GM

Anand, Viswanathan

#13 World

IND IND·Born 1969·FIDE #5000017·4,517 Games

Classical27433,089 Games
Rapid2729733 Games
Blitz2704758 Games

Statistics

4517

Total

1618

Wins

2186

Draws

711

Losses

36%48%16%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.7% average
High resilience (66%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 86%
Very consistent (80%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 ♔ (74% in 104 games)
Vulnerable to 1.b3 ♚ (only 25%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 2,814 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening97.0%
Middlegame94.2%
Endgame95.5%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+4%
Winning (+2 or more)95%
168 Games
Equal position96%
274 Games
Losing (-2 or more)91%
58 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♞
21%
40 errors
♕
20%
39 errors
♙
18%
35 errors
♖
18%
35 errors
♗
11%
22 errors
♔
11%
22 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 28average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
57% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

6
8
6
8
7
7
8
5
10
6
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
d210 err
d58 err
f48 err
f68 err
e57 err
d2/d5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

D
Praggnanandhaa R2691

Tata Steel India Blitz · 11 Jan 2026

½-½
W
Murzin, Volodar2656

Tata Steel India Blitz · 11 Jan 2026

1-0
L
Nihal Sarin2705

Tata Steel India Blitz · 11 Jan 2026

0-1
D
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.2585

Tata Steel India Blitz · 11 Jan 2026

½-½
L
Wei, Yi2705

Tata Steel India Blitz · 11 Jan 2026

1-0
L
Erigaisi Arjun2775

Tata Steel India Blitz · 11 Jan 2026

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
Sicilian: e6 Systems
55.5%
128 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik
66.7%
12 Games·Wins

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4

Black
Nimzo-Indian: Capablanca
47.8%
23 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
▶
#49Rf4??
Endgame
vs Gukesh D
OTB·2025
▶
#32Rxg2+??
Tactics
vs Gukesh D
OTB·2025
▶
#48Qb1??
Endgame
vs Firouzja
OTB·2025
▶
#36Rd3??
Tactics
vs Caruana
OTB·2025
▶
#60Ke6??
Endgame
vs Gukesh D
OTB·2025
▶
#22c5??
Tactics
vs Praggnanandhaa R
OTB·2024
▶
#45b4??
Endgame
vs Royal
OTB·2024
▶
#17Qd6??
Tactics
vs Xhorxhi Pengo
OTB·2024
▶
#56Rc4??
Endgame
vs Vachier-Lagrave
Rapid·2023
▶
#21Bxb2??
Tactics
vs Nepomniachtchi
Blitz·2023
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire
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Starting Position
2354 Games
44%44%12%
1.e4
65%
1933
1.d4
68%
254
1.Nf3
74%
104
1.c4
70%
59
1.e3
75%
2
1.b3
100%
1
1.g3
50%
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