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Viswanathan Anand
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Viswanathan Anand

IndiaBorn 1969 (age 57)FIDE ID 5000017

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2746
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2739
Luft

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Viswanathan Anand's classical titles

8 classical titles, newest first

  • Candidates 20141st
  • World Championship 20121st
  • World Championship 20101st
  • World Championship 20081st
  • World Championship 20071st
  • World Cup 20021st
  • World Championship 20001st
  • World Cup 20001st
  • World Championship×5
  • Candidates 
  • World Cup×2

Luft classical rating

Not ranked yet: the Luft classical rating needs at least 10 classical games in top events over the last year.

Openings

Their most-played, from 8 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Sicilian Defense275%
Ruy Lopez150%
Italian Game150%
Pirc Defense150%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 2 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 0 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack1100%
Moscow Variation150%

Ruy Lopez

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Morphy Defense150%

Italian Game

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation150%

Pirc Defense

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Main line150%

Four Knights Game

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Scotch Variation Accepted150%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Barmen Variation150%

Nimzo-Indian Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 0, lost 1 · 0%

VariationGamesScore
Normal Variation10%

Recent events

EventPlace+/−+/−
German Bundesliga 2025/2626 Apr 20261½/3−4−4
German Bundesliga 2024/252 Feb 2025½/2−7−7
Bundesliga 2023/2425 Feb 20242/3+3+3

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMN. Abasov23 Feb 2024 · Bundesliga 2023/242641

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMN. AbasovLast 23 Feb 2024 · Bundesliga 2023/241100
GMH. NakamuraLast 24 Feb 2024 · Bundesliga 2023/241010
GMM. BluebaumLast 25 Feb 2024 · Bundesliga 2023/241010
GMW. SoLast 1 Feb 2025 · German Bundesliga 2024/251001
GMM. AndersenLast 2 Feb 2025 · German Bundesliga 2024/251010

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.