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Chess World Cup 2000

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First Chess World Cup
Viswanathan Anand
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationShenyang, China
Dates1 September 2000–13 September 2000
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Multi-stage tournament
Host(s)Chinese Chess Association
Participants24
Purse$200,000
Final positions
ChampionIndia Viswanathan Anand
Runner-upRussia Evgeny Bareev

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

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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

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All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1.  Viswanathan Anand (IND), 2762
  2.  Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2756
  3.  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2719
  4.  Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2702
  5.  Peter Svidler (RUS), 2689
  6.  Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2681
  7.  Nigel Short (ENG), 2677
  8.  Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2676
  9.  Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO), 2673
  10.  Ye Jiangchuan (CHN), 2670
  11.  Xu Jun (CHN), 2668
  12.  Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2667
  13.  Mikhail Gurevich (BEL), 2667
  14.  Sergei Movsesian (CZE), 2666
  15.  Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2657
  16.  Alexei Fedorov (BLR), 2646
  17.  Boris Gulko (USA), 2643
  18.  Zhang Zhong (CHN), 2636
  19.  Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2633
  20.  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2630
  21.  Pavel Tregubov (RUS), 2620
  22.  Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR), 2591
  23.  Aimen Rizouk (ALG), 2350, IM
  24.  Mohamed Tissir (MAR), 2342, IM

Ratings are as per the July 2000 FIDE ratings list[3].

Calendar

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Round Dates
Group Stage 1-5 September
Quarterfinals 7-8 September
Semifinals 9-10 September
Final 12-13 September

Group stage

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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.
Brazil Gilberto Milos 3½ China Ye Jiangchuan 3½ Russia Evgeny Bareev 3½ India Viswanathan Anand 3½
Georgia (country) Zurab Azmaiparashvili 3 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk 3 Czech Republic Sergei Movsesian 3 Israel Boris Gelfand 3
United States Boris Gulko 2½ England Nigel Short 3 Russia Peter Svidler 3 France Vladislav Tkachiev 3
Russia Alexey Dreev 2½ Belgium Mikhail Gurevich 2 China Zhang Zhong 2½ Russia Pavel Tregubov 2½
Belarus Aleksej Aleksandrov 2½ China Xu Jun 2 Belarus Alexei Fedorov 2 Russia Alexander Khalifman 2
Russia Alexander Morozevich 1 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 1½ Algeria Aimen Rizouk 1 Morocco Mohamed Tissir 1

Playoffs

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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]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
India Viswanathan Anand 1½
Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk ½
India Viswanathan Anand 3½
Israel Boris Gelfand 2½
Israel Boris Gelfand 2½
China Ye Jiangchuan 1½
India Viswanathan Anand 1½
Russia Evgeny Bareev ½
Czech Republic Sergei Movsesian 2
Brazil Gilberto Milos 3
Brazil Gilberto Milos 1½
Russia Evgeny Bareev 2½
Georgia (country) Zurab Azmaiparashvili 1½
Russia Evgeny Bareev 2½

Final

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Anand–Bareev, 2000 World Cup
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e8 white knight
a7 black pawn
f7 black king
h7 black pawn
d6 white rook
c5 white pawn
b4 white pawn
c4 white king
f4 white pawn
g4 black pawn
a2 white pawn
e2 black pawn
h2 white pawn
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Final game, after 37...e2; Anand played 38 Rf6+ and Bareev resigned (38... Ke7 39 f5 e1=Q 40 Re6+)

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
 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2762 ½ 1 1½
 Evgeny Bareev (RUS) 2702 ½ 0 ½

References

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  1. ^ "FIDE World Cup from August 31". The Hindu. 2000-08-29.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "The Week In Chess: 1st FIDE World Cup".
  3. ^ "FIDE Rating List July 2000".
  4. ^ "365Chess.com - FIDE World Cup 2000".
  5. ^ "The Week In Chess (2): 1st FIDE World Cup".
  6. ^ "Gilberto Milos vs Evgeny Bareev, WCC 2000: 0-1".
  7. ^ "Lichess Study: Anand v. Bareev, 2000". Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
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