How Anand won the FIDE KO  in 1997 at Groningen

1997 FIDE KO 

  Round 2 Anand defeats PR. Nikolic, by a score of 2-0 - with 2 wins 0 draws, 0 losses.

  Round    3 Anand defeats A Khalifman by score of 3.5 - 2.5 with 1 win 5 draws, 0 losses. 

  Round  4 - Anand defeats Z Almasi by a score of 2-0 with 2 wins 0 draws, 0 losses.

  Round 5 - Anand defeats A Shirov by a score of 1.5-..5 with 1 win, 1 draw , 0 losses. 

  Round 6 - Anand defeats B Gelfand  by a score of  1.5 - .5 with 1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses.

   Round 7 - Anand defeats M Adams by a score of 5-4 with 1 win , 8 draws, 0 losses- the title decided in SD, Armageddon.    This round started on 12/26/1997 - 12/30/1997.

  Anand took this KO with 8 wins.

 Anand went on to play Karpov for the FIDE title in 1998.

  Anand lost his title match against Karpov by a score of 5-3 with 4 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses. The match was decided in the rapid phase of the match.  This match started a 3 days after the round 7 of the KO ended. Anand had no time to rest and recharge.