This new expanded edition of the award-winning Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess features 30 extra games from the period of Anand's greatest successes.
Anand has been one of the world's top players for more than two decades, and cemented his place in the all-time hall of fame by winning the unified World Championship in 2007, and successfully defending his title against Kramnik and Topalov. But it's not just his results that make Anand special. His style of play leads to highly spectacular games, and his speed of thought is the stuff of legends. He is also a great explainer of ideas, as his annotations for this book demonstrate. Anand is renowned as 'Mr Nice Guy', popular with both the public and his fellow supergrandmasters.
John Nunn, who collaborated with Anand on the original book, has annotated 30 games selected by Anand himself from the period 2001-2011. This new edition also features biographical information and a career record.
Viswanathan (Vishy) Anand comes from southern India and is the greatest chess-player of his generation. Having shot to fame as a child, playing master-standard chess at lightning speed, he became a grandmaster in 1987. Anand contested his first world championship match in 1995, and won the FIDE Championship in 2000. He has been World Champion since 2007, and has won many elite-level tournaments throughout his long career. Grandmaster John Nunn is a three-time World Chess Solving Champion, and is famous for the quality of his chess writing.
Content: 006 Introduction to the Second Edition
008 Introduction to the 2012 Edition
009 1. V. Anand - V. Inkiov , Calcutta 1986
014 2. V. Anand - K. Ninov , World Junior Championship, Baguio City 1987
018 3. V. Anand - S. Agdestein , World Junior Championship, Baguio City 1987
025 4. V. Anand - J. Benjamin , Wijk aan Zee 1989
031 5. M. Tal - V. Anand , Youth vs Veterans, Cannes 1989
036 6. V. Anand - B. Spassky , Youth vs Veterans, Cannes 1989
042 7. M. Kuijf - V. Anand , Wijk aan Zee 1990
045 8. M. Petursson - V. Anand , Manila Interzonal 1990
051 9. V. Anand - I. Morovic Fernandez , Novi Sad Olympiad 1990
056 10. A. Beliavsky - V. Anand , Munich 1991
061 11. A. Karpov - V. Anand , Candidates match (6), Brussels 1991
069 12. V. Anand - G. Kasparov , Tilburg 1991
076 13. G. Kasparov - V. Anand , Reggio Emilia 1991/2
083 14. V. Anand - E. Bareev , Dortmund 1992
089 15. V. Anand - R. Hübner , Dortmund 1992
092 16. V. Anand - I. Sokolov , SWIFT rapid, Brussels 1992
094 17. V. Ivanchuk - V. Anand , Match (1), Linares 1992
100 18. V. Anand - G. Kamsky , Alekhine Memorial, Moscow 1992
104 19. V. Anand - V. Ivanchuk , Linares 1993
108 20. B. Gelfand - V. Anand , Linares 1993
112 21. V. Anand - E. Bareev , Linares 1993
117 22. V. Anand - F. Izeta , Madrid 1993
121 23. V. Anand - L. Ftacnik , Biel Interzonal 1993
128 24. L. Oll - V. Anand , Biel Interzonal 1993
132 25. M. Adams - V. Anand , European Clubs Cup Final, Hilversum 1993
138 26. V. Anand - A. Beliavsky , PCA Qualifier, Groningen 1993
144 27. J. Benjamin - V. Anand , PCA Qualifier, Groningen 1993
150 28. V. Anand - G. Kamsky , Linares 1994
155 29. V. Anand - J. Polgar , Linares 1994
159 30. V. Anand - G. Kamsky , PCA Candidates (3), Las Palmas 1995
166 31. V. Anand - G. Kamsky , PCA Candidates (9), Las Palmas 1995
173 32. V. Anand - G. Kamsky , PCA Candidates (11), Las Palmas 1995
178 33. V. Anand - J. Timman , Tal Memorial, Riga 1995
186 34. V. Anand - G. Kasparov , PCA World Championship (9), New York 1995
191 35. V. Anand - B. Gelfand , Wijk aan Zee 1996
200 36. V. Anand - J. Polgar , Amber Rapid, Monte Carlo 1996
204 37. V. Anand - V. Topalov , Dortmund 1996
209 38. V. Anand - V. Ivanchuk , Las Palmas 1996
213 39. V. Anand - A. Karpov , Las Palmas 1996
218 40. V. Anand - J. Lautier , Biel 1997
222 41. J. Lautier - V. Anand , Biel 1997
227 42. V. Kramnik - V. Anand , Belgrade 1997
236 43. P. Nikolic - V. Anand , FIDE World Ch., Groningen 1997
240 44. V. Anand - A. Shirov , FIDE World Ch., Groningen 1997
246 45. V. Anand - A. Karpov , FIDE World Ch. Final (6), Lausanne 1998
251 46. V. Anand - V. Topalov , Wijk aan Zee 1998
255 47. V. Ivanchuk - V. Anand , Linares 1998
259 48. V. Anand - V. Kramnik , Tilburg 1998
264 49. V. Anand - L. Oll , European Clubs Cup, Belgrade 1999
271 50. D. Reinderman - V. Anand , Wijk aan Zee 1999
275 51. V. Anand - J. Piket , Wijk aan Zee 1999
279 52. V. Anand - P. Svidler , Linares 1999
285 53. V. Topalov - V. Anand , Linares 1999
293 54. V. Anand - P. Nikolic , Wijk aan Zee 2000
299 55. V. Anand - A. Khalifman , FIDE World Cup, Shenyang 2000
306 56. V. Anand - M. Adams , FIDE World Ch., New Delhi 2000
313 57. V. Anand - A. Shirov , FIDE World Ch. Final (4), Teheran 2000
318 58. Gi. Hernandez - V. Anand , Merida 2001
326 59. V. Anand - N. Short , Merida 2001
332 60. V. Anand - A. Shirov , FIDE World Ch., Moscow 2001
337 61. V. Anand - A. Karpov , Eurotel Trophy rapid, Prague 2002
343 62. V. Anand - A. Karpov , Wijk aan Zee 2003
348 63. A. Shirov - V. Anand , Wijk aan Zee 2003
352 64. V. Anand - Z. Almasi , Bundesliga 2002/3
360 65. V. Anand - Cu. Hansen , Middelfart rapid 2003
364 66. V. Anand - V. Bologan , Dortmund 2003
370 67. J. Polgar - V. Anand , Rapid match (4), Mainz 2003
377 68. V. Anand - V. Kramnik , Cap d'Agde rapid 2003
383 69. V. Anand - E. Bareev , Wijk aan Zee 2004
391 70. V. Anand - M. Adams , World Ch., San Luis 2005
398 71. S. Kariakin - V. Anand , Wijk aan Zee 2006
403 72. V. Anand - B. Gelfand , Wijk aan Zee 2006
412 73. V. Topalov - V. Anand , Sofia 2006
418 74. V. Anand - M. Carlsen , Morelia/Linares 2007
425 75. V. Anand - V. Topalov , Leon rapid 2007
430 76. L. Aronian - V. Anand , World Ch., Mexico City 2007
437 77. V. Anand - A. Grishchuk , World Ch., Mexico City 2007
444 78. V. Anand - A. Morozevich , World Ch., Mexico City 2007
453 79. M. Carlsen - V. Anand , Wijk aan Zee 2008
462 80. B. Gelfand - V. Anand , Amber Blindfold, Nice 2008
467 81. V. Kramnik - V. Anand , World Ch. (3), Bonn 2008
477 82. V. Anand - V. Kramnik , World Ch. (6), Bonn 2008
483 83. V. Anand - V. Kramnik , Wijk aan Zee 2010
489 84. V. Anand - V. Topalov , World Ch. (4), Sofia 2010
496 85. V. Topalov - V. Anand , World Ch. (12), Sofia 2010
504 86. V. Topalov - V. Anand , Nanjing 2010
510 87. V. Anand - R. Kasimdzhanov , Rapid match (3), Tashkent 2011
514 Anand: World Chess Champion - An Appreciation by Sean Marsh
531 Anand's Career Record
540 Key
540 Symbols
541 Index of Opponents
542 Index of Openings |