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FIDE World Chess Championship 2002

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World Chess Championship 2002
Ruslan Ponomariov
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationMoscow
Dates27 November 2001–23 January 2002
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Single-elimination tournament
Host(s)Russian Chess Federation
Participants128
Final positions
ChampionUkraine Ruslan Ponomariov
Runner-upUkraine Vasyl Ivanchuk
Tournament statistics
Matches played127

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 was held in Moscow, Russia. The first six rounds were played between 27 November and 14 December 2001, and the final match started on 16 January and ended on 23 January 2002. The Ukrainian Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov, aged 18, won the championship and became the youngest FIDE World Champion.

Background

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At the time of this championship, the World title was split. The Classical World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik, did not participate, as well as the previous Classical Champion and world's highest-rated player, Garry Kasparov. However, all other strongest players of the world took part, including the top seed and winner of the previous FIDE World Championship Viswanathan Anand.

Playing conditions

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The championship was a knockout tournament similar to other FIDE World Chess Championships between 1998 and 2004: the players were paired for short matches, with losers eliminated. The field of 128 participants was reduced to one winner over seven rounds.

Rounds 1–5 consisted of a two-game match, followed by tie breaks at faster time controls if required. The time control for regular games was 75 minutes for the first 40 moves and 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added after each move. Tie breaks consisted of two rapid chess games (20 minutes each + 10 seconds per move); followed by two blitz games if required (5 minutes + 10 seconds per move); followed by a single Armageddon chess game if required (white has 6 minutes and must win, black has 5 minutes and only needs to draw). The semifinals (round 6) were best of four games, and the final was best of eight games, with the same conditions for the tie-breaks.

In addition to previous criticisms of the knockout format (see FIDE World Chess Championship 1998#Controversies), this tournament was criticised by Garry Kasparov for using a faster time control, which Kasparov claimed was lowering the standard of the games.[1]

Participants

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All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1.  Viswanathan Anand (IND), 2797
  2.  Michael Adams (ENG), 2744
  3.  Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2739
  4.  Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR), 2731
  5.  Peter Leko (HUN), 2730
  6.  Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2719
  7.  Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2714
  8.  Veselin Topalov (BUL), 2711
  9.  Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2706
  10.  Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2704
  11.  Ilya Smirin (ISR), 2702
  12.  Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2699
  13.  Loek van Wely (NED), 2695
  14.  Kiril Georgiev (BUL), 2695
  15.  Peter Svidler (RUS), 2695
  16.  Anatoly Karpov (RUS), 2692
  17.  Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2690
  18.  Judit Polgár (HUN), 2686
  19.  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2684
  20.  Ye Jiangchuan (CHN), 2677
  21.  Joël Lautier (FRA), 2675
  22.  Nigel Short (ENG), 2675
  23.  Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO), 2674
  24.  Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2669
  25.  Zhang Zhong (CHN), 2667
  26.  Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), 2659
  27.  Viktor Bologan (MDA), 2655
  28.  Predrag Nikolić (BIH), 2652
  29.  Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2651
  30.  Rafael Vaganian (ARM), 2650
  31.  Xu Jun (CHN), 2646
  32.  Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2642
  33.  Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2639
  34.  Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2638
  35.  Mikhail Gurevich (BEL), 2633
  36.  Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2630
  37.  Rustem Dautov (GER), 2630
  38.  Konstantin Sakaev (RUS), 2630
  39.  Aleksander Delchev (BUL), 2629
  40.  Alexander Lastin (RUS), 2628
  41.  Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2627
  42.  Sergei Movsesian (CZE), 2627
  43.  Jaan Ehlvest (EST), 2627
  44.  Sergei Shipov (RUS), 2625
  45.  Viktor Korchnoi (SUI), 2624
  46.  Sergei Tiviakov (NED), 2618
  47.  Vadim Milov (SUI), 2614
  48.  Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2614
  49.  Evgeny Pigusov (RUS), 2613
  50.  Alexander Graf (GER), 2610
  51.  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROM), 2609
  52.  Smbat Lputian (ARM), 2608
  53.  Gregory Kaidanov (USA), 2605
  54.  Thomas Luther (GER), 2604
  55.  Karen Asrian (ARM), 2604
  56.  Zoltan Gyimesi (HUN), 2602
  57.  Boris Gulko (USA), 2602
  58.  Pavel Kotsur (KAZ), 2600
  59.  Vladimir Baklan (UKR), 2599
  60.  Alexei Fedorov (BLR), 2599
  61.  Boris Avrukh (ISR), 2598
  62.  Vereslav Eingorn (UKR), 2598
  63.  Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2595
  64.  Alexander Goldin (USA), 2594
  65.  Peter Heine Nielsen (DEN), 2593
  66.  Konstantin Aseev (RUS), 2591
  67.  Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2589
  68.  Bartłomiej Macieja (POL), 2588
  69.  Ashot Anastasian (ARM), 2588
  70.  Joel Benjamin (USA), 2587
  71.  Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2585
  72.  Giovanni Vescovi (BRA), 2581
  73.  Stuart Conquest (ENG), 2580
  74.  Igor Khenkin (GER), 2579
  75.  Sergey Volkov (RUS), 2578
  76.  Alexander Shabalov (USA), 2574
  77.  Michał Krasenkow (POL), 2573
  78.  Lázaro Bruzón (CUB), 2573
  79.  Šarūnas Šulskis (LTU), 2573
  80.  Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2573
  81.  Đào Thiên Hải (VIE), 2572
  82.  Alex Yermolinsky (USA), 2571
  83.  Larry Christiansen (USA), 2570
  84.  Lev Psakhis (ISR), 2566
  85.  Alexandre Lesiège (CAN), 2564
  86.  Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2558
  87.  Vadim Malakhatko (UKR), 2557
  88.  Liang Chong (CHN), 2556, IM
  89.  Ognjen Cvitan (CRO), 2555
  90.  Georgy Timoshenko (UKR), 2554
  91.  Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2551, IM
  92.  Dmitry Gurevich (USA), 2550
  93.  Stanislav Savchenko (UKR), 2549
  94.  Dorian Rogozenko (ROM), 2548
  95.  Jacek Gdański (POL), 2537
  96.  Nguyễn Anh Dũng (VIE), 2533
  97.  Hichem Hamdouchi (MAR), 2533
  98.  Suat Atalık (BIH), 2532
  99.  Slim Belkhodja (TUN), 2531, IM
  100.  Alonso Zapata (COL), 2530
  101.  Shukhrat Safin (UZB), 2529
  102.  Igor Nataf (FRA), 2527
  103.  Pendyala Harikrishna (IND), 2522
  104.  Yu Shaoteng (CHN), 2517, IM
  105.  Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami (IRI), 2509
  106.  Saidali Iuldachev (UZB), 2508
  107.  Daniel Cámpora (ARG), 2506
  108.  Dibyendu Barua (IND), 2499
  109.  Alexei Barsov (UZB), 2495
  110.  Li Wenliang (CHN), 2494, IM
  111.  Mohamad Al-Modiahki (QAT), 2492
  112.  Khvicha Supatashvili (GEO), 2487, IM
  113.  Zhang Pengxiang (CHN), 2487
  114.  Alejandro Hoffman (ARG), 2481
  115.  Fouad El Taher (EGY), 2477, IM
  116.  Rubén Felgaer (ARG), 2471, IM
  117.  Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2464, IM
  118.  Amon Simutowe (ZAM), 2462, IM
  119.  Nikolai Vlassov (RUS), 2461, IM
  120.  Aimen Rizouk (ALG), 2442, IM
  121.  Facundo Pierrot (ARG), 2425, IM
  122.  Alexis Cabrera (CUB), 2415, IM
  123.  Mikhail Gluzman (AUS), 2400, IM
  124.  Watu Kobese (RSA), 2373, IM
  125.  Baatr Shovunov (RUS), 2348, IM
  126.  Nugzar Zeliakov (RUS), unrated, no title
  127.  Gaetan Sarthou (FRA), 2357, FM
  128.  Olivier Touzane (FRA), 2382, IM

Qualification

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Players qualified for the championship according to the following criteria:

  1. four semi-finalists of the previous championship (Viswanathan Anand, Alexei Shirov, Michael Adams, Alexander Grischuk);
  2. the World Junior Champion 2000 (Lázaro Bruzón);
  3. 20 best rated players (the average of July 2000 and January 2001 rating lists was used);
  4. 90 qualifiers from the continental championships;
  5. eight qualifiers from the Internet championship;
  6. five nominees of the FIDE President.

Schedule

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There was one rest day during round 4 and two rest days during round 6. The tie-breaks of rounds 1–5 were played in the evening following the second game. The final took place one month after rounds 1–6.

  • Round 1: 27 November 2001, 28 November 2001 (tiebreaks on 28 November 2001)
  • Round 2: 29 November 2001, 30 November 2001 (tiebreaks on 30 November 2001)
  • Round 3: 1 December 2001, 2 December 2001 (tiebreaks on 2 December 2001)
  • Round 4: 3 December 2001, 5 December 2001 (tiebreaks on 5 December 2001)
  • Round 5: 6 December 2001, 7 December 2001 (tiebreaks on 7 December 2001)
  • Round 6: 8 December 2001, 10 December 2001, 11 December 2001, 13 December 2001 (tiebreaks on 14 December 2001)
  • Round 7: 16 January 2002 – 24 January 2002, with a rest day on 20 January 2002 (tiebreaks on 25 January 2002)

Results, rounds 1-4

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
1 India Viswanathan Anand 2½
128 France Olivier Touzane 1½
1 India Viswanathan Anand 1½
65 Denmark Peter Heine Nielsen ½
64 United States Alexander Goldin ½
65 Denmark Peter Heine Nielsen 1½
1 India Viswanathan Anand 2½
32 France Vladislav Tkachiev 1½
32 France Vladislav Tkachiev 3
97 Morocco Hichem Hamdouchi 1
32 France Vladislav Tkachiev 1½
96 Vietnam Nguyễn Anh Dũng ½
33 Russia Sergei Rublevsky 1
96 Vietnam Nguyễn Anh Dũng 3
1 India Viswanathan Anand 1½
17 Russia Alexey Dreev ½
16 Russia Anatoly Karpov 1
113 China Zhang Pengxiang 3
113 China Zhang Pengxiang 0
49 Russia Evgeny Pigusov 2
49 Russia Evgeny Pigusov 1½
80 United States Alexander Ivanov ½
49 Russia Evgeny Pigusov ½
17 Russia Alexey Dreev 1½
17 Russia Alexey Dreev 1½
112 Georgia (country) Khvicha Supatashvili ½
17 Russia Alexey Dreev 1½
48 Brazil Gilberto Milos ½
48 Brazil Gilberto Milos 1½
81 Vietnam Đào Thiên Hải ½

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
8 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2
121 Argentina Facundo Pierrot 0
8 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 1½
72 Brazil Giovanni Vescovi ½
57 United States Boris Gulko ½
72 Brazil Giovanni Vescovi 1½
8 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 1½
25 China Zhong Zhang ½
25 China Zhang Zhong 3
104 China Yu Shaoteng 1
25 China Zhong Zhang 1½
40 Russia Alexander Lastin ½
40 Russia Alexander Lastin 1½
89 Croatia Ognjen Cvitan ½
8 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 3
9 Spain Alexei Shirov 4
9 Spain Alexei Shirov 2
120 Algeria Aimen Rizouk 0
9 Spain Alexei Shirov 1½
56 Hungary Zoltan Gyimesi ½
56 Hungary Zoltan Gyimesi 4
73 England Stuart Conquest 3
9 Spain Alexei Shirov 3½
41 Russia Alexander Motylev 2½
24 Russia Alexander Grischuk 1½
105 Iran Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami ½
24 Russia Alexander Grischuk ½
41 Russia Alexander Motylev 1½
41 Russia Alexander Motylev 1½
88 China Liang Chong ½

Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
4 Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk 1½
125 Russia Baatr Shovunov ½
4 Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk 3
68 Poland Bartłomiej Macieja 1
61 Israel Boris Avrukh 0
68 Poland Bartłomiej Macieja 2
4 Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk 1½
29 Israel Emil Sutovsky ½
29 Israel Emil Sutovsky 4
100 Colombia Alonso Zapata 3
29 Israel Emil Sutovsky 2
36 Spain Francisco Vallejo Pons 0
36 Spain Francisco Vallejo Pons 2½
93 Ukraine Stanislav Savchenko 1½
4 Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk 1½
20 China Ye Jiangchuan ½
13 Netherlands Loek van Wely 1½
116 Argentina Rubén Felgaer ½
13 Netherlands Loek van Wely 2
52 Armenia Smbat Lputian 0
52 Armenia Smbat Lputian 2
77 Poland Michał Krasenkow 0
13 Netherlands Loek van Wely ½
20 China Ye Jiangchuan 1½
20 China Ye Jiangchuan 3
109 Uzbekistan Alexei Barsov 1
20 China Ye Jiangchuan 2½
84 Israel Lev Psakhis 1½
45 Switzerland Viktor Korchnoi 1½
84 Israel Lev Psakhis 2½

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
5 Hungary Peter Leko 3
124 South Africa Watu Kobese 1
5 Hungary Peter Leko 1½
69 Armenia Ashot Anastasian 2½
60 Belarus Alexei Fedorov ½
69 Armenia Ashot Anastasian 1½
69 Armenia Ashot Anastasian ½
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Nikolić 1½
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Nikolić 1½
101 Uzbekistan Shukhrat Safin ½
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Nikolić 2½
37 Germany Rustem Dautov 1½
37 Germany Rustem Dautov 1½
92 United States Dmitry Gurevich ½
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Nikolić 1
21 France Joël Lautier 3
12 Russia Alexander Khalifman 3
117 India Surya Shekhar Ganguly 1
12 Russia Alexander Khalifman 3
76 United States Alexander Shabalov 1
53 United States Gregory Kaidanov ½
76 United States Alexander Shabalov 1½
12 Russia Alexander Khalifman 1
21 France Joël Lautier 3
21 France Joël Lautier 2
108 India Dibyendu Barua 0
21 France Joël Lautier 2½
44 Russia Sergei Shipov 1½
44 Russia Sergei Shipov 1½
85 Canada Alexandre Lesiège ½

Section 5

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
2 England Michael Adams 2
127 France Gaetan Sarthou 0
2 England Michael Adams 1½
63 Russia Mikhail Kobalia ½
63 Russia Mikhail Kobalia 3
66 Russia Konstantin Aseev 1
2 England Michael Adams 3
34 Russia Vadim Zvjaginsev 1
31 China Xu Jun 1½
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina Suat Atalık ½
31 China Xu Jun ½
34 Russia Vadim Zvjaginsev 1½
34 Russia Vadim Zvjaginsev 1½
95 Poland Jacek Gdański ½
2 England Michael Adams 2½
15 Russia Peter Svidler 3½
15 Russia Peter Svidler 1½
114 Argentina Alejandro Hoffman ½
15 Russia Peter Svidler 2½
79 Lithuania Šarūnas Šulskis 1½
50 Germany Alexander Graf 1
79 Lithuania Šarūnas Šulskis 3
15 Russia Peter Svidler 2
47 Switzerland Vadim Milov 0
18 Hungary Judit Polgár 2
111 Qatar Mohamad Al-Modiahki 0
18 Hungary Judit Polgár 1½
47 Switzerland Vadim Milov 2½
47 Switzerland Vadim Milov 3½
82 United States Alex Yermolinsky 2½

Section 6

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
7 Israel Boris Gelfand 1½
122 Cuba Alexis Cabrera ½
7 Israel Boris Gelfand 1½
71 Cuba Leinier Domínguez ½
58 Kazakhstan Pavel Kotsur 1½
71 Cuba Leinier Domínguez 2½
7 Israel Boris Gelfand 2
39 Bulgaria Aleksander Delchev 0
26 Slovenia Alexander Beliavsky 1½
103 India Pendyala Harikrishna ½
26 Slovenia Alexander Beliavsky 1½
39 Bulgaria Aleksander Delchev 2½
39 Bulgaria Aleksander Delchev 1½
90 Ukraine Georgy Timoshenko ½
7 Israel Boris Gelfand 3½
23 Georgia (country) Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2½
10 Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov 1½
119 Russia Nikolai Vlassov ½
10 Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2½
74 Germany Igor Khenkin 1½
55 Armenia Karen Asrian 2½
74 Germany Igor Khenkin 3½
10 Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov 1½
23 Georgia (country) Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2½
23 Georgia (country) Zurab Azmaiparashvili 1½
106 Uzbekistan Saidali Iuldachev ½
23 Georgia (country) Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2½
42 Czech Republic Sergei Movsesian 1½
42 Czech Republic Sergei Movsesian 2½
87 Ukraine Vadim Malakhatko 1½

Section 7

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
3 Russia Alexander Morozevich 1½
126 Russia Nugzar Zeliakov ½
3 Russia Alexander Morozevich 1½
67 India Krishnan Sasikiran ½
62 Ukraine Vereslav Eingorn 1½
67 India Krishnan Sasikiran 2½
3 Russia Alexander Morozevich 1½
35 Belgium Mikhail Gurevich ½
30 Armenia Rafael Vaganian 1½
99 Tunisia Slim Belkhodja ½
30 Armenia Rafael Vaganian 1½
35 Belgium Mikhail Gurevich 2½
35 Belgium Mikhail Gurevich 1½
94 Ukraine Dorian Rogozenko ½
3 Russia Alexander Morozevich 1½
19 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 2½
14 Bulgaria Kiril Georgiev 3
115 Egypt Fouad El Taher 1
14 Bulgaria Kiril Georgiev 3
78 Cuba Lázaro Bruzón 1
51 Romania Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 3
78 Cuba Lázaro Bruzón 4
14 Bulgaria Kiril Georgiev 0
19 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 2
19 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 1½
110 China Li Wenliang ½
19 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 3
46 Netherlands Sergei Tiviakov 1
46 Netherlands Sergei Tiviakov 3
83 United States Larry Christiansen 1

Section 8

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
            
6 Russia Evgeny Bareev 2
123 Australia Mikhail Gluzman 0
6 Russia Evgeny Bareev 1½
59 Ukraine Vladimir Baklan ½
59 Ukraine Vladimir Baklan 3½
70 United States Joel Benjamin 2½
6 Russia Evgeny Bareev 3
38 Russia Konstantin Sakaev 1
27 Moldova Viktor Bologan ½
102 France Igor Nataf 1½
102 France Igor Nataf ½
38 Russia Konstantin Sakaev 1½
38 Russia Konstantin Sakaev 3½
91 Ukraine Andrei Volokitin 2½
6 Russia Evgeny Bareev 2
43 Estonia Jaan Ehlvest 0
11 Israel Ilya Smirin 2
118 Zambia Amon Simutowe 0
11 Israel Ilya Smirin 1½
54 Germany Thomas Luther ½
54 Germany Thomas Luther 3
75 Russia Sergey Volkov 1
11 Israel Ilya Smirin 3
43 Estonia Jaan Ehlvest 4
22 England Nigel Short ½
107 Argentina Daniel Cámpora 1½
107 Argentina Daniel Cámpora ½
43 Estonia Jaan Ehlvest 1½
43 Estonia Jaan Ehlvest 3½
86 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 2½

Results, rounds 5-7

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Quarterfinals (best of 2) Semifinals (best of 4) Final (best of 8)
                        
1 India Viswanathan Anand 1 ½ 1½
9 Spain Alexei Shirov 0 ½ ½
1 India Viswanathan Anand ½ ½ ½ 0 1½
4 Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk ½ ½ ½ 1 2½
4 Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk ½ ½ 2½ 3½
21 France Joël Lautier ½ ½ 1½ 2½
4 Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2½
19 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½
15 Russia Peter Svidler ½ ½ 2½ 3½
7 Israel Boris Gelfand ½ ½ 1½ 2½
15 Russia Peter Svidler ½ ½ 0 ½ 1½
19 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov ½ ½ 1 ½ 2½
19 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov ½ ½ 2 3
6 Russia Evgeny Bareev ½ ½ 0 1

Championship final

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World Chess Championship Final 2002
Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points
 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2684 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½
 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2731 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2½

References

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  1. ^ The Week in Chess 377 - 29 January 2002
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