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         Site: Russia  Moscow
         Event Date: 27.11.2001 - 28.11.2001

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 1
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 India IND 2797  GM Viswanathan Anand 0 1 1 ½     2.5/4 
02 France FRA 2382  IM Olivier Touzane 1 0 0 ½     1.5/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 2
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 United Kingdom ENG 2744  GM Michael Adams 1 1         2.0/2 
02 France FRA 2357  FM Gaetan Sarthou 0 0         0.0/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 3
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2739  GM Alexander Morozevich ½ 1         1.5/2 
02 Russia RUS  Nugzar Zeliakov ½ 0         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 4
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2348  IM Baatr Shovunov ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Ukraine UKR 2731  GM Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk ½ 1         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 5
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Hungary HUN 2730  GM Péter Lékó 1 0 1 1     3.0/4 
02 South Africa RSA 2373  IM Watu Kobese 0 1 0 0     1.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 6
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Australia AUS 2400  IM Mikhail Gluzman 0 0         0.0/2 
02 Russia RUS 2719  GM Evgeny Bareev 1 1         2.0/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 7
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Israel ISR 2714  GM Boris Gelfand ½ 1         1.5/2 
02 Cuba CUB 2415  IM Alexis Cabrera ½ 0         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 8
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Argentina ARG 2425  IM Facundo Pierrot 0 0         0.0/2 
02 Bulgaria BUL 2711  GM Veselin Topalov 1 1         2.0/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 9
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Spain ESP 2706  GM Alexei Shirov 1 1         2.0/2 
02 Algeria ALG 2442  IM Aimen Rizouk 0 0         0.0/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 10
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2461  IM Nikolai Vlassov ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Uzbekistan UZB 2704  GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½ 1         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 11
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Israel ISR 2702  GM Ilya Smirin 1 1         2.0/2 
02 Zambia ZAM 2462  IM Amon Simutowe 0 0         0.0/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 12
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2699  GM Alexander Khalifman ½ ½ 1 1     3.0/4 
02 India IND 2464  IM Surya Shekhar Ganguly ½ ½ 0 0     1.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 13
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 The Netherlands NED 2643  GM Loek van Wely 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 Argentina ARG 2471  IM Rubén Felgaer 0 ½         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 14
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Egypt EGY 2477  IM Fouad El Taher 1 0 0 0     1.0/4 
02 Bulgaria BUL 2695  GM Kiril Georgiev 0 1 1 1     3.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 15
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2695  GM Peter Svidler 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 Argentina ARG 2481  GM Alejandro Hoffman 0 ½         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 16
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 China CHN 2487  GM Zhang Pengxiang ½ ½ 1 1     3.0/4 
02 Russia RUS 2692  GM Anatoly Karpov ½ ½ 0 0     1.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 17
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2797  GM Alexey Dreev ½ 1         1.5/2 
02 Georgia GEO 2487  IM Khvicha Supatashvili ½ 0         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 18
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Quatar QAT 2492  GM Mohamad Al-Modiahki 0 0         0.0/2 
02 Hungary HUN 2686  GM Judit Polgár 1 1         2.0/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 19
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Ukraine UKR 2684  GM Ruslan Ponomariov 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 China CHN 2494  IM Li Wenliang 0 ½         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 20
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Uzbekistan UZB 2495  IM Alexei Barsov ½ ½ 0 0     1.0/4 
02 China CHN 2677  GM Ye Jiangchuan ½ ½ 1 1     3.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 21
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 France FRA 2675  GM Joël Lautier 1 1         2.0/2 
02 India IND 2499  GM Dibyendu Barua 0 0         0.0/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 22
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Argentina ARG 2506  GM Daniel Cámpora 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 United Kingdom ENG 2675  GM Nigel Short 0 ½         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 23
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Georgia GEO 2674  GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 Uzbekistan UZB 2508  GM Saidali Iuldachev 0 ½         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 24
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Iran IRI 2509  GM Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Russia RUS 2669  GM Alexander Grischuk ½ 1         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 25
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 China CHN 2667  GM Zhang Zhong 0 1 1 1     3.0/4 
02 China CHN 2517  IM Yu Shaoteng 1 0 0 0     1.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 26
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 India IND 2522  GM Pendyala Harikrishna ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Slovenia SLO 2659  GM Alexander Beliavsky ½ 1         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 27
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Moldova MDA 2655  GM Viktor Viorel Bologan ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 France FRA 2529  GM Igor-Alexandre Nataf ½ 1         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 28
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Unbekistan UZB 2529  GM Shukhrat Safin ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHI 2652  GM Predrag Nikolic ½ 1         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 29
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 5/6 TOTAL 
01 Israel ISR 2651  GM Emil Sutovsky 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 3.5/7 
02 Colombia COL 2530  GM Alonso Zapata 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 3.5/7 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 30
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Tunisia TUN 2531  IM Slim Belkhodja 0 ½         0.5/2 
02 Armenia ARM 2650  GM Rafael Vaganian 1 ½         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 31
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 China CHN 2646  GM Xu Jun 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 Bosnia - Herzigovina BIH 2532  GM Suat Atalik 0 ½         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 32
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Morocco MAR 2533  GM Hichem Hamdouchi ½ ½ 0 0     1.0/4 
02 France FRA 2642  GM Vladislav Tkachiev ½ ½ 1 1     3.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 33
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Vietnam VIE 2533  GM Nguyen Anh Dung ½ ½ 1 1     3.0/4 
02 Russia RUS 2639  GM Sergei Rublevsky ½ ½ 0 0     1.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 34
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Poland POL 2537  GM Jacek Gdanski ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Russia RUS 2638  GM Vadim Zvjaginsev ½ 1         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 35
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Belgium BEL 2633  GM Mikhail Gurevich 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 Romania ROM 2548  GM Dorian Rogozenco 0 ½         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 36
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Ukraine UKR 2549  GM Stanislav Savchenko 1 0 ½ 0     1.5/4 
02 Spain ESP 2630  GM Francisco Vallejo Pons 0 1 ½ 1     2.5/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 37
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Germany GER 2530  GM Rustem Dautov 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 United States USA 2550  GM Dmitry Gurevich 0 ½         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 38
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Ukraine UKR 2551  IM Andrei Volokitin ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 2.5/6 
02 Russia RUS 2630  GM Konstantin Sakaev ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 3.5/6 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 39
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Ukraine UKR 2554  GM Georgy Timoshenko 0 ½         0.5/2 
02 Bulgaria BUL 2629  GM Aleksander Delchev 1 ½         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 40
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Croatia CRO 2555  GM Ognjen Cvitan ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Russia RUS 2628  GM Alexander Lastin ½ 1         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 41
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2627  GM Alexander Motylev 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 China CHN 2556  GM Liang Chong 0 ½         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 42
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Ukraine UKR 2557  GM Vadim Malakhatko ½ ½ 0 ½     1.5/4 
02 Slovakia SVK 2627  GM Sergei Movsesian ½ ½ 1 ½     2.5/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 43
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Estonia EST 2627  GM Jaan Ehlvest ½ ½ ½ 1     2.5/4 
02 Azerbaijan AZE 2558  GM Teimour Radjabov ½ ½ ½ 0     1.5/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 44
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Canada CAN 2564  GM Alexandre Lesičge ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Russia RUS 2625  GM Sergei Shipov ½ 1         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 45
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Switzerland SUI 2624  GM Viktor Korchnoi ½ ½ ½ 0     1.5/4 
02 Israel ISR 2566  GM Lev Psakhis ½ ½ ½ 1     2.5/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 46
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 United States USA 2570  GM Larry Christiansen ½ ½ 0 0     1.0/4 
02 The Netherlands NED 2618  GM Sergei Tiviakov ½ ½ 1 1     3.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 47
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Switzerland SUI 2614  GM Vadim Milov 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5/6 
02 United States USA 2571  GM Alex Yermolinsky 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.5/6 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 48
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Vietnam VIE 2572  GM Dao Thien Hai ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Brazil BRA 2614  GM Gilberto Milos ½ 1         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 49
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2613  GM Evgeny Pigusov 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 United States USA 2573  GM Alexander Ivanov 0 ½         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 50
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Lithuania LTU 2573  GM Sarunas Sulskis 1 0 1 1     3.0/4 
02 Germany GER 2610  GM Alexander Graf 0 1 0 0     1.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 51
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 5/6 TOTAL 
01 Romania ROM 2609  GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 3.0/7 
02 Cuba CUB 2573  GM Lázaro Bruzón ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 4.0/7 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 52
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Poland POL 2573  GM Michal Krasenkow 0 0         0.0/2 
02 Armenia ARM 2598  GM Smbat Lputian 1 1         2.0/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 53
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 United States USA 2605  GM Gregory Kaidanov 0 ½         0.5/2 
02 United States USA 2574  GM Alexander Shabalov 1 ½         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 54
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2578  GM Sergey Viktorovich Volkov 1 0 0 0     1.0/4 
02 Germany GER 2604  GM Thomas Luther 0 1 1 1     3.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 55
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Armenia ARM 2604  GM Karen Asrian ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.5/6 
02 Germany GER 2579  GM Igor Khenkin ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5/6 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 56
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 5/6 TOTAL 
01 Hungary HUN 2602  GM Zoltan Gyimesi ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 4.0/7 
02 United Kingdom ENG 2580  GM Stuart Conquest ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 3.0/7 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 57
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 United States USA 2602  GM Boris Gulko ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Brazil BRA 2581  GM Giovanni Vecovi ½ 1         1.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 58
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Kazakhstan KAZ 2600  GM Pavel Kotsur ½ ½ 0 ½     1.5/4 
02 Cuba CUB 2585  GM Leinier Domínguez Pérez ½ ½ 1 ½     2.5/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 59
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 United States USA 2587  GM Joel Benjamin ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 2.5/6 
02 Ukraine UKR 2599  GM Vladimir Baklan ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 3.5/6 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 60
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Armenia ARN 2588  GM Ashot Anastasian 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 Belarus BLR 2599  GM Alexei Fedorov 0 ½         0.5/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 61
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Israel ISR 2598  GM Boris Avrukh 0 0         0.0/2 
02 Poland POL 2588  GM Bartlomiej Macieja 1 1         2.0/2 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 62
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 India IND 2589  GM Krishnan Sasikiran ½ ½ 1 ½     2.5/4 
02 Ukraine UKR 2598  GM Vereslav Eingorn ½ ½ 0 ½     1.5/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 63
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2591  GM Konstantin Aseev ½ ½ 0 0     1.0/4 
02 Russia RUS 2595  GM Michail Kobalija ½ ½ 1 1     3.0/4 

         ROUND ONE - MATCH 64
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Denmark DEN 2593  GM Peter Heine Nielsen 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 United States USA 2594  GM Alexander Goldin 0 ½         0.5/2 



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FIDE World Chess Championship 2002

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 was held in Moscow, Russia. The first six rounds were played between 27 November and 14 December 2001, and the final match started on 16 January and ended on 23 January 2002. The Ukrainian Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov, aged 18, won the championship.

Background

At the time of this championship, the World title was split. The Classical World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik, did not participate, as well as the previous Classical Champion and world's highest-rated player, Garry Kasparov. However, all other strongest players of the world took part, including the top seed and winner of the previous FIDE World Championship Viswanathan Anand.

Playing conditions

The championship was a knockout tournament similar to other FIDE World Chess Championships between 1998 and 2004: the players were paired for short matches, with losers eliminated. The field of 128 participants was reduced to one winner over seven rounds.

Rounds 1-5 consisted of a two game match, followed by tie breaks at faster time controls if required. The time control for regular games was 75 minutes for the first 40 moves and 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added after each move. Tie breaks consisted of two rapid chess games (20 minutes each + 10 seconds per move); followed by two blitz games if required (5 minutes + 10 seconds per move); followed by a single Armageddon chess game if required (white has 6 minutes and must win, black has 5 minutes and only needs to draw). The semifinals (round 6) were best of four games, and the final was best of eight games, with the same conditions for the tie-breaks.

In addition to previous criticisms of the knockout format (see FIDE World Chess Championship 1998#Controversies), this tournament was criticised by Garry Kasparov for using a faster time control, which Kasparov claimed was lowering the standard of the games.

Participants

All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.



Qualification

Players qualified for the championship according to the following criteria:
  1. four semi-finalists of the previous championship (Viswanathan Anand, Alexei Shirov, Michael Adams, Alexander Grischuk);
  2. the World Junior Champion 2000 (Lazaro Bruzon);
  3. 20 best rated players (the average of July 2000 and January 2001 rating lists was used);
  4. 90 qualifiers from the continental championships;
  5. eight qualifiers from the Internet championship;
  6. five nominees of the FIDE President.
Schedule

There was one rest day during round 4 and two rest days during round 6. The tie-breaks of rounds 1-5 were played in the evening following the second game. The final took place one month after rounds 1-6.

Round 1: 27 November 2001, 28 November 2001 (tiebreaks on 28 November 2001)
Round 2: 29 November 2001, 30 November 2001 (tiebreaks on 30 November 2001)
Round 3: 1 December 2001, 2 December 2001 (tiebreaks on 2 December 2001)
Round 4: 3 December 2001, 5 December 2001 (tiebreaks on 5 December 2001)
Round 5: 6 December 2001, 7 December 2001 (tiebreaks on 7 December 2001)
Round 6: 8 December 2001, 10 December 2001, 11 December 2001, 13 December 2001
               (tiebreaks on 7 December 2001)
Round 7: 16 January 2002 - 24 January 2002, with a rest day on 20 January 2002 (tiebreaks on 25 January 2002)

Results, rounds 5-7



Results, rounds 1-4















 

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