GAMES OF VISHWANATHAN ANAND

GAMES OF VISHWANATHAN ANAND

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nsidered him to be a colossal talent, one of the greatest in the whole history of chess. Each champion has had some sort of speciality, and his is creating counterplay in any position out of absolutely nowhere. He’s got an amazing ability to constantly stretch himself so that even in some kind of Exchange Slav he nevertheless manages to attack something and create something. He also plays absolutely brilliantly with knights, even better than Morozevich – if his knights start to jump around, particularly towards the king, then that’s that, it’s impossible to play against and they’ll just sweep away everything in their path. I noticed it’s better to get rid of them when you’re playing against him. - Vladimir Kramnik

I think that namely in terms of play Anand is in no way weaker than Kasparov, but he’s simply a little lazy, relaxed and only focuses on matches. In the last 5-6 years he’s made a qualitative leap that’s made it possible to consider him one of the great chess players. Perhaps it doesn’t look like that to observers, but when you play against him you sense what a great range he has. - Vladimir Kramnik

Anand vs Ponomariov, 2006 chat2.gif
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 56 moves, 1-0

Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1998 chat2.gif
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 27 moves, 0-1

Karjakin vs Anand, 2006 chat2.gif
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 0-1

Karjakin vs Anand, 2007 chat2.gif
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 63 moves, 0-1

Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1992 chat2.gif
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 45 moves, 0-1

Aronian vs Anand, 2013 chat2.gif
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1

Anand vs Lautier, 1997 chat2.gif
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 chat2.gif
(D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 35 moves, 0-1

Radjabov vs Anand, 2002 chat2.gif
(E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1

Anand vs Kasparov, 1995 chat2.gif
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Topalov, 2010 chat2.gif
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Bologan, 2003 chat2.gif
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 36 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 chat2.gif
(D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 41 moves, 0-1

Anand vs Karpov, 1996 chat2.gif
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Caruana, 2018 chat2.gif
(C42) Petrov Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

Anand vs W So, 2015 chat2.gif
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Gelfand, 1996 chat2.gif
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

F Vallejo Pons vs Anand, 2005 chat2.gif
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 60 moves, 0-1

Anand vs Carlsen, 2007 chat2.gif
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1996 chat2.gif
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 1-0

Anand vs T Markowski, 2003
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 43 moves, 1-0

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