Chess World Cup 2002

Second Chess World Cup
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
Champions 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

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.  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
  1.  Xu Jun (CHN), 2643
  2.  Teimur Radjabov (AZE), 2628
  3.  Bartłomiej Macieja (POL), 2615
  4.  Giovanni Vescovi (BRA), 2614
  5.  Jaan Ehlvest (EST), 2600
  6.  Hichem Hamdouchi (MAR), 2593
  7.  Alex Yermolinsky (USA), 2575
  8.  Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2551
  9.  Mohammed Al-Modiahki (QAT), 2550
  10.  Surya Ganguly (IND), 2531, IM
  11.  Saidali Iuldachev (UZB), 2511
  12.  Watu Kobese (ZAF), 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 A Pts. Group B Pts. Group C Pts. Group D Pts.
Russia Vladimir Malakhov 3½ Russia Alexey Dreev 3½ Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov 3½ Slovenia Alexander Beliavsky 3½
China Ye Jiangchuan 3 Russia Sergei Rublevsky 3 India Viswanathan Anand 3 England Nigel Short 3½
Poland Bartłomiej Macieja 3 Azerbaijan Teimur Radjabov 3 India Krishnan Sasikiran 2½ Estonia Jaan Ehlvest 3½
Brazil Giovanni Vescovi 3 Georgia (country) Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2½ Morocco Hichem Hamdouchi 2½ India Surya Ganguly 2
Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk 2 United States Alex Yermolinsky 1½ Qatar Mohammed Al-Modiahki 2 India Pentala Harikrishna 1½
Uzbekistan Saidali Iuldachev ½ South Africa Watu Kobese 1½ China Xu Jun 1½ Russia Alexander Morozevich 1

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Slovenia Alexander Beliavsky 1½
Russia Sergei Rublevsky ½
Slovenia Alexander Beliavsky ½
Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov 1½
China Ye Jiangchuan ½
Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov 1½
Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½
India Viswanathan Anand 1½
England Nigel Short 1½
Russia Alexey Dreev 2½
Russia Alexey Dreev 2½
India Viswanathan Anand 3½
Russia Vladimir Malakhov ½
India Viswanathan Anand 1½

Final

Anand–Kasimdzhanov, 2002 World Cup
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a8 black rook
g8 black king
a7 black pawn
g7 black pawn
c6 black pawn
d6 white knight
f6 black pawn
h6 black pawn
b5 black pawn
c5 white pawn
d5 black pawn
f5 white bishop
d4 white pawn
g4 black bishop
a3 white pawn
c3 black knight
e3 white rook
f2 white pawn
h2 white bishop
g1 white king
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Final position of the match.

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
 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2755 ½ 1 1½
 Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2653 ½ 0 ½

References

  1. ↑ "The Hindu: Anand for World Cup".
  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 2009-07-05.
  4. ↑ "CB News: Indian ladies dazzle in Hyderabad".
  5. ↑ "2700.com - Morozevich, Alexander".
  6. ↑ "The Hindu: Anand retains world title".
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