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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Chess |
| Location |  Hyderabad |
| Dates | 9 October 2002–22 October 2002 |
| Administrator(s) | FIDE |
Tournament format(s) | Multi-stage tournament |
| Host(s) | All India Chess Federation |
| Venue(s) | Ramoji Film City |
| Purse | $180,000 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Viswanathan Anand |
| Runner-up |  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]
Format[edit | edit source]
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 | edit source]
All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.
- Viswanathan Anand (IND), 2755
Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2709
Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2707
Nigel Short (ENG), 2684- Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2673
- Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2670
- Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2670
Ye Jiangchuan (CHN), 2667
Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO), 2666- Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2664
- Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2653
Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), 2650- Xu Jun (CHN), 2643
Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2628
Bartłomiej Macieja (POL), 2615
Giovanni Vescovi (BRA), 2614
Jaan Ehlvest (EST), 2600
Hichem Hamdouchi (MAR), 2593
Alex Yermolinsky (USA), 2575- Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2551
Mohammed Al-Modiahki (QAT), 2550- Surya Ganguly (IND), 2531, IM
- Saidali Iuldachev (UZB), 2511
Watu Kobese (RSA), 2399, IM
Calendar[edit | edit source]
| Round | Dates |
|---|---|
| Group Stage | 5–13 October |
| Quarterfinals | 15–16 October |
| Semifinals | 17–18 October |
| Final | 19–20 October |
Group stage[edit | edit source]
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
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3 | Zurab Azmaiparashvili
|
2½ | Hichem Hamdouchi
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2½ | Surya Ganguly
|
2 |
| Vassily Ivanchuk
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2 | Alex Yermolinsky
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1½ | Mohammed Al-Modiahki
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2 | Pentala Harikrishna
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1½ |
| Saidali Iuldachev
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½ | Watu Kobese
|
1½ | Xu Jun
|
1½ | Alexander Morozevich
|
1 |
Playoffs[edit | edit source]
| 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 | edit source]
In the final, Viswanathan Anand defended his World Cup title won in Shenyang against Rustam Kasimdzhanov in a two-game match. Game 1 of the match ended in a 16-stroke draw, with Kasimdzhanov failing to make any progress against Anand's Caro-Kann defense. In Game 2, Anand gradually outperformed Kasimdzhanov in the Petroff defense, gaining a strong advantage after 18 ... N6g5?. Kasimdzhanov would resign 11 moves later.
| Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viswanathan Anand (IND)
|
2755 | ½ | 1 | 1½ |
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)
|
2653 | ½ | 0 | ½ |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Anand for World Cup". The Hindu. 25 September 2002.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "CB News: The winners of Hyderabad".
- ↑ "The Week In Chess: FIDE World Cup in Hyderabad (Wayback Machine Internet Archive)". Archived from the original on 5 July 2009.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "CB News: Indian ladies dazzle in Hyderabad".
- ↑ "2700.com - Morozevich, Alexander".