Chess World Cup 2002

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Second Chess World Cup
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Viswanathan Anand
Tournament information
Sport Chess
Location Hyderabad, India
Dates9 October 2002–22 October 2002
Administrator FIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Multi-stage tournament
Host(s) All India Chess Federation
Venue(s) Ramoji Film City
Purse$180,000
Final positions
Champion Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
Runner-up Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Rustam Kasimdzhanov

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]

Contents

Format

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

All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1. Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (IND), 2755
  2. Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vassily Ivanchuk  (UKR), 2709
  3. Flag of Russia.svg  Alexander Morozevich  (RUS), 2707
  4. Flag of England.svg  Nigel Short  (ENG), 2684
  5. Flag of Russia.svg  Alexey Dreev  (RUS), 2673
  6. Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Malakhov  (RUS), 2670
  7. Flag of India.svg  Krishnan Sasikiran  (IND), 2670
  8. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ye Jiangchuan  (CHN), 2667
  9. Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Zurab Azmaiparashvili  (GEO), 2666
  10. Flag of Russia.svg  Sergei Rublevsky  (RUS), 2664
  11. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Rustam Kasimdzhanov  (UZB), 2653
  12. Flag of Slovenia.svg  Alexander Beliavsky  (SLO), 2650
  13. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Jun  (CHN), 2643
  14. Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Teimour Radjabov  (AZE), 2628
  15. Flag of Poland.svg  Bartłomiej Macieja  (POL), 2615
  16. Flag of Brazil.svg  Giovanni Vescovi  (BRA), 2614
  17. Flag of Estonia.svg  Jaan Ehlvest  (EST), 2600
  18. Flag of Morocco.svg  Hichem Hamdouchi  (MAR), 2593
  19. Flag of the United States.svg  Alex Yermolinsky  (USA), 2575
  20. Flag of India.svg  Pentala Harikrishna  (IND), 2551
  21. Flag of Qatar.svg  Mohammed Al-Modiahki  (QAT), 2550
  22. Flag of India.svg  Surya Ganguly  (IND), 2531, IM
  23. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Saidali Iuldachev  (UZB), 2511
  24. Flag of South Africa.svg  Watu Kobese  (RSA), 2399, IM

Calendar

RoundDates
Group Stage5–13 October
Quarterfinals15–16 October
Semifinals17–18 October
Final19–20 October

Group stage

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 APts.Group BPts.Group CPts.Group DPts.
Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malakhov Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Dreev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Rustam Kasimdzhanov Flag of Slovenia.svg Alexander Beliavsky
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Jiangchuan 3 Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Rublevsky 3 Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand 3 Flag of England.svg Nigel Short
Flag of Poland.svg Bartłomiej Macieja 3 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Teimour Radjabov 3 Flag of India.svg Krishnan Sasikiran Flag of Estonia.svg Jaan Ehlvest
Flag of Brazil.svg Giovanni Vescovi 3 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Zurab Azmaiparashvili Flag of Morocco.svg Hichem Hamdouchi Flag of India.svg Surya Ganguly 2
Flag of Ukraine.svg Vassily Ivanchuk 2 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Yermolinsky Flag of Qatar.svg Mohammed Al-Modiahki 2 Flag of India.svg Pentala Harikrishna
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Saidali Iuldachev ½ Flag of South Africa.svg Watu Kobese Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Jun Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Morozevich 1

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Flag of Slovenia.svg Alexander Beliavsky
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Rublevsky ½
Flag of Slovenia.svg Alexander Beliavsky ½
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Jiangchuan ½
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½
Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
Flag of England.svg Nigel Short
Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Dreev
Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Dreev
Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malakhov ½
Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand

Final

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]

NameRating12Total
Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (IND)2755½1
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Rustam Kasimdzhanov  (UZB)2653½0½

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