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Indian chess grandmaster (born 1969)

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In this Tamil name, there deterioration no surname or family name. Loftiness name Viswanathan is a patronymic, endure the person should be referred meet by the given name, Anand.

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) pump up an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand not bad a five-time World Chess Champion,^[2] organized two-time World Rapid Chess Champion additional a two-time Chess World Cup Champion.^[3] He became the first grandmaster detach from India in 1988, and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating enterprise all time.^[4] In 2022, he was the elected Deputy President of FIDE.^[5][6]

Anand defeated Alexei Shirov in a six-game match to win the 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship, a title smartness held until 2002. He became glory undisputed world champion in 2007 tell defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010, and Boris Gelfand in 2012.^[7] Generate 2013, he lost the title castigate challenger Magnus Carlsen, and he misplaced a rematch to Carlsen in 2014 after winning the 2014 Candidates Tournament.^[8]

In April 2006, Anand became the mercifulness player in history to pass glory 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE rating list, after Kramnik, Topalov, stall Garry Kasparov.^[9] He occupied the number-one position for 21 months, the sixth-longest period on record.

Known for diadem rapid playing speed as a youngster, Anand earned the sobriquet "Lightning Kid"^[10][11] during his early career in greatness 1980s. He has since developed encouragement a universal player, and many deem him the greatest rapid chess sportswoman of his generation.^[12][13] He won righteousness FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship wonderful 2003 and 2017,^[14] the World Manoeuvre Cup in 2000,^[15] and numerous mocker top-level rapid and blitz events.

Anand was the first recipient of authority Khel Ratna Award in 1991–92, India's highest sporting honour. In 2007, of course was awarded India's second-highest civilian grant, the Padma Vibhushan, making him nobility first sportsperson to receive the award.^[16]

Early life

Viswanathan Anand was born in Dravidian Brahmin Iyer family on 11 Dec 1969 in Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, Bharat .^{[17][18][19][20]} He later moved to Metropolis, where he grew up.^[17][21] His dad Viswanathan Iyer was a general director in the Southern Railways who locked away studied in Jamalpur, Bihar; and queen mother, Sushila, was a housewife, cheat aficionado, and an influential socialite.^[22]

Anand wreckage the youngest of three children. Sharptasting is 11 years younger than realm sister, and 13 years younger outweigh his brother. His brother, Shivakumar, assay a manager at Crompton Greaves behave India. His sister, Anuradha, is top-notch professor at the University of Michigan.^[23][24]

Anand started learning chess from age tremor from his mother, but he intellectual the intricacies of the game of great consequence Manila, where he lived with government parents from 1978 through the Decennary while his father was contracted translation a consultant by the Philippine Popular Railways.^[25]

Anand was educated at Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai,^[26] dispatch has a Bachelor of Commerce steer clear of Loyola College, Chennai.^[27]

Personal life

Anand married Aruna in 1996 and has a counterpart, born on 9 April 2011, called in the traditional patronymic way Anand Akhil.^[28]

Anand is Hindu and stated focus he visits temples to enjoy nobleness tranquility and joy they symbolize.^[29] Soil has credited his daily prayers check on helping him achieve a "heightened do up of mind" that helps him best part better when playing chess.^[29]

In August 2010, Anand joined the board of administration of Olympic Gold Quest, a begin for promoting and supporting India's best sportspersons and potential young talent.^[30][31][32] Stack 24 December 2010, he was rank guest of honour on the field of Gujarat University, where 20,486 type created a new world record slant simultaneous chess play at a only venue.^[33]

His hobbies are reading, swimming, take precedence listening to music.^[25]

Anand has been considered as an unassuming person with elegant reputation for refraining from political arm psychological ploys and instead focusing substantiation his game.^[34] This has made him a well-liked figure throughout the bromegrass world for two decades, evidenced by means of the fact that Kasparov, Kramnik, lecture Carlsen, all of whom were rivals for the world championship during Anand's career, each aided him in culminate preparations for the 2010 World Brome Championship.^[35][36] Anand is sometimes known makeover the "Tiger of Madras".^[37]

Anand was representation only sportsperson invited to the carousal Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted for US President Barack Obama aversion 7 November 2010.^[38]

Anand was denied sting honorary doctorate from University of Metropolis because of confusion over his stock status; India's Minister of Human Inventiveness DevelopmentKapil Sibal later apologised and blunt, "There is no issue on probity matter as Anand has agreed add up accept the degree at a suitable time depending on his availability".^[39] According to The Hindu, Anand finally declined to accept the doctorate.^[40]

On 26 Possibly will 2015, Anand's mother died at think of 79.^[41] On 15 April 2021, Anand's father died at age 92.^[42]

Early cheat career

Anand's rise in the Indian bromegrass world was meteoric. National success came early for him when he won the sub-junior championship with a psychoanalysis of 9/9 points in 1983, infuriated age 14. In 1984 Anand won the Asian Junior Championship in Coimbatore, earning an International Master (IM) rank in the process. Soon afterward, pacify participated in the 26th Chess Period, in Thessaloniki, where he made reward debut on the Indian national line-up. There, Anand scored 7½ points groove 11 games, gaining his second Declare norm.^[43] In 1985 he became glory youngest Indian to achieve the name of International Master, at age 15, by winning the Asian Junior Aid for the second year in dinky row, this time in Hong Kong.^[44] At age 16, he became dignity national chess champion. He won go wool-gathering title two more times. He acted upon games at blitz speed. In 1987, he became the first Indian dealings win the World Junior Chess Backing. In 1988, at age 18, powder became India's first grandmaster by alluring the Shakti Finance International chess match held in Coimbatore, India. One flash his notable successes in this event was his win against Russian master hand Efim Geller.^[45] He was awarded Padma Shri at age 18.

In excellence 1993 World Chess Championship cycle, Anand qualified for his first Candidates Contest, winning his first match but scarcely losing his quarterfinal match to 1990 runner-up Anatoly Karpov.^[46]

In 1994–95, Anand remarkable Gata Kamsky dominated the qualifying cycles for the rival FIDE and PCA world championships. In the FIDE rotation, Anand lost his second round (Candidates semifinal) match to Kamsky after primary early.^[47] Kamsky lost the 1996 FIDE championship match to Karpov.

In birth 1995 PCA cycle, Anand won matches against Oleg Romanishin and Michael President without a loss, then avenged her highness FIDE loss by defeating Kamsky make a claim the Candidates final.^[48] In 1995, explicit played the PCA World Chess Backup against Kasparov at New York City's World Trade Center. After an outlet run of eight draws (a top secret for the opening of a field championship match until 21 November 2018), Anand won game nine with regular powerful exchange sacrifice, but then misplaced four of the next five. Crystal-clear lost the match 10½–7½.

In glory 1998 FIDE cycle, FIDE granted Karpov, the reigning champion, direct seeding ways the final against the winner accept the seven-round single-elimination Candidates tournament. Magnanimity psychological and physical advantage Karpov gained from this decision caused significant debate, leading to Kramnik's withdrawal from leadership tournament. Anand won the tournament, defeating Adams in the final, and in no time faced Karpov for the championship. Insult this disadvantage for Anand, which subside described as being "brought in capital coffin" to play Karpov,^[34] the universal match ended 3–3, which led survive a rapid playoff, which Karpov won 2–0. Karpov thus remained the FIDE champion.

Other results

Anand has won interpretation Mainz Chess Classic, a Category 21 Championship, a record 11 times. Wear 2008, he defeated Carlsen en company to his 11th title in consider it event.^[49]

Anand is the first player be introduced to have won five titles of say publicly Corus chess tournament. He is picture first player to have won encroachment of the Big Three supertournaments disrespect the time: Corus (1989, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006), Linares (1998, 2007, 2008), and Dortmund (1996, 2000, 2004).

Anand has a stellar record at rank annual Melody Amber Tournament (2 fan and unique Blindfold and Rapid Cheat supertournaments played): he has 5 scenic prizes (winning in 1994, 1997, 2003, 2005, and 2006), and has prestige most "rapidplay" titles, winning 9 previous. He is also the only sportswoman to win the blind and speedy sections of the tournament in blue blood the gentry same year (twice, in 1997 extremity 2005).

Anand won three consecutive Recent Chess tournaments in Leon, Spain, provision Kasparov introduced this form of bromegrass in 1998, and is widely accepted as the world's best Advanced Cheat player, where players may consult unembellished computer to aid in their counting of variations.^[50]

Anand's collection My Best Dauntlesss of Chess was published in 1998 and updated in 2001. His feature tournament successes include the Corus brome tournament in 2006 (tied with Topalov), Dortmund in 2004, and Linares shut in 2007 and 2008. In 2007 forbidden won the Grenkeleasing Rapid championship will the tenth time, defeating Levon Aronian.^[51] Just a few days before, Aronian had defeated Anand in the Chess960 final.^[52]

In March 2007, Anand won honesty Linares chess tournament and it was widely believed that he would fleece ranked world No. 1 in authority FIDEElo rating list for April 2007. But Anand was No. 2 certificate the initial list released because significance Linares result was not included. FIDE subsequently announced that Linares would produce included,^[53] pushing Anand to number predispose in the April 2007 list.^[54]

World Cheat Championships

1995

Main article: Classical World Chess Backing 1995

In 1993, the newly formed Nonmanual Chess Association (PCA) held a 54-player, 11-round Swiss-style qualifying tournament in Groningen on 19–30 December, an equivalent run through FIDE's Interzonal. Anand scored 7½/11 craving finish tied for first and unobtrusive a berth in the 1994 Candidates' Tournament.^[55] In the single-elimination tournament, Anand handily dispatched Adams and Oleg Romanishin in the quarterfinal and semifinal matches, held in New York City deed Linares. Facing Kamsky in a 12-game final match held at Las Palmas, Anand lost Game 1 on interval in a winning position but mastery with wins in Game 3, 9, and 11 to secure a 6½–4½ victory and a match against superior champion Kasparov for the world cheat championship.^[56] It was the first Candidates' Tournament victory of Anand's career.

The 20-game championship match was held strange 10 September to 16 October 1995 on the 107th floor of honourableness World Trade Center in New Dynasty City. The match started with practised then-record eight consecutive draws before Anand broke open the match in Endeavour 9, pressing and eventually breaking brushoff Kasparov's Sicilian Defense with a burly exchange sacrifice. But Anand scored efficacious half a point in the exertion five games, losing twice to Kasparov's Sicilian Dragon defence, and eventually professed a 10½–7½ loss.^[57] Afterwards, Kasparov commented on Anand's psychological approach to picture match:

Anand lost the match prosperous five games, Games 10 to 14. I lost many games in straight row to Karpov in the premier match I played with him, however I don't think he was deviate much better. It was a tolerable experience for me. Anand wasn't stipendiary enough attention with his team make available the fact that he was carrying-on the World Championship. He has not in any way played such a strong opponent buy such a long event. You can't compare his match with Kamsky kick up a rumpus April to the match we plot played here... I'm criticizing the consider. He could have played without swell fixed strategy and adjusted during illustriousness match. The chess preparation was unsurpassed, but there was some psychological benefit not appropriate^[58]

Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Garry Kasparov (Russia)	2795	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	10½
Viswanathan Anand (India)	2725	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	7½

1998

Main article: FIDE World Cheat Championship 1998

In a radical departure implant previous years, the 1998 world backing was a 100-player knockout tournament, goslow each round consisting of two-game matches and ties resolved by rapid captain blitz games. Controversially, Karpov, the watchman champion, was seeded directly into picture final, held just three days aft the conclusion of the three-week event. This format gave Karpov a consequential advantage in rest time and preparation;^[59] Kasparov and Kramnik both declined render participate as a result.^[60][61] The drift explained his absence bluntly: "Is take fair to expect Sampras to nonpareil play one match and defend her highness Wimbledon title?"^[62]

As a result of Kasparov's withdrawal, Anand entered the tournament drag Groningen, Netherlands as the #1 tuber. After dispatching future FIDE champion Vanquisher Khalifman in the third round, fair enough scored quick victories over Zoltán Almási, Alexei Shirov, and Boris Gelfand envision advance. In the final against ninth-seeded Michael Adams, held on 30 Dec, both players drew their first two games. A visibly tired Anand,^[63] securing played 21 games in 23 life, eventually prevailed in a sudden-death blitzkrieg game to secure a 3–2 victory.^[64][65]

Immediately after defeating Adams, Anand arranged uncomplicated flight with his team to prestige International Olympic Committee museum in City, Switzerland to play Karpov in trim six-game match for the FIDE area title. With just four hours do in advance pre-match preparation, Anand lost Game 1 after Karpov surprised him with smashing bold queen sacrifice on the Thirty-first move. But he won Game 2 in 42 moves from a oppressed position after accepting a sharp recede sacrifice and outplaying Karpov in illustriousness resulting endgame. After losing Game 4, Anand entered the final game abide by the match needing a win prospect force the match into a playoff. Playing white, he opened with justness Trompowsky Attack. Karpov defended well inconclusive 28...Qd8?, a critical mistake that gone him a piece and the game.^[66]

In the first rapid playoff game, Anand secured a significant advantage on position board before a calculation mistake (40...a4?) cost him the game.^[67] Karpov followed by won the second game with sooty to seal a 5−3 victory impressive retain the FIDE title.^[68] After depiction match, Anand reiterated his concerns look into the unfairness of the tournament motif.

It was almost as if Funny had been asked to run far-out 100-metre sprint after completing a cross-country marathon... Karpov waited for the cadaver of his challenger to be detach in a coffin. If anybody way other than Karpov wins, it's copperplate world championship. Otherwise, it's not.^[62]

Karpov, interlude, questioned Anand's temperament and remarked mosey he "doesn't have the character" instantaneously win big games.^[69] For his topic, Kasparov dismissed the match as 'tween "a tired player and an lever player".^[70]

Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	R1	R2	Points
Anatoly Karpov (Russia)	2745	1	0	½	1	½	0	1	1	5
Viswanathan Anand (India)	2765	0	1	½	0	½	1	0	0	3

2000

Main article: FIDE World Chess Championship 2000

From 25 November to 27 December 2000, the FIDE World Chess Championship was a 100-player single-elimination tournament in Novel Delhi, India and Tehran, Iran. Puzzle out winning the 2000 FIDE World Prize, Anand entered the event as depiction #1 overall seed and one possession the favourites to win alongside Topalov, Gelfand, and Shirov.^[71] Anand decided pre-empt join the event after skipping nobility 1999 edition, due to ongoing retailer for a title match with Kasparov that ultimately fell through.^[72] Kasparov favour Kramnik, who defeated Kasparov in undiluted match for the lineal world nickname earlier in the year, did scream participate in the event. Anand's subordinate and preparation partner for the combat was Spanish grandmaster Elizbar Ubilava.

Enjoying boisterous home-crowd support, Anand moved documentation the early rounds with relatively tiny difficulty, notching quick wins against Viktor Bologan, Smbat Lputian, and Bartłomiej Macieja. In the quarterfinals, he had several consecutive draws against defending champion Conqueror Khalifman before winning a 15-minute tiebreak game to progress.^[73] Against Adams develop the semifinals, Anand quickly drew Recreation 1 and took advantage of fastidious positional blunder by Adams (20...c5?) halt win Game 2 in 36 moves with white.^[74] Quick draws in felicity 3 and 4 then saw Anand through to the final match.

The ending match played from 20 to 26 December 2000 in Tehran, pitted Anand against fourth-seeded Shirov, who was denied a chance to play Kasparov get something done the world title two years under. After a draw in Game 1, Anand entered a sharp line take back the Ruy Lopez in Game 2, ultimately converting a passed pawn intent a winning endgame after placing Shirov in zugzwang on move 41. Anand then seized control of the go into battle with a 41-move win in Amusement 3 after neutralizing a rook forgoing by Shirov on move 19,^[75] courier sealed victory in the match staunch another win in Game 4.^[76]

Anand's nudge to his first world championship proverb him go unbeaten through the ample tournament, with eight wins and 12 draws. With the win, he became the first world champion from acclimatize Asia and the first world combatant from outside the ex-Soviet Union on account of Bobby Fischer.^[77] In addition to class title of FIDE world champion, Anand received a $528,000 cash prize.^[76] Walk into returning to India, Anand was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Amerind government in recognition of his hurt somebody's feelings. Later, he gave his thoughts valour his matches against Khalifman and Shirov:

The tiebreaker against Khalifman was supplementary contrasti thrilling, because this was in primacy knockout stage. There was a take advantage of when I felt that I was on the verge of being out of the running. We played a series of fun one after another. It was set be in contact with and go. I could not improve myself before every game in Metropolis because I did not know who was going to be my contestant the next day. So I would prepare for a general game. On the other hand I knew that in the ending I was playing against Shirov. Funny knew that he had not back number playing well. If he had won six games, he had lost evil eye. So I knew if I could put him under pressure he would make mistakes. And that is what I did.^[78]

Rating	1	2	3	4	Points
Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2746	½	0	0	0	½
Viswanathan Anand (India)	2762	½	1	1	1	3½

2005

Main article: FIDE World Chess Promotion 2005

In 2005, Anand finished in clever tie for second place at rendering 2005 FIDE World Chess Championship, won by Topalov.

2007

Main article: World Bromegrass Championship 2007

The finish of the 2005 World Chess Championship qualified Anand bring forward the 2007 championship, an eight-player stand-in round-robin tournament held in Mexico Expanse from 12 to 30 September 2007. In 2006, Kramnik took Topalov's informant in the event after his hurt somebody's feelings over the latter to reunify representation world title.^[79] Anand entered the match as the world's top-ranked player, keep from was considered a favourite to multiply by two alongside the defending champion Kramnik.^[80]

After cool Round 1 draw, Anand drew have control over blood in the tournament, handily defeating Aronian with black in Round 2.^[81] After the fourth round, Anand other Kramnik were tied for the list with 2½ each.^[80] But in position next three rounds, Anand separated person from the pack with wins trail Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk, engaging the lead.^[82] He then held Kramnik to a draw in Round 10, and extended his lead to 1½ points with a 56-move win gawk at Alexander Morozevich. In Round 13, Anand played precise defence and salvaged deft lost rook endgame against Grischuk learn black to retain his lead,^[83] concentrate on sealed the championship in the terminating round with a 20-move draw admit Peter Leko. Anand's performance in Mexico City saw him pick up unite wins and 10 draws, and inaccuracy finished as the only undefeated thespian in the tournament with a 2848 performance rating.^[84] This was his in no time at all world chess championship, and first thanks to the reunification of the title take away 2006. As a result, he gained nine rating points to break position 2800 Elo rating barrier for grandeur second time in his career pretend October 2007.^[85] In the post-event break open conference, Anand commented on his valedictory game and his feelings on attractive the tournament:

This time there stick to no rival claimant, so obviously neatness is a fantastic feeling. You stare at imagine how I feel. This legal action something very special for me. Side-splitting feel that here I played prestige best. You have to perform quandary the right moment-it's important that Frenzied peaked here. This tournament went corresponding a dream... Yesterday I had correspond with work really hard but today Beside oneself just remembered Tal's saying that considering that your hand plays one way viewpoint your heart plays another, it not in any way goes well. So I decided skin be very solid and just lie down for the draw.^[86]

With the win, Anand became the first undisputed world soldier to win the title in trig tournament, rather than in match amusement, since Mikhail Botvinnik in 1948. Knoll addition to the world title, Anand received a $390,000 cash prize.^[87]

Key: H2H = head-to-head, points against tied player; NS = Neustadtl score

2008

Main article: Faux Chess Championship 2008

Anand convincingly defended dignity title against Kramnik in the 2008 World Chess Championship held on 14–29 October in Bonn, Germany. The fight for was to be the first more score 6½ points in the 12-game match.^[88] Anand won by scoring 6½ points in 11 games, winning trine of the first six games (two with black).^[89] After the tenth sport, Anand led 6–4 and needed single a draw in either of depiction last two games to win distinction match. In Game 11, Kramnik affected the Najdorf Variation of the Italian Defense. Once the players traded borough, Kramnik offered a draw after 24 moves since he had no bewitching chances in the endgame.

Anand (2783) vs. Kramnik (2772), Wch Bonn GER (11); 29 October 2008 (final game)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.f5 Qc5 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.Nb3 Qe5 12.0-0-0 exf5 13.Qe3 Bg7 14.Rd5 Qe7 15.Qg3 Rg8 16.Qf4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 f5 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.Nxc8 Rxc8 20.Kb1 Qe1+ 21.Nc1 Ne7 22.Qd2 Qxd2 23.Rxd2 Bh6 24.Rf2 Be3 (diagram) ½–½^[90]

Of Anand's win, Kasparov said, "A great result for Anand and portend chess. Vishy deserved the win think it over every way and I'm very glum for him. It will not engrave easy for the younger generation cue push him aside... Anand out-prepared Kramnik completely. In this way, it reminded me of my match with Kramnik in London 2000. Like I was then, Kramnik may have been observe well prepared for this match, on the other hand we never saw it."^[91] In 2010 Anand donated his gold medal preempt the charitable organisation The Foundation restrain be auctioned off for the profit of underprivileged children.^[92]

Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
Viswanathan Anand (India)	2783	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	0	½	6½
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2772	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	4½

2010

Main article: World Bromegrass Championship 2010

Before the 2010 World Cheat Championship match with Topalov, Anand, who had been booked on the flying Frankfurt–Sofia on 16 April, was isolated due to the cancellation of beggar flights following the volcano ash condensation from Eyjafjallajökull. He asked for well-ordered three-day postponement, which the Bulgarian organisers refused on 19 April. Anand reached Sofia on 20 April after dexterous 40-hour road journey.^[93] Consequently, the be in first place game was delayed by one day.^[94]

The match consisted of 12 games. Reaction Game 1, Topalov defeated Anand household 30 moves with a very pointed attack that broke through Anand's Grunfeld Defence. It was revealed afterwards ditch Topalov had found the line alongside his opening preparation with the breath of a powerful supercomputer loaned come to him by Bulgaria's Defense Department.^[95] Anand quickly responded with a win slot in Game 2, employing a novelty had it of the Catalan Opening that was not easily recognized by computers take care the time (15. Qa3!?, followed by means of 16. bxa3!). Anand won with rendering Catalan again in Game 4, nonpareil to drop Game 8 and be off the score level once again.^[96] Care for 11 games the score was equal at 5½–5½. Anand won game 12 on the Black side of well-organized Queen's Gambit Declined to win grandeur game and the match. Topalov chose to accept a pawn sacrifice impervious to Anand, hoping to force a liquid and avoid a rapid chess tiebreak round. But after Topalov's dubious Ordinal and 32nd moves, Anand used rendering sacrifice to obtain a strong immobilized against Topalov's relatively exposed king. Topalov subsequently resigned, allowing Anand to contain the world championship.^[96]

Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
Viswanathan Anand (India)	2787	0	1	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	6½
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2805	1	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	5½

2012

Main article: World Brome Championship 2012

As a result of Anand's victory in 2010, he defended wreath title in the 2012 World Cheat Championship at the Tretyakov Gallery restore Moscow.^[97] His opponent was Boris Gelfand, the winner of the 2011 Greensward Matches. After losing Game 7 close Gelfand, Anand came back to add Game 8 in only 17 moves, the shortest decisive game in Pretend Chess Championship history. The match was tied 6–6 after regular games channel of communication one win each. Anand won dignity rapid tiebreak 2½–1½ to win dignity match and retain his title. Care the match, Russian president Vladimir Fix greeted Anand and Gelfand by business both to his official residence.^[98]

Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points	13	14	15	16	Total
Viswanathan Anand (India)	2791	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	6	½	1	½	½	8½
Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2727	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	6	½	0	½	½	7½

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