,K     ¦ 0 ˝ 1 ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 1 ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ¦  7   ¦ 2590 ¦ 2576 ¦

¦  6. Piket,J        ¦ ˝ 0 0 1 ˝ * ˝ 1 0 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  7   ¦ 2500 ¦ 2583 ¦

¦  7. Van der Wiel,J ¦ 1 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 0 ˝ ¦  6˝  ¦ 2560 ¦ 2550 ¦

¦  8. Miles,A        ¦ 0 ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 0 ˝ * 0 0 1 1 1 ˝ ¦  6˝  ¦ 2520 ¦ 2553 ¦

¦  9. Benjamin,J     ¦ 0 0 ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ 1 * ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ¦  6   ¦ 2545 ¦ 2523 ¦

¦ 10. Tseskovsky,V   ¦ 1 1 0 0 0 0 ˝ 1 ˝ * ˝ 1 0 ˝ ¦  6   ¦ 2520 ¦ 2525 ¦

¦ 11. Vaganian,R     ¦ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 0 1 ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  6   ¦ 2600 ¦ 2519 ¦

¦ 12. Sokolov,I      ¦ 0 1 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 0 ˝ * 1 ˝ ¦  5˝  ¦ 2580 ¦ 2493 ¦

¦ 13. Granda Zuniga,J¦ ˝ 0 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 1 0 ˝ 1 ˝ 0 * ˝ ¦  5˝  ¦ 2500 ¦ 2500 ¦

¦ 14. Douven,R       ¦ ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ * ¦  5   ¦ 2445 ¦ 2476 ¦

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 place     : Mandras - candidates match

 year      : 1991

 note      : FIDE - qualify for the quarter-finals

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                        ¦  1   2   3   4   5   6  ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+------------------------+-------------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. ANAND,V            ¦  +   =   -   +   +   +  ¦  4˝  ¦ 2650 ¦ 2816 ¦

¦  2. Dreev,A            ¦  -   =   +   -   -   -  ¦  1˝  ¦ 2625 ¦ 2459 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Tilburg

 year      : 1991

 note      : Interpolis tournament

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                        ¦ 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+------------------------+-------------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Kasparov,G         ¦ *  1  1  1˝ 1  2  1˝ 2  ¦ 10   ¦ 2770 ¦ 2811 ¦

¦  2. Short,N            ¦ 1  *  ˝  1  2  1˝ 1  1˝ ¦  8˝  ¦ 2660 ¦ 2743 ¦

¦  3. ANAND,V            ¦ 1  1˝ *  1  1  ˝  1˝ 1˝ ¦  8   ¦ 2650 ¦ 2718 ¦

¦  4. Karpov,A           ¦ ˝  1  1  *  ˝  1˝ 1˝ 1˝ ¦  7˝  ¦ 2730 ¦ 2682 ¦

¦  5. Kamsky,G           ¦ 1  0  1  1˝ *  1  1  1˝ ¦  7   ¦ 2595 ¦ 2675 ¦

¦  6. Timman,J           ¦ 0  ˝  1˝ ˝  1  *  1  2  ¦  6˝  ¦ 2630 ¦ 2644 ¦

¦  7. Kortchnoi,V        ¦ ˝  1  ˝  ˝  1  1  *  1  ¦  5˝  ¦ 2610 ¦ 2596 ¦

¦  8. Bareev,E           ¦ 0  ˝  ˝  ˝  ˝  0  1  *  ¦  3   ¦ 2680 ¦ 2439 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Brussel - candidates match

 year      : 1991

 note      : FIDE - quarter-finals

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                       ¦  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8  ¦points¦ elo  ¦

+-----------------------+---------------------------------+------+------¦

¦  1. Karpov,A          ¦  =   =   =   +   =   -   =   +  ¦  4˝  ¦ 2730 ¦

¦  2. ANAND,V           ¦  =   =   =   -   =   +   =   -  ¦  3˝  ¦ 2650 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Reggio Emilia - tournament

 year      : 1992

 note      : defeating Kasparov and Karpov in their individual games

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¦                            ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+----------------------------+---------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. ANAND,V                ¦ * ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 0 1 ¦  6   ¦ 2650 ¦ 2800 ¦

¦  2. Gelfand,B              ¦ ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  5˝  ¦ 2665 ¦ 2757 ¦

¦  3. Kasparov,G             ¦ 0 ˝ * ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 ¦  5˝  ¦ 2770 ¦ 2745 ¦

¦  4. Karpov,A               ¦ ˝ ˝ ˝ * ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 1 1 ¦  5   ¦ 2730 ¦ 2710 ¦

¦  5. Ivanchuk,V             ¦ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ * 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ¦  4˝  ¦ 2735 ¦ 2669 ¦

¦  6. Khalifman,A            ¦ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 0 * ˝ 0 ˝ 1 ¦  4˝  ¦ 2630 ¦ 2681 ¦

¦  7. Polugaevsky,L          ¦ 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ * 1 ˝ 1 ¦  4˝  ¦ 2630 ¦ 2681 ¦

¦  8. Salov,V                ¦ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 0 * 1 0 ¦  4   ¦ 2665 ¦ 2637 ¦

¦  9. Gurevich,M             ¦ 1 ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 * 1 ¦  4   ¦ 2630 ¦ 2641 ¦

¦ 10. Beliavsky,A            ¦ 0 0 0 0 ˝ 0 0 1 0 * ¦  1˝  ¦ 2655 ¦ 2404 ¦

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 place     : Linares match

 year      : 1992

 note      :

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                       ¦  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8  ¦points¦ elo  ¦

+-----------------------+---------------------------------+------+------¦

¦  1. ANAND,V           ¦  +   +   =   =   =   =   -   +  ¦  5   ¦ 2690 ¦

¦  2. Ivanchuk,V        ¦  -   -   =   =   =   =   +   -  ¦  3   ¦ 2720 ¦

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 place     : Moskou

 year      : 1992

 note      : Alekhine memorial

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                        ¦ 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+------------------------+-------------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Gelfand,B          ¦ *  1  ˝  ˝  1  1  0  ˝  ¦  4˝  ¦ 2685 ¦ 2779 ¦

¦  2. ANAND,V            ¦ 0  *  1  ˝  ˝  1  ˝  1  ¦  4˝  ¦ 2690 ¦ 2779 ¦

¦  3. Kamsky,G           ¦ ˝  0  *  1  ˝  0  1  1  ¦  4   ¦ 2655 ¦ 2731 ¦

¦  4. Yusupov,A          ¦ ˝  ˝  0  *  ˝  ˝  1  ˝  ¦  3˝  ¦ 2640 ¦ 2682 ¦

¦  5. Salov,V            ¦ 0  ˝  ˝  ˝  *  ˝  ˝  1  ¦  3˝  ¦ 2655 ¦ 2680 ¦

¦  6. Karpov,A           ¦ 0  0  1  ˝  ˝  *  ˝  1  ¦  3˝  ¦ 2715 ¦ 2671 ¦

¦  7. Shirov,A           ¦ 1  ˝  0  0  ˝  ˝  *  ˝  ¦  3   ¦ 2710 ¦ 2621 ¦

¦  8. Timman,J           ¦ ˝  0  0  ˝  0  0  ˝  *  ¦  1˝  ¦ 2665 ¦ 2454 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Biel izt

 year      : 1993

 note      : FIDE - interzonal tournament, qualified for the candidates

+-------------------------------------------------+

¦ Final Standings            ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+----------------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Gelfand,B              ¦  9   ¦ 2670 ¦ 2774 ¦

¦  2. Kamsky,G               ¦  8˝  ¦ 2645 ¦ 2727 ¦

¦  3. Khalifman,A            ¦  8˝  ¦ 2645 ¦ 2719 ¦

¦  4. Van der Sterren,P      ¦  8˝  ¦ 2525 ¦ 2717 ¦

¦  5. Kramnik,V              ¦  8˝  ¦ 2710 ¦ 2704 ¦

¦  6. Lautier,J              ¦  8˝  ¦ 2620 ¦ 2711 ¦

¦  7. Yudasin,L              ¦  8˝  ¦ 2605 ¦ 2712 ¦

¦  8. Adams,M                ¦  8˝  ¦ 2630 ¦ 2710 ¦

¦  9. Salov,V                ¦  8˝  ¦ 2685 ¦ 2697 ¦

¦ 10. ANAND,V                ¦  8   ¦ 2725 ¦ 2696 ¦

¦ 11. Ivanchuk,V             ¦  8   ¦ 2705 ¦ 2674 ¦

¦ 12. Epishin,V              ¦  8   ¦ 2655 ¦ 2684 ¦

¦ 13. Shirov,A               ¦  8   ¦ 2685 ¦ 2676 ¦

¦ 14. Sokolov,I              ¦  8   ¦ 2610 ¦ 2661 ¦

¦ 15. Lputian,S              ¦  8   ¦ 2565 ¦ 2668 ¦

¦ 16. Bareev,E               ¦  7˝  ¦ 2660 ¦ 2678 ¦

¦ 17. Portisch,L             ¦  7˝  ¦ 2585 ¦ 2700 ¦

¦ 18. Sveshnikov,E           ¦  7˝  ¦ 2570 ¦ 2668 ¦

¦ 19. Polgar,J               ¦  7˝  ¦ 2630 ¦ 2621 ¦

¦ 20. Abramovic,B            ¦  7˝  ¦ 2460 ¦ 2641 ¦

¦                            ¦      ¦      ¦      ¦

¦ ... 73 participants        ¦      ¦      ¦      ¦

+-------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Groningen ct

 year      : 1993

 note      : PCA - candidates toernament, SWISS

+-------------------------------------------------+

¦ Groningen ct - 1993        ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+----------------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Adams,M                ¦  7˝  ¦ 2630 ¦ 2779 ¦

¦  2. ANAND,V                ¦  7˝  ¦ 2725 ¦ 2769 ¦

¦  3. Kamsky,G               ¦  7   ¦ 2645 ¦ 2736 ¦

¦  4. Tiviakov,S             ¦  7   ¦ 2635 ¦ 2739 ¦

¦  5. Kramnik,V              ¦  7   ¦ 2710 ¦ 2741 ¦

¦  6. Gulko,B                ¦  7   ¦ 2635 ¦ 2727 ¦

¦  7. Romanishin,O           ¦  7   ¦ 2615 ¦ 2718 ¦

¦  8. Shirov,A               ¦  6˝  ¦ 2685 ¦ 2707 ¦

¦  9. Dolmatov,S             ¦  6˝  ¦ 2630 ¦ 2690 ¦

¦ 10. Lobron,E               ¦  6˝  ¦ 2575 ¦ 2688 ¦

¦ 11. Hubner,R               ¦  6˝  ¦ 2605 ¦ 2690 ¦

¦ 12. Granda Zuniga,J        ¦  6˝  ¦ 2605 ¦ 2685 ¦

¦ 13. Piket,J                ¦  6˝  ¦ 2590 ¦ 2693 ¦

¦ 14. Vaganian,R             ¦  6˝  ¦ 2615 ¦ 2672 ¦

¦ 15. Sokolov,I              ¦  6˝  ¦ 2610 ¦ 2685 ¦

¦ 16. Nikolic,P              ¦  6˝  ¦ 2625 ¦ 2698 ¦

¦ 17. Oll,L                  ¦  6˝  ¦ 2595 ¦ 2685 ¦

¦ 18. Ehlvest,J              ¦  6˝  ¦ 2620 ¦ 2670 ¦

¦ 19. Polgar,J               ¦  6˝  ¦ 2630 ¦ 2672 ¦

¦ 20. Benjamin,J             ¦  6   ¦ 2620 ¦ 2677 ¦

¦                            ¦      ¦      ¦      ¦

¦ ... 54 participants        ¦      ¦      ¦      ¦

+-------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Monaco rapid/blind

 year      : 1994

 note      : Melody Amber tournament

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¦  Overall       ¦1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  1  2 ¦points¦ elo ¦ tpr ¦

+----------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+-----¦

¦  1. ANAND,V    ¦*  1  1  1  2  1  1˝ 1˝ 2  2  2  2 ¦ 17   ¦ 2715¦ 2852¦

¦  2. Kramnik,V  ¦1  *  1  2  1˝ 1˝ ˝  1˝ 1˝ 2  2  1˝¦ 16   ¦ 2710¦ 2811¦

¦  3. Ivanchuk,V ¦1  1  *  1  2  ˝  1  2  2  1  1  2 ¦ 14˝  ¦ 2710¦ 2756¦

¦  4. Kamsky,G   ¦1  0  1  *  1  2  1˝ 1˝ 1˝ 1  1˝ 2 ¦ 14   ¦ 2695¦ 2741¦

¦  5. Polgar,J   ¦0  ˝  0  1  *  1  1˝ 2  1  1  2  1 ¦ 11   ¦ 2630¦ 2648¦

¦  6. Karpov,A   ¦1  ˝  1˝ 0  1  *  1  ˝  1  1  1˝ 1˝¦ 10˝  ¦ 2740¦ 2621¦

¦  7. Ljubojevic ¦˝  1˝ 1  ˝  ˝  1  *  0  ˝  2  1˝ 1 ¦ 10   ¦ 2600¦ 2617¦

¦  8. Nunn,J     ¦˝  ˝  0  ˝  0  1˝ 2  *  1  1  ˝  2 ¦  9˝  ¦ 2605¦ 2601¦

¦  9. Seirawan,Y ¦0  ˝  0  ˝  1  1  1˝ 1  *  1˝ 1˝ 1 ¦  9˝  ¦ 2585¦ 2603¦

¦ 10. Polgar,Z   ¦0  0  1  1  1  1  0  1  ˝  *  ˝  1˝¦  7˝  ¦ 2550¦ 2539¦

¦ 11. Piket,J    ¦0  0  1  ˝  0  ˝  ˝  1˝ ˝  1˝ *  ˝ ¦   6˝ ¦ 2605¦ 2498¦

¦ 12. Kortchnoi,V¦0  ˝  0  0  1  ˝  1  0  1  ˝  1˝ * ¦  6   ¦ 2615¦ 2478¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Wijk aan Zee cm

 year      : 1994

 note      : FIDE - candidates

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                           ¦  1   2   3   4   5   6   7  ¦points¦ elo  ¦

+---------------------------+-----------------------------+------+------¦

¦  1. ANAND,V               ¦  =   +   +   -   +   =   =  ¦  4˝  ¦ 2715 ¦

¦  2. Yusupov,A             ¦  =   -   -   +   -   =   =  ¦  2˝  ¦ 2665 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Sanghi Nagar cm qf

 year      : 1994

 note      : FIDE - candidates, quarter-final, game 9 and 10, rapidplay

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦               ¦  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  ¦points¦ elo  ¦

+---------------+-----------------------------------------+------+------¦

¦  1. Kamsky,G  ¦  =   =   -   -   =   +   +   =   +   +  ¦  6   ¦ 2710 ¦

¦  2. ANAND,V   ¦  =   =   +   +   =   -   -   =   -   -  ¦  4   ¦ 2715 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : New York cm qf

 year      : 1994

 note      : PCA - candidates, quarter-final

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                           ¦  1   2   3   4   5   6   7  ¦points¦ elo  ¦

+---------------------------+-----------------------------+------+------¦

¦  1. ANAND,V               ¦  =   +   +   =   =   =   +  ¦  5   ¦ 2715 ¦

¦  2. Romanishin,O          ¦  =   -   -   =   =   =   -  ¦  2   ¦ 2605 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Linares cm sf

 year      : 1994

 note      : PCA - candidates, semi-final

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                           ¦  1   2   3   4   5   6   7  ¦points¦ elo  ¦

+---------------------------+-----------------------------+------+------¦

¦  1. ANAND,V               ¦  +   +   +   =   +   =   =  ¦  5˝  ¦ 2720 ¦

¦  2. Adams,M               ¦  -   -   -   =   -   =   =  ¦  1˝  ¦ 2640 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Las Palmas cm f

 year      : 1995

 note      : PCA - candidates, final

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                               ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ¦points¦ elo  ¦

+-------------------------------+-------------------------+------+------¦

¦  1. ANAND,V                   ¦ - = + = = = = = +  =  + ¦  6˝  ¦ 2715 ¦

¦  2. Kamsky,G                  ¦ + = - = = = = = -  =  - ¦  4˝  ¦ 2710 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : New York wch-m

 year      : 1995

 note      : PCA - world championship match, world trade center

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦              ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18¦point¦ elo¦

+--------------+---------------------------------------------+-----+----¦

¦1. Kasparov,G ¦ = = = = = = = = -  +  +  =  +  +  =  =  =  =¦ 10˝ ¦2795¦

¦2. ANAND,V    ¦ = = = = = = = = +  -  -  =  -  -  =  =  =  =¦  7˝ ¦2725¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Dortmund

 year      : 1996

 note      : Dortmunder schachtage

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                            ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+----------------------------+---------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Kramnik,V              ¦ * ˝ ˝ 1 1 1 ˝ 1 1 ˝ ¦  7   ¦ 2765 ¦ 2883 ¦

¦  2. ANAND,V                ¦ ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 1 1 1 ¦  7   ¦ 2735 ¦ 2886 ¦

¦  3. Gelfand,B              ¦ ˝ ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 1 ¦  6   ¦ 2665 ¦ 2799 ¦

¦  4. Adams,M                ¦ 0 ˝ ˝ * 0 ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  4˝  ¦ 2685 ¦ 2675 ¦

¦  5. Polgar,J               ¦ 0 0 ˝ 1 * ˝ 1 0 1 ˝ ¦  4˝  ¦ 2665 ¦ 2677 ¦

¦  6. Shirov,A               ¦ 0 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ * ˝ 1 0 1 ¦  4   ¦ 2685 ¦ 2635 ¦

¦  7. Topalov,V              ¦ ˝ 0 ˝ 0 0 ˝ * ˝ 1 1 ¦  4   ¦ 2750 ¦ 2627 ¦

¦  8. Hubner,R               ¦ 0 0 ˝ ˝ 1 0 ˝ * ˝ ˝ ¦  3˝  ¦ 2595 ¦ 2605 ¦

¦  9. Lobron,E               ¦ 0 0 0 ˝ 0 1 0 ˝ * ˝ ¦  2˝  ¦ 2585 ¦ 2519 ¦

¦ 10. Leko,P                 ¦ ˝ 0 0 0 ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ * ¦  2   ¦ 2630 ¦ 2464 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Las Palmas

 year      : 1996

 note      : this was the strongest tournament of all time

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                              ¦ 1  2  3  4  5  6  ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+------------------------------+-------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Kasparov,G               ¦ *  1  1  1˝ 1˝ 1˝ ¦  6˝  ¦ 2785 ¦ 2860 ¦

¦  2. ANAND,V                  ¦ 1  *  ˝  1  1˝ 1˝ ¦  5˝  ¦ 2735 ¦ 2797 ¦

¦  3. Kramnik,V                ¦ 1  1˝ *  ˝  1  1  ¦  5   ¦ 2765 ¦ 2755 ¦

¦  4. Topalov,V                ¦ ˝  1  1˝ *  1  1  ¦  5   ¦ 2750 ¦ 2758 ¦

¦  5. Ivanchuk,V               ¦ ˝  ˝  1  1  *  1  ¦  4   ¦ 2730 ¦ 2690 ¦

¦  6. Karpov,A                 ¦ ˝  ˝  1  1  1  *  ¦  4   ¦ 2775 ¦ 2681 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+





 place     : Dos Hermanas

 year      : 1997

 note      :

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦                            ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+----------------------------+---------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. ANAND,V                ¦ * ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ ˝ ¦  6   ¦ 2765 ¦ 2816 ¦

¦  2. Kramnik,V              ¦ ˝ * ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 ¦  6   ¦ 2740 ¦ 2819 ¦

¦  3. Salov,V                ¦ 0 ˝ * ˝ 1 1 ˝ ˝ 0 1 ¦  5   ¦ 2665 ¦ 2745 ¦

¦  4. Karpov,A               ¦ ˝ 0 ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 ˝ ¦  5   ¦ 2760 ¦ 2735 ¦

¦  5. Topalov,V              ¦ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 ¦  5   ¦ 2725 ¦ 2738 ¦

¦  6. Gelfand,B              ¦ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ¦  4˝  ¦ 2700 ¦ 2701 ¦

¦  7. Shirov,A               ¦ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ * ˝ 1 1 ¦  4˝  ¦ 2690 ¦ 2702 ¦

¦  8. Polgar,J               ¦ 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ * 1 1 ¦  4˝  ¦ 2645 ¦ 2707 ¦

¦  9. Short,N                ¦ ˝ ˝ 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 ¦  3   ¦ 2690 ¦ 2580 ¦

¦ 10. Illescas,M             ¦ ˝ 0 0 ˝ 0 ˝ 0 0 0 * ¦  1˝  ¦ 2635 ¦ 2434 ¦

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+



 place     : Monaco rapid/blind

 year      : 1997

 note      : Melody Amber tournament, overall and rapid and blind

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

¦  Overall       ¦ 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  1  2 ¦points¦elo ¦ tpr ¦

+----------------+------------------------------------+------+----+-----¦

¦  1. ANAND,V    ¦ *  1  1  1  2  1  1˝ 2  ˝  2  1˝ 2 ¦ 15˝  ¦2765¦ 2829¦

¦  2. Ivanchuk,V ¦ 1  *  1˝ 1  ˝  1  1˝ 1  2  2  1  2 ¦ 14˝  ¦2740¦ 2795¦

¦  3. Topalov,V  ¦ 1  ˝  *  1  1˝ 1  1  2  1˝ 1  2  1 ¦ 13˝  ¦2725¦ 2762¦

¦  4. Karpov,A   ¦ 1  1  1  *  ˝  2  ˝  ˝  1˝ 1˝ 2  1˝¦ 13   ¦2760¦ 2742¦

¦  5. Kramnik,V  ¦ 0  1˝ ˝  1˝ *  1  1˝ 2  1  1˝ ˝  1˝¦ 12˝  ¦2740¦ 2728¦

¦  6. Shirov,A   ¦ 1  1  1  0  1  *  1  ˝  ˝  2  1˝ 2 ¦ 11˝  ¦2690¦ 2701¦

¦  7. Nikolic,P  ¦ ˝  ˝  1  1˝ ˝  1  *  1  2  ˝  1  2 ¦ 11˝  ¦2655¦ 2704¦

¦  8. Ljubojevic ¦ 0  1  0  1˝ 0  1˝ 1  *  1˝ 1  1  1 ¦  9˝  ¦2570¦ 2646¦

¦  9. Piket,J    ¦ 1˝ 0  ˝  ˝  1  1˝ 0  ˝  *  ˝  2  1 ¦  9   ¦2640¦ 2623¦

¦ 10. Van Wely,L ¦ 0  0  1  ˝  ˝  0  1˝ 1  1˝ *  1  2 ¦  9   ¦2645¦ 2623¦

¦ 11. Lautier,J  ¦ ˝  1  0  0  1˝ ˝  1  1  0  1  *  1˝¦  8   ¦2630¦ 2590¦

¦ 12. Andersson  ¦ 0  0  1  ˝  ˝  0  0  1  1  0  ˝  * ¦  4˝  ¦2655¦ 2453¦

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 place     : Groningen cm f

 year      : 1997

 note      : FIDE - candidates, knock-out toernament, final

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¦                    ¦  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 ¦points¦ elo  ¦

+--------------------+------------------------------------+------+------¦

¦  1. ANAND,V        ¦  =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   + ¦  5   ¦ 2765 ¦

¦  2. Adams,M        ¦  =   =   =   =   =   =   =   =   - ¦  4   ¦ 2680 ¦

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 place     : Lausanne wch-m

 year      : 1998

 note      : FIDE - world championship match

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¦                       ¦  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8  ¦points¦ elo  ¦

+-----------------------+---------------------------------+------+------¦

¦  1. Karpov,A          ¦  +   -   =   +   =   -   +   +  ¦  5   ¦ 2745 ¦

¦  2. ANAND,V           ¦  -   +   =   -   =   +   -   -  ¦  3   ¦ 2765 ¦

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 place     : Wijk aan Zee

 year      : 1998

 note      : Hoogovens tournament

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¦                    ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+--------------------+-----------------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Kramnik,V      ¦ * ˝ 0 ˝ 1 ˝ 1 1 ˝ 1 ˝ 1 0 1 ¦  8˝  ¦ 2790 ¦ 2774 ¦

¦  2. ANAND,V        ¦ ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 1 ˝ 1 1 1 1 ¦  8˝  ¦ 2770 ¦ 2776 ¦

¦  3. Shirov,A       ¦ 1 ˝ * 1 1 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 1 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ¦  7˝  ¦ 2710 ¦ 2723 ¦

¦  4. Timman,J       ¦ ˝ ˝ 0 * 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  7˝  ¦ 2635 ¦ 2729 ¦

¦  5. Adams,M        ¦ 0 ˝ 0 0 * ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 1 1 1 ¦  7˝  ¦ 2670 ¦ 2726 ¦

¦  6. Karpov,A       ¦ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ * 1 ˝ 0 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  6˝  ¦ 2735 ¦ 2666 ¦

¦  7. Polgar,J       ¦ 0 1 1 ˝ ˝ 0 * 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  6˝  ¦ 2670 ¦ 2671 ¦

¦  8. Gelfand,B      ¦ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 * ˝ ˝ 0 1 ˝ ˝ ¦  6˝  ¦ 2675 ¦ 2671 ¦

¦  9. Topalov,V      ¦ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 1 ˝ ˝ * 0 1 ˝ 1 ˝ ¦  6˝  ¦ 2740 ¦ 2666 ¦

¦ 10. Piket,J        ¦ 0 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 * ˝ 0 1 1 ¦  6˝  ¦ 2580 ¦ 2678 ¦

¦ 11. Salov,V        ¦ ˝ 0 1 0 0 1 ˝ 1 0 ˝ * ˝ ˝ 0 ¦  5˝  ¦ 2680 ¦ 2616 ¦

¦ 12. Nijboer,F      ¦ 0 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 1 ˝ * ˝ ˝ ¦  5   ¦ 2590 ¦ 2595 ¦

¦ 13. Van Wely,L     ¦ 1 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ * 0 ¦  4˝  ¦ 2605 ¦ 2564 ¦

¦ 14. V.d. Sterren,P ¦ 0 0 ˝ 0 0 0 0 ˝ ˝ 0 1 ˝ 1 * ¦  4   ¦ 2555 ¦ 2537 ¦

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 place     : Linares

 year      : 1998

 note      :

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¦                           ¦ 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+---------------------------+----------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. ANAND,V               ¦ *  1˝ ˝  1  1˝ 1˝ 1˝ ¦  7˝  ¦ 2770 ¦ 2840 ¦

¦  2. Shirov,A              ¦ ˝  *  1  1˝ 1  1  2  ¦  7   ¦ 2710 ¦ 2819 ¦

¦  3. Kasparov,G            ¦ 1˝ 1  *  1  1  1  1  ¦  6˝  ¦ 2825 ¦ 2770 ¦

¦  4. Kramnik,V             ¦ 1  ˝  1  *  1˝ 1  1˝ ¦  6˝  ¦ 2790 ¦ 2775 ¦

¦  5. Svidler,P             ¦ ˝  1  1  ˝  *  1  1˝ ¦  5˝  ¦ 2690 ¦ 2732 ¦

¦  6. Ivanchuk,V            ¦ ˝  1  1  1  1  *  ˝  ¦  5   ¦ 2740 ¦ 2694 ¦

¦  7. Topalov,V             ¦ ˝  0  1  ˝  ˝  1˝ *  ¦  4   ¦ 2740 ¦ 2632 ¦

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