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
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationHyderabad
Dates9 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
ChampionsViswanathan Anand
Runner-upRustam Kasimdzhanov

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
  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
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.
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
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
Anand–Kasimdzhanov, 2002 World Cup
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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 5 July 2009.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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