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Chess World Cup 2002

The FIDE World Cup 2002, marketed as the Second Chess World Cup, was a 24-player Category XVI chess tournament played between 9 October and 22 October 2002 in Hyderabad, India.[1] The tournament was hosted at Ramoji Film City and organized by FIDE in conjunction with the All India Chess Federation. Former World Cup winner Viswanathan Anand defeated Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the final to retain the title.[2]

Second Chess World Cup
Viswanathan Anand
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationHyderabad, India
Dates9 October 2002–22 October 2002
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Multi-stage tournament
Host(s)All India Chess Federation
Venue(s)Ramoji Film City
Purse$180,000
Final positions
ChampionIndia Viswanathan Anand
Runner-upUzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov

Format edit

The tournament began with a league stage, consisting of 4 groups of six players each. Each player played a game against each of the other players in his group once. At the end of the group stage, the top two players from each group progressed to the quarterfinals. In the knockout rounds, each player played a two-game match against his opponent. If the match was tied after the regular games, blitz tie-breaks were used to determine a winner.[3]

Participants edit

All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1.   Viswanathan Anand (IND), 2755
  2.   Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2709
  3.   Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2707
  4.   Nigel Short (ENG), 2684
  5.   Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2673
  6.   Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2670
  7.   Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2670
  8.   Ye Jiangchuan (CHN), 2667
  9.   Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO), 2666
  10.   Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2664
  11.   Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2653
  12.   Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), 2650
  13.   Xu Jun (CHN), 2643
  14.   Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2628
  15.   Bartłomiej Macieja (POL), 2615
  16.   Giovanni Vescovi (BRA), 2614
  17.   Jaan Ehlvest (EST), 2600
  18.   Hichem Hamdouchi (MAR), 2593
  19.   Alex Yermolinsky (USA), 2575
  20.   Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2551
  21.   Mohammed Al-Modiahki (QAT), 2550
  22.   Surya Ganguly (IND), 2531, IM
  23.   Saidali Iuldachev (UZB), 2511
  24.   Watu Kobese (RSA), 2399, IM

Calendar edit

Round Dates
Group Stage 5–13 October
Quarterfinals 15–16 October
Semifinals 17–18 October
Final 19–20 October

Group stage edit

The group stages featured a number of surprising upsets, with the top three seeds all struggling to remain in contention. Anand, the No. 1 seed, overcame an early loss to Krishnan Sasikaran with wins over Kasimdzhanov and Al-Modiahki to finish second in his group. Vassily Ivanchuk was less fortunate, dropping games to Malakhov and Macieja and finishing fifth in Group A.[4] Morozevich never recovered after suffering a disastrous start with three straight losses to Ehlvest, Ganguly, and Harikrishna. He scored only one point in five matches, finishing second-to-last in the entire tournament and dropping below 2700 in Elo rating for the first time since 1998.[5]

Group A Pts. Group B Pts. Group C Pts. Group D Pts.
  Vladimir Malakhov 3½   Alexey Dreev 3½   Rustam Kasimdzhanov 3½   Alexander Beliavsky 3½
  Ye Jiangchuan 3   Sergei Rublevsky 3   Viswanathan Anand 3   Nigel Short 3½
  Bartłomiej Macieja 3   Teimour Radjabov 3   Krishnan Sasikiran 2½   Jaan Ehlvest 3½
  Giovanni Vescovi 3   Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2½   Hichem Hamdouchi 2½   Surya Ganguly 2
  Vassily Ivanchuk 2   Alex Yermolinsky 1½   Mohammed Al-Modiahki 2   Pentala Harikrishna 1½
  Saidali Iuldachev ½   Watu Kobese 1½   Xu Jun 1½   Alexander Morozevich 1

Playoffs edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
  Alexander Beliavsky 1½
  Sergei Rublevsky ½
  Alexander Beliavsky ½
  Rustam Kasimdzhanov 1½
  Ye Jiangchuan ½
  Rustam Kasimdzhanov 1½
  Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½
  Viswanathan Anand 1½
  Nigel Short 1½
  Alexey Dreev 2½
  Alexey Dreev 2½
  Viswanathan Anand 3½
  Vladimir Malakhov ½
  Viswanathan Anand 1½

Final edit

In the final, Viswanathan Anand defended his World Cup title won in Shenyang against Rustam Kasimdzhanov in a two-game match. The first game of the match ended in a 16-move draw, with Kasimdzhanov failing to make any headway against Anand's Caro-Kann defence. In Game 2, Anand gradually outplayed Kasimdzhanov in the Petroff defence, gaining a strong advantage after 18 ... N6g5?. Kasimdzhanov would resign 11 moves later.[6]

Name Rating 1 2 Total
  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2755 ½ 1 1½
  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2653 ½ 0 ½

References edit

  1. ^ "Anand for World Cup". The Hindu. 25 September 2002. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016.
  2. ^ "CB News: The winners of Hyderabad".
  3. ^ "The Week In Chess: FIDE World Cup in Hyderabad (Wayback Machine Internet Archive)". Archived from the original on 5 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "CB News: Indian ladies dazzle in Hyderabad".
  5. ^ "2700.com - Morozevich, Alexander".
  6. ^ "The Hindu: Anand retains world title".
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