Chess World Cup 2000
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Chess |
Location | Shenyang, China |
Dates | 1 September 2000–13 September 2000 |
Administrator | FIDE |
Tournament format(s) | Multi-stage tournament |
Host(s) | Chinese Chess Association |
Participants | 24 |
Purse | $200,000 |
Final positions | |
Champion | |
Runner-up | |
The FIDE World Cup 2000 was a 24-player Category XVI chess tournament played between 1 September and 13 September 2000 in Shenyang, China. The tournament was organized by FIDE, hosted by the Chinese Chess Association, and billed as the First Chess World Cup. Viswanathan Anand defeated Evgeny Bareev in the final to win the inaugural title and a $50,000 cash prize.[1]
Format
[edit]The 24 players were split into four groups of six players each, with every player playing each other player in his group once. The top two finishers in each group were sent forward to the knockout stages, with ties being resolved by playoffs. From the quarterfinals onward, each knockout match consisted of two games, with ties being broken by a set of speed games.[2]
Participants
[edit]All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.
Viswanathan Anand (IND), 2762
Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2756
Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2719
Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2702
Peter Svidler (RUS), 2689
Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2681
Nigel Short (ENG), 2677
Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2676
Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO), 2673
Ye Jiangchuan (CHN), 2670
Xu Jun (CHN), 2668
Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2667
Mikhail Gurevich (BEL), 2667
Sergei Movsesian (CZE), 2666
Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2657
Alexei Fedorov (BLR), 2646
Boris Gulko (USA), 2643
Zhang Zhong (CHN), 2636
Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2633
Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2630
Pavel Tregubov (RUS), 2620
Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR), 2591
Aimen Rizouk (ALG), 2350, IM
Mohamed Tissir (MAR), 2342, IM
Ratings are as per the July 2000 FIDE ratings list[3].
Calendar
[edit]Round | Dates |
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Group Stage | 1-5 September |
Quarterfinals | 7-8 September |
Semifinals | 9-10 September |
Final | 12-13 September |
Group stage
[edit]Nine out of the top 10 seeds finished the group stages with a plus or equal score – the lone exception, Alexander Morozevich, crashed out of the tournament with a single point in 5 games. The reigning FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman also suffered a disappointing showing, with losses to Anand and Gelfand. The dark horse of the tournament was 19th-seeded Gilberto Milos, a chess grandmaster from Brazil and five-time South American chess champion. Milos' upset win over Morozevich would propel him to the top of Group A, and eventually, into the semifinals of the World Cup. The top seed in each of the other groups advanced to the quarterfinals.[4]
Group A | Pts. | Group B | Pts. | Group C | Pts. | Group D | Pts. |
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3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
2½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
2½ | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | ||||
2½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
1 | 1½ | 1 | 1 |
Playoffs
[edit]Anand, the tournament's hitherto-untroubled No. 1 seed, breezed through the quarterfinal round against his longtime rival Vassily Ivanchuk. But Boris Gelfand gave Anand a challenge in the semi-final, and the match was not settled until a sudden-death blitz game. In the other half of the bracket, Bareev dropped the first game but managed to win his quarterfinal match against Azmaiparashvili before facing a relentless Gilberto Milos in the semifinals. Bareev eventually edged past the Brazilian, drawing both classical games before winning the first rapid playoff thanks to a distressing blunder (79. Nd5??) from Milos that cost him his queen and the match.[5][6]
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Final
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The first game of the World Cup final between Viswanathan Anand and Evgeny Bareev played out to a draw after 33 moves. In the second game, Anand – playing the white side of the French defence – sacrificed the exchange for two pawns to gain a slight advantage. But Bareev's fate was not sealed until 36... Re8?? - a shocking blunder that gave Anand a completely winning position.[7]
Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | Total |
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2762 | ½ | 1 | 1½ | |
2702 | ½ | 0 | ½ |
References
[edit]- ^ "FIDE World Cup from August 31". The Hindu. 2000-08-29.[dead link]
- ^ "The Week In Chess: 1st FIDE World Cup".
- ^ "FIDE Rating List July 2000".
- ^ "365Chess.com - FIDE World Cup 2000".
- ^ "The Week In Chess (2): 1st FIDE World Cup".
- ^ "Gilberto Milos vs Evgeny Bareev, WCC 2000: 0-1".
- ^ "Lichess Study: Anand v. Bareev, 2000". Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2016-12-26.