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The Chess World Cup 2000 was held between 1 September and 13 September 2000, in Shenyang, China.[1][2]
The event was organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs. The intention was for this to be the first of four such events held through 2000, with one in the four continents (Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas).[3]
Format
[edit]The tournament was held with four six-player qualifying groups. Two players progressed from each group to a three-round knockout to decide the winner. Each round of the knockout consisted of a two game match, followed by tie breaks at faster time controls if required.
Qualification
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All players are Grandmasters, unless stated otherwise.
Qualification paths:
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Preliminary group stage
[edit]This stage took place between 1-5 September 2000
Group A
[edit]| Pl. | Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points |
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| 1 |  Gilberto Milos (Brazil) |
2663 | X | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3½ |
| 2 |  Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia) |
2673 | ½ | X | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Boris Gulko (USA) |
2643 | ½ | ½ | X | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2.5 |
| 4 |  Alexey Dreev (Russia) |
2676 | ½ | ½ | ½ | X | ½ | ½ | 2.5 |
| 5 |  Aleksey Aleksandrov (Belarus) |
2591 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | X | 1 | 2.5 |
| 6 | Alexander Morozevich (Russia) |
2756 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | X | 1 |
Group B
[edit]| Pl. | Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points |
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| 1 |  Ye Jiangchuan (China) |
2670 | X | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3.5 |
| 2 |  Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) |
2719 | ½ | X | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Nigel Short (England) |
2677 | 0 | ½ | X | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3 |
| 4 |  Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium) |
2667 | ½ | ½ | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Xu Jun (China) |
2668 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | X | ½ | 2 |
| 6 | Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) |
2630 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | X | 1.5 |
Group C
[edit]| Pl. | Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points |
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| 1 | Evgeny Bareev (Russia) |
2702 | X | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 2 |  Sergei Movsesian (Czech Republic) |
2666 | ½ | X | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Peter Svidler (Russia) |
2689 | ½ | ½ | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Zhang Zhong (China) |
2636 | ½ | ½ | 1 | X | 0 | ½ | 2.5 |
| 5 | Alexei Fedorov (Belarus) |
2646 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | X | ½ | 2 |
| 6 |  Aimen Rizouk (Algeria) |
2350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | X | 1 |
Group D
[edit]| Pl. | Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points |
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| 1 |  Viswanathan Anand (India) |
2762 | X | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 2 |  Boris Gelfand (Israel) |
2681 | ½ | X | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3 |
| 3 |  Vladislav Tkachiev (France) |
2657 | ½ | ½ | X | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Pavel Tregubov (Russia) |
2620 | ½ | ½ | ½ | X | ½ | ½ | 2.5 |
| 5 | Alexander Khalifman (Russia) |
2667 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | X | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Mohamed Tissir (Morocco) |
2342 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | X | 1 |
Knockout stage
[edit]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (best of 2) | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Gilberto Milos
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| C2 | Sergei Movsesian
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| A1 | Gilberto Milos
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| C1 | Evgeny Bareev
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| C1 | Evgeny Bareev
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| A2 | Zurab Azmaiparashvili
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| C1 | Evgeny Bareev
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| D1 | Viswanathan Anand
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| D2 | Boris Gelfand
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| B1 | Ye Jiangchuan
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| D2 | Boris Gelfand
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| D1 | Viswanathan Anand
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| B2 | Vassily Ivanchuk
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| D1 | Viswanathan Anand
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References
[edit]- ^ "The Week in Chess 305". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 306". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 298". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
External links
[edit]World Cup 2000 World Cup World Cup Category:Sport in Shenyang Category:2000 in Chinese sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by China