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Coming up in 2004
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Exhibition with Vasselin Topalov, Sofia,Bulgaria
- Jan 29th - Feb 2nd. Awaiting Details
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Bundesligaweekends
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Monaco Amber Tournament
Past Tournaments and Matches
Completed in 2004
Completed in 2003
- Cap d'Agde: October 23rd to 30th
- This is being billed as the "Challenge for the official World Title in rapid chess."
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Anand versus Judith, Mainz Chess Classic
-- August 14-17th
- In this year's edition of the Mainz Chess Classic, Anand takes on Judit Polgar. Eight rapid games: G25 +10s each
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Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2003 - 31st July - August 10th
- Early confirmation of participation from Anand, Kramnik and Leko.
Full coverage in this site
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Linares 2003 - Feb 21st - March 9th
- In the traditional Linares Supertournament, Anand will be joined by Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Ruslan Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Teimour Radjabov. Note that the rest days are 26th February and 4th March 2003.
Full coverage in this site
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The 12th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament will take place 15th-27th March 2003
- Anand has confirmed his participation in this one.
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SIS-MH Masters, Denmark, April 4-6 2003
- I have rec'd the Press Release for this one. Will post the details shortly.
- The 65th Corus Tournament --
Wijk Aan Zee 2003
- Jan 10th - 26th
- Anand will start off the new year in what is now a tradition for most top GMs. He will play in Corus. The other players include: Kramnik, Ponomariov, Ivanchuk, Topalov, Timman and others.
Full coverage in this site
2002
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The FIDE World Cup 2002 -- Hyderabad, India - October 9th - 20th
- Anand, under a lot of pressure to play in this one, has relented. Most of the other superGMs have refused and thus Anand is easily the top seed. Lots of pressure on him since he will be playing in front of his home country.
Thanks to Kartik Prasad for bringing this to my attention. Full coverage in this site
- Match of the Century 2002 -- Russia versus the Rest of the World -- Moscow, Russia September 8th - 11th
- Anand,led the Rest of the World team. Kasparov, Kramnik and Karpov played in the match but the Rest of the World won. Anand played 9 games and did well.
2000
- Frankfurt Chess Classic 2000 - June 22nd-25th
- Anand will play in the Fujitsu Siemens Giants category.
The other five players in this double round robin category are Kasparov,
Kramnik, Leko, Morozevich and Shirov.
Full coverage in this site
- Dortmund 2000 - July 7th-16th 2000
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It's the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2000.
In the first round, Anand will play Khalifman. The others
in this tournament are Bareev, Adams, Piket, Akopian, Leko, Huebner and the
computer JUNIOR 6.
Full coverage in this site
- Early 2000 Ultimate WCC World Championship Match with Gary
Kasparov. CANCELLED
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Anand and Kasparov have agreed to play a 16 game match sometime
in November (previously announced as October) 1999 for the title
of the World Champion. If it is a 8-8 tie, Garry retains his
title.
This match might be held in Prague, but the venue has not been
announced.
- Mar 16 - Mar 28 Amber
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Anand finished in the middle of the pack in the Rapid
category, but he was a close second (by 0.5 points) in the Blindfold
event.
- Linares 2000 - February 28th to March 10th
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Anand, Kasparov, Khalifman, Shirov, Kramnik and Leko will be
playing
in this double round-robin.
Full coverage in this site
- Corus Tournament - Wijk Aan Zee 2000 - Jan 14th - 30th
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Anand played against Garry Kasparov, Kramnik, Morezovich,
Adams, Leko and Judith Polgar among others for what was
touted as the strongest tournament of 2000.
1999
- Late October 1999 European Club Cup
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Anand played for the Agrouniverzal Team in just two of the
qualifying games. AZT did qualify for the finals, held in
late October, but Anand did not participate in that.
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July 10 -July 17 Dortmund, Germany
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Jun 28 - July
Frankfurt Chess Classic (GIANTS),Germany
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Four of the best players in the world will play in this all-play-all
tournament. In addition to Anand, there will be Kasparov, Karpov and
Kramnik making appearances!
Anand will also give an exhibition match with the chess program Fritz.
- Jun 10 - Jun 14
( Advanced Chess in
Leon, Spain)
- Unfortunately, Kasparov has withdrawn due to
differences with the organizers. Anand and Anatoly Karpov will
play 6 games in 3 days, with the aid of computers.
- Apr 5 - Apr 18 Dos Hermanas, Spain
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Viswanathan Anand is joined by Vladimir Kramnik,
Gelfand, Anatoly Karpov, Judit Polgar, Michael Adams,
Miguel Illescas, Viktor Korchnoi, Peter Svidler and Veselin
Topalov.
- Mar 15 - Mar 29 Monaco
- Monaco is not your average tournament. One blitz
game and one blindfold game every day!
Kramnik, Karpov, Topalov and Shirov are
joining Anand.
- Feb 20 - Mar 10 Linares,
Spain
- Anand's performance in 1999 at Linares was
excellent. He finished second and Kasparov won.
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