- Lvov 1987, 11½/17 1st
- New York Open 1988, 1st
- Debrecen 1988, 10 8/11 1st
- Linares 1989, 7/10 1st
- Yerevan 1989, 8½/11 1st
- Biel 1989, 9/14 1–2
- Tilburg 1990, 8½/14 1–2
- Linares 1991, 9½/13 1st
- Reykjavik 10½/15, 1–2
- Munich 1994, 7½/11 1st
- Linares 1995, 10/13 1st
- Horgen GER 1995, 7/10 1–2
- Wijk aan Zee 1996, 9/13 1st
- Belgrade 1997 6/9, 1–2
- Tallinn 2000 6/7, 1st
- Montecatini Terme 2000, 5/7 1st
- Malmö 2003, 13 7/9 1st
- European Individual Chess Championship 2004
- La Habana 2005, 9½/12 1st
- Barcelona 2005, 4/5 1–2
- Canadian Open Chess Championship 2005, Joint 1st
- Tallinn 2006, 7/9 1–3
- Odessa 2006, 7/9 1st
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- Mérida 2006, 1st
- Odessa 2007, 7/9 1st
- La Habana 2007, 7½/9 1st
- Foros 2007, 7½/11 1st
- FIDE World Blitz Chess Champion 2007
- Montreal International 2007
- M-Tel Masters, Sofia 2008 8/10 2008, 1st
- Tal Memorial, Moscow 2008, 6/9 1st
- Tal Memorial (Blitz), Moscow 2008, 1st
- Linares 2009 8/14, Joint 1st (Alexander Grischuk declared winner because of higher number of wins)
- Bazna 2009, 7/10 1st
- Jermuk 2009, 8½/13 1st
- Amber Rapid 2010, 8/11 Joint 1st (with Magnus Carlsen)
- Amber Overall 2010, Joint 1st (with Magnus Carlsen)
- Capablanca Memorial Havana 2010, 7/10 1st
- Cap d'Agde Rapid 2010, 1st
- Gibraltar 2011, 9/10 1st
- Capablanca Memorial Havana 2011, 6½/10 1st
- Grand Slam Bilbao – São Paulo 2011, Joint 1st (Magnus Carlsen wins the tie-break blitz games)
- Capablanca Memorial Havana, Cuba 2012, 6½/10, 1st.
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