List of Anand’s victories (Factfile)

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New Delhi, May 30: List of Vishwanathan Anand’s victories. The 42-year-old Indian won his fifth World Chess Championship title beating Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in the tie-breaker in Moscow Wednesday.

Notable Wins

1986: Arab-Asian International Chess Championship

1987: Sakthi Finance Grandmasters Chess Tournament

1988: 5 Hoogovens Chess Tournament

1989: 2nd Asian Active Chess Championship, Hong Kong

1990: Gold Medal in Asian Zonal Championship

1990: Manchester Chess Festival, Manchester

1990: Triveni Super Grandmasters Tournament, Delhi Joint

1991: World Chess Championship, Brussels Quarter Finalist

1992: Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament, Reggio Emilia

1992: Goodrich Open International Tournament, Calcutta

1992: Alekhine Memorial, Moscow

1993: PCA Interzonal, Groningen

1994: Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco

1994: World Championship Candidates Cycle, Linares

1994: PCA Grand Prix, Moscow

1995: PCA Candidates Final, Las Palmas

1996: Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund

1996: Credit Swiss Rapid Chess Grand Prix, Geneva

1996: Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez, Leon

1997: Torneo de Ajedrex, Dos Hermanes

1997: Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco

1997: Aegon Man vs Computers Chess Event

1997: Chess Classic Rapid Tournament, Frankfurt

1997: Invesbanka Chess tournament, Belgrade

1997: Credit Suisse Classic Tournament, Biel

1997: Knock-Out Championship, Groningen

1998: FIDE World Chess Championship (Finalist)

1998: 60th Hoogoven’s Schaak Tornoi, Wijk Aan Zee

1998: Torneo International De Ajedrez, Linares

1998: Torneo Magitral Communidad De Madrid, Madrid

1998: Siemens Nixdorf Duell (Rapid), Frankfurt

1998: Fontys-Tilburg International Chess Tournament

1999: Wydra Memorial Chess (Rapid), Haifa

1999: Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez, Leon

2000: Wydra International Tournament (Rapid), Haifa

2000: Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez, Leon

2000: Fujitsu Siemens Giants Chess (Rapid), Frankfurt

2000: Corsica Masters (Rapid), Corsica

2000: Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund (Joint with Kramnik)

2000: FIDE World Cup, Shenyeng

2000: FIDE World Chess Championships, Teheran and New Delhi

2001: 2nd Torneo Magistral, Mexico

2001: Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez, Leon

2001: Duel of the Champions (Rapid)

2001: FIDE World Chess Championship, Moscow (Semi Finalist)

2001: Corsica Masters (Rapid), Corsica

2002: Eurotel World Chess Trophy, Prague

2002: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz

2002: FIDE World Cup, Hyderabad

2002: Corsica Masters (Rapid), Corsica

2003: Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee

2003: Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco

2003: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz beat Judith Polgar 5.0:3.0

2003: Corsica Masters, Bastia

2004: Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee

2004: Dortmunder Schachtage, Dortmund

2004: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz beat Alexei Shirov 4.5:2.5

2004: Corsica Masters, Bastia

2005: 18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess, Leon

2005: Chess Classic, Mainz

2005: FIDE World Chess Championship Tournament, San Luis (Runner-up to Topalov)

2006: Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk Aan Zee (jointly with Veselin Topalov)

2006: Melody Amber Tournament, Monaco (jointly with Alexander Morozevich)

2006: 19th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess, Leon

2006: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz

2006: Mikhail Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament, Moscow

2007: Morelia-Linares Super Grandmaster Tournament, Linares

2007: 20th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess, Leon beat Topalov

2007: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz

2008: Morelia-Linares Super Grandmaster Tournament, Linares

2008: Chess Classic (Rapid), Mainz

2011: Leon Chess Tournament, Leon

2011: Botvinnik Memorial, Moscow

2011: Corsica Masters Knockout (Rapid), Corsica

2012: FIDE World Chess Championship, Moscow

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