Player profile: Viswanathan Anand
Opening: Ruy Lopez (C78)

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Anand vs P Thipsay 1-0 48 1986 Calcutta C78 Ruy Lopez 2. Anand vs Mikhalchishin   0-1 42 1989 Moskva 13/565 C78 Ruy Lopez 3. Anand vs Kamsky 0-1 67 1994 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/4) C78 Ruy Lopez 4. Anand vs Kamsky 1-0 58 1995 Las Palmas-qf (m/03) PCA C78 Ruy Lopez 5. Anand vs Ivanchuk 1-0 46 1996 Gran Canaria 96 C78 Ruy Lopez 6. Anand vs Topalov   ½-½ 29 1996 Las Palmas C78 Ruy Lopez 7. Anand vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 32 1997 It (cat.18) C78 Ruy Lopez 8. Anand vs Shirov ½-½ 23 1997 It (cat.18) C78 Ruy Lopez 9. Anand vs Shirov 1-0 42 1997 Ch World FIDE C78 Ruy Lopez 10. Anand vs Topalov ½-½ 20 1997 It (cat.19) C78 Ruy Lopez 11. Anand vs Karpov 1-0 42 1998 Karpov-Anand World Championship Match C78 Ruy Lopez 12. Anand vs Shirov   ½-½ 44 1998 It (cat.21) C78 Ruy Lopez 13. Anand vs Piket   ½-½ 35 1998 Monaco C78 Ruy Lopez 14. Anand vs Topalov 1-0 29 1998 It (cat.17) C78 Ruy Lopez 15. Anand vs Shirov   ½-½ 30 1998 It (cat.17) C78 Ruy Lopez 16. Anand vs Oll 1-0 39 1999 ECC14 Final C78 Ruy Lopez 17. Anand vs Shirov 1-0 64 2000 FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament C78 Ruy Lopez 18. Anand vs Adams 1-0 36 2000 FIDE World Ch C78 Ruy Lopez 19. Anand vs Adams   ½-½ 37 2000 FIDE World Ch C78 Ruy Lopez 20. Anand vs Piket   1-0 28 2000 SuperGM C78 Ruy Lopez 21. Anand vs Kramnik   ½-½ 23 2001 Mainz CC Champions Duel C78 Ruy Lopez 22. Anand vs Tkachiev ½-½ 48 2001 FIDE WCh KO C78 Ruy Lopez 23. Anand vs Hector 1-0 66 2003 SIS-MH Masters C78 Ruy Lopez 24. Anand vs M Kazhgaleyev   1-0 62 2006 Corsica Masters C78 Ruy Lopez 25. Anand vs Naiditsch 1-0 57 2007 Dortmund C78 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Anand wins | Anand loses

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