FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1999-2000

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FIDE World Championship knock-out :: New Delhi 2000

[ Final Standings || Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals || Information ]


Final standings

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pos. name seed Elo flag R128 R64 R32 R16 QF SF
Q GM Anand, Viswanathan (1) 2762 IND BYE
41
1½—½
27
1½—½
16
1½—½
7
3½—2½
3
2½—1½
Q GM Shirov, Alexei (4) 2746 ESP BYE
43
2½—1½
20
3½—2½
11
2½—1½
6
2½—1½
4
2½—1½
SF GM Adams, Michael (3) 2755 ENG BYE
62
3—1
29
3—1
10
2½—1½
5
1½—½
1
1½—2½
SF GM Grischuk, Alexander (46) 2606 RUS 83
2½—1½
36
3—1
31
1½—½
14
2½—1½
8
2½—1½
2
1½—2½
QF GM Topalov, Veselin (7) 2707 BUL BYE
44
1½—½
22
1½—½
12
4—2
3
½—1½
QF GM Bareev, Evgeny (8) 2702 RUS BYE
45
4—2
30
2—0
13
2½—1½
2
1½—2½
QF GM Khalifman, Alexander (21) 2667 RUS BYE
51
2½—1½
17
4½—3½
15
1½—½
1
2½—3½
QF GM Tkachiev, Vladislav (26) 2657 FRA BYE
55
1½—½
18
2½—1½
9
1½—½
4
1½—2½
R16 GM Morozevich, Alexander (2) 2756 RUS BYE
42
2—0
28
1½—½
8
½—1½
R16 GM Svidler, Peter (11) 2689 RUS BYE
47
3—1
24
2½—1½
3
1½—2½
R16 GM Gelfand, Boris (12) 2681 ISR BYE
64
2—0
25
1½—½
2
1½—2½
R16 GM Dreev, Alexei (15) 2676 RUS BYE
48
4—2
26
1½—½
5
2—4
R16 GM Gulko, Boris (32) 2643 USA 74
2½—1½
60
3½—2½
19
1½—½
6
1½—2½
R16 GM Ehlvest, Jaan (38) 2627 EST 78
4—2
33
2½—1½
21
4—2
4
1½—2½
R16 GM Leitão, Rafael (66) 2567 BRA 65
1½—½
58
1½—½
32
1½—½
7
½—1½
R16 GM Macieja, Bartłomiej (78) 2536 POL 69
2½—1½
34
5½—4½
23
3—1
1
½—1½
R32 GM Lékó, Péter (5) 2743 HUN BYE
63
1½—½
7
3½—4½
R32 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (10) 2690 UZB BYE
46
2½—1½
8
1½—2½
R32 GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (16) 2673 GEO BYE
49
1½—½
13
½—1½
R32 GM Gurevich, Mikhail (20) 2667 BEL BYE
50
2½—1½
2
2½—3½
R32 GM Movsesian, Sergei (22) 2666 CZE BYE
52
4—2
14
2—4
R32 GM Georgiev, Kiril (23) 2661 BUL BYE
53
3½—2½
5
½—1½
R32 GM Beliavsky, Alexander (25) 2659 SLO BYE
54
1½—½
16
1—3
R32 GM Peng Xiaomin (27) 2657 CHN BYE
56
2½—1½
10
1½—2½
R32 GM Piket, Jeroen (28) 2649 NED 72
2½—1½
57
2—0
11
½—1½
R32 GM Van Wely, Loek (31) 2643 NED 73
1½—½
59
2—0
12
½—1½
R32 GM Lputian, Smbat (49) 2598 ARM 86
1½—½
37
1½—½
1
½—1½
R32 GM Vladimirov, Evgeny (50) 2598 KAZ 87
2—0
38
2½—1½
9
½—1½
R32 GM Yermolinsky, Alex (51) 2596 USA 88
1½—½
39
1½—½
3
1—3
R32 GM Alexandrov, Alexei (56) 2591 BLR 92
4½—3½
40
1½—½
6
0—2
R32 GM Serper, Grigory (62) 2574 USA 98
1½—½
61
2—0
4
½—1½
R32 GM Nataf, Igor-Alexandre (82) 2526 FRA 71
1½—½
35
3½—2½
15
½—1½
R64 GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl (6) 2719 UKR BYE
14
1½—2½
R64 GM Krasenkow, Michał (9) 2702 POL BYE
16
4½—5½
R64 GM Short, Nigel David (13) 2677 ENG BYE
32
2½—3½
R64 GM Smirin, Ilia (14) 2677 ISR BYE
4
1—3
R64 GM Rublevsky, Sergei (17) 2670 RUS BYE
27
½—1½
R64 GM Almási, Zoltán (18) 2668 HUN BYE
28
1½—2½
R64 GM Xu Jun (19) 2668 CHN BYE
29
½—1½
R64 GM Akopian, Vladimir (24) 2660 ARM BYE
30
½—1½
R64 GM Bologan, Viorel (33) 2641 MDA 75
1½—½
1
½—1½
R64 GM Milos, Gilberto (34) 2633 BRA 76
2½—1½
9
0—2
R64 GM Onischuk, Alexander (36) 2627 UKR 77
1½—½
2
1½—2½
R64 GM Kharlov, Andrei (39) 2627 RUS 79
1½—½
5
½—1½
R64 GM Vaganian, Rafael (40) 2623 ARM 80
2—0
6
2—4
R64 GM Tregubov, Pavel (42) 2620 RUS 81
3½—2½
18
1½—2½
R64 GM Bacrot, Etienne (43) 2613 FRA 82
3—1
10
1—3
R64 GM Malakhov, Vladimir (47) 2605 RUS 84
2—0
12
2—4
R64 GM Baklan, Volodymyr (48) 2599 UKR 85
3½—2½
19
½—1½
R64 GM Minasian, Artashes (52) 2595 ARM 89
4—2
20
1½—2½
R64 GM Lutz, Christopher (53) 2595 GER 90
2½—1½
7
1½—2½
R64 GM Iordăchescu, Viorel (54) 2594 MDA 91
2½—1½
21
2—4
R64 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (55) 2592 ROM BYE
22
2½—3½
R64 GM Galkin, Alexander (57) 2587 RUS 93
2—0
23
½—1½
R64 GM Lesiege, Alexandre (58) 2584 CAN 94
2—0
8
½—1½
R64 GM Utut Adianto (59) 2583 INA 95
1½—½
24
1½—2½
R64 GM Nevednichy, Vladislav (60) 2582 ROM 96
1½—½
25
0—2
R64 GM Benjamin, Joel (61) 2577 USA 97
2—0
15
½—1½
R64 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan (63) 2573 IND 99
1½—½
26
0—2
R64 GM Csernyin, Alexander (64) 2572 HUN 100
1½—½
13
2½—3½
R64 GM Ivanov, Alexander (67) 2567 USA 66
1½—½
31
0—2
R64 GM Đào Thiên Hải (72) 2555 VIE 67
1½—½
3
1—3
R64 GM Volkov, Sergei (74) 2554 RUS 68
3½—2½
17
½—1½
R64 GM Dizdarević, Emir (81) 2527 BIH 70
4—3
11
0—2
R128 GM Lautier, Joël (29) 2648 FRA 15
½—1½
R128 GM Fedorov, Alexei (30) 2646 BLR 61
½—1½
R128 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan (35) 2630 UKR 62
½—1½
R128 GM Sakaev, Konstantin (37) 2627 RUS 63
2½—3½
R128 GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon (41) 2623 ENG 16
1½—2½
R128 GM Psakhis, Lev (44) 2611 ISR 64
3—4
R128 GM Sutovsky, Emil (45) 2609 ISR 32
½—1½
R128 GM Hernández, Gilberto (65) 2572 MEX 25
1½—2½
R128 GM Asrian, Karen (68) 2566 ARM 26
½—1½
R128 GM Bezgodov, Alexei (69) 2557 RUS 13
1½—2½
R128 GM Stefánsson, Hannes Hlífar (70) 2557 ISL 41
½—1½
R128 GM Kunte, Abhijit (71) 2556 IND 42
1½—2½
R128 GM Agrest, Evgenij (73) 2554 SWE 43
½—1½
R128 GM Nogueiras Santiago, Jesús (75) 2552 CUB 14
2—4
R128 GM Hansen, Sune Berg (76) 2545 DEN 44
½—1½
R128 GM Hamdouchi, Hichem (77) 2541 MAR 45
0—2
R128 GM Rustemov, Alexander (79) 2534 RUS 46
2½—3½
R128 GM Rõtšagov, Mihhail (80) 2529 EST 47
1—3
R128 GM Lima, Darcy (83) 2525 BRA 4
1½—2½
R128 GM Kveinys, Aloyzas (84) 2522 LTU 48
0—2
R128 IM Žaja, Ivan (85) 2513 CRO 49
2½—3½
R128 IM Blehm, Paweł (86) 2510 POL 27
½—1½
R128 GM Barua, Dibyendu (87) 2502 IND 28
0—2
R128 GM Al-Modiahki, Mohamad (88) 2499 QAT 29
½—1½
R128 GM Villamayor, Buenaventura (89) 2495 PHI 50
2—4
R128 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (90) 2488 IRI 51
1½—2½
R128 GM Godena, Michele (91) 2485 ITA 52
1½—2½
R128 IM El-Taher, Fouad (92) 2485 EGY 30
3½—4½
R128 IM Wohl, Aleksandar (93) 2461 AUS 54
0—2
R128 IM Vásquez Schroder, Rodrigo (94) 2454 CHI 55
0—2
R128 IM Hakki, Imad (95) 2429 SYR 56
½—1½
R128 IM Labib, Ibrahim Hasan (96) 2426 EGY 57
½—1½
R128 IM Fiorito, Fabian (97) 2418 ARG 58
0—2
R128 IM Bagheri, Amir (98) 2409 IRI 31
½—1½
R128 IM Simutowe, Amon (99) 2322 ZAM 59
½—1½
R128 Utnasunov, Alexander (100) 2257 RUS 60
½—1½






Round of 128

27th - 29th November 2000


name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Hernández, Gilberto (65) 2572 MEX ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Piket, Jeroen (28) 2649 NED ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Lautier, Joël (29) 2648 FRA ½ 0 ½
GM Leitão, Rafael (66) 2567 BRA 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Ivanov, Alexander (67) 2567 USA 1 ½
GM Fedorov, Alexei (30) 2646 BLR ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Van Wely, Loek (31) 2643 NED ½ 1
GM Asrian, Karen (68) 2566 ARM ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Bezgodov, Alexei (69) 2557 RUS ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Gulko, Boris (32) 2643 USA ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Bologan, Viorel (33) 2641 MDA ½ 1
GM Stefánsson, Hannes Hlífar (70) 2557 ISL ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Kunte, Abhijit (71) 2556 IND ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Milos, Gilberto (34) 2633 BRA ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Ponomariov, Ruslan (35) 2630 UKR ½ ½ 0
GM Đào Thiên Hải (72) 2555 VIE ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Agrest, Evgenij (73) 2554 SWE ½ 0 ½
GM Onischuk, Alexander (36) 2627 UKR 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Sakaev, Konstantin (37) 2627 RUS 1 0 1 0 ½ 0
GM Volkov, Sergei (74) 2554 RUS 0 1 0 1 ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Nogueiras Santiago, Jesús (75) 2552 CUB 2 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0
GM Ehlvest, Jaan (38) 2627 EST 4 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Kharlov, Andrei (39) 2627 RUS ½ 1
GM Hansen, Sune Berg (76) 2545 DEN ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Hamdouchi, Hichem (77) 2541 MAR 0 0 0
GM Vaganian, Rafael (40) 2623 ARM 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon (41) 2623 ENG 1 0 ½ 0
GM Macieja, Bartłomiej (78) 2536 POL 0 1 ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Rustemov, Alexander (79) 2534 RUS ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½
GM Tregubov, Pavel (42) 2620 RUS ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Bacrot, Etienne (43) 2613 FRA 3 ½ ½ 1 1
GM Rõtšagov, Mihhail (80) 2529 EST 1 ½ ½ 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2 B1
GM Dizdarević, Emir (81) 2527 BIH 4 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1
GM Psakhis, Lev (44) 2611 ISR 3 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Sutovsky, Emil (45) 2609 ISR ½ 0 ½
GM Nataf, Igor-Alexandre (82) 2526 FRA 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Lima, Darcy (83) 2525 BRA ½ ½ 0 ½
GM Grischuk, Alexander (46) 2606 RUS ½ ½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Malakhov, Vladimir (47) 2605 RUS 2 1 1
GM Kveinys, Aloyzas (84) 2522 LTU 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
IM Žaja, Ivan (85) 2513 CRO ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Baklan, Volodymyr (48) 2599 UKR ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Lputian, Smbat (49) 2598 ARM 1 ½
IM Blehm, Paweł (86) 2510 POL ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Barua, Dibyendu (87) 2502 IND 0 0 0
GM Vladimirov, Evgeny (50) 2598 KAZ 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Yermolinsky, Alex (51) 2596 USA 1 ½
GM Al-Modiahki, Mohamad (88) 2499 QAT ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Villamayor, Buenaventura (89) 2495 PHI 2 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0
GM Minasian, Artashes (52) 2595 ARM 4 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Lutz, Christopher (53) 2595 GER ½ ½ ½ 1
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (90) 2488 IRI ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Godena, Michele (91) 2485 ITA ½ ½ 0 ½
GM Iordăchescu, Viorel (54) 2594 MDA ½ ½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2 B1 B2
GM Alexandrov, Alexei (56) 2591 BLR ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
IM El-Taher, Fouad (92) 2485 EGY ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Wohl, Aleksandar (93) 2461 AUS 0 0 0
GM Galkin, Alexander (57) 2587 RUS 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Lesiege, Alexandre (58) 2584 CAN 2 1 1
IM Vásquez Schroder, Rodrigo (94) 2454 CHI 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Hakki, Imad (95) 2429 SYR ½ 0 ½
GM Utut Adianto (59) 2583 INA 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Nevednichy, Vladislav (60) 2582 ROM ½ 1
IM Labib, Ibrahim Hasan (96) 2426 EGY ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Fiorito, Fabian (97) 2418 ARG 0 0 0
GM Benjamin, Joel (61) 2577 USA 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Serper, Grigory (62) 2574 USA 1 ½
IM Bagheri, Amir (98) 2409 IRI ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
IM Simutowe, Amon (99) 2322 ZAM ½ ½ 0
GM Sasikiran, Krishnan (63) 2573 IND ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Csernyin, Alexander (64) 2572 HUN 1 ½
Utnasunov, Alexander (100) 2257 RUS ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag
GM Anand, Viswanathan (1) 2572 IND
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Shirov, Alexei (4) 2572 ESP
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Adams, Michael (3) 2572 ENG
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Topalov, Veselin (7) 2572 BUL
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Bareev, Evgeny (8) 2572 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Khalifman, Alexander (21) 2572 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Tkachiev, Vladislav (26) 2572 FRA
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Morozevich, Alexander (2) 2572 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Svidler, Peter (11) 2572 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Gelfand, Boris (12) 2572 ISR
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Dreev, Alexei (15) 2572 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Lékó, Péter (5) 2572 HUN
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (10) 2572 UZB
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (16) 2572 GEO
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Gurevich, Mikhail (20) 2572 BEL
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Movsesian, Sergei (22) 2572 CZE
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Georgiev, Kiril (23) 2572 BUL
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Beliavsky, Alexander (25) 2572 SLO
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Peng Xiaomin (27) 2572 CHN
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl (6) 2572 UKR
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Krasenkow, Michał (9) 2572 POL
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Short, Nigel David (13) 2572 ENG
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Smirin, Ilia (14) 2572 ISR
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Rublevsky, Sergei (17) 2572 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Almási, Zoltán (18) 2572 HUN
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Xu Jun (19) 2572 CHN
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Akopian, Vladimir (24) 2572 ARM
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (55) 2572 ROM
BYE



Round of 64

30th November - 2nd December 2000


name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Bologan, Viorel (33) 2641 MDA ½ ½ 0
GM Anand, Viswanathan (1) 2762 IND ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Morozevich, Alexander (2) 2756 RUS 2 1 1
GM Milos, Gilberto (34) 2633 BRA 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Shirov, Alexei (4) 2746 ESP ½ ½ 1 ½
GM Onischuk, Alexander (36) 2627 UKR ½ ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl (6) 2719 UKR ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Ehlvest, Jaan (38) 2627 EST ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Kharlov, Andrei (39) 2627 RUS ½ ½ 0
GM Topalov, Veselin (7) 2707 BUL ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Bareev, Evgeny (8) 2702 RUS 4 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1
GM Vaganian, Rafael (40) 2623 ARM 2 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (10) 2690 UZB 1 0 ½ 1
GM Tregubov, Pavel (42) 2620 RUS 0 1 ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Đào Thiên Hải (72) 2555 VIE 1 ½ ½ 0 0
GM Adams, Michael (3) 2755 ENG 3 ½ ½ 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Bacrot, Etienne (43) 2613 FRA 1 ½ ½ 0 0
GM Svidler, Peter (11) 2689 RUS 3 ½ ½ 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Volkov, Sergei (74) 2554 RUS ½ ½ 0
GM Lékó, Péter (5) 2743 HUN ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Smirin, Ilia (14) 2677 ISR 1 ½ ½ 0 0
GM Grischuk, Alexander (46) 2606 RUS 3 ½ ½ 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Malakhov, Vladimir (47) 2605 RUS 2 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0
GM Dreev, Alexei (15) 2676 RUS 4 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (16) 2673 GEO 1 ½
GM Baklan, Volodymyr (48) 2599 UKR ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Lputian, Smbat (49) 2598 ARM 1 ½
GM Rublevsky, Sergei (17) 2670 RUS ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Almási, Zoltán (18) 2668 HUN ½ ½ 0 ½
GM Vladimirov, Evgeny (50) 2598 KAZ ½ ½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Yermolinsky, Alex (51) 2596 USA 1 ½
GM Xu Jun (19) 2668 CHN ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Gurevich, Mikhail (20) 2667 BEL ½ ½ 1 ½
GM Minasian, Artashes (52) 2595 ARM ½ ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Lutz, Christopher (53) 2595 GER ½ ½ 0 ½
GM Khalifman, Alexander (21) 2667 RUS ½ ½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Movsesian, Sergei (22) 2666 CZE 4 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1
GM Iordăchescu, Viorel (54) 2594 MDA 2 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (55) 2592 ROM ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Georgiev, Kiril (23) 2661 BUL ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Akopian, Vladimir (24) 2660 ARM ½ ½ 0
GM Alexandrov, Alexei (56) 2591 BLR ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Galkin, Alexander (57) 2587 RUS ½ ½ 0
GM Beliavsky, Alexander (25) 2654 SLO ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Tkachiev, Vladislav (26) 2657 FRA 1 ½
GM Lesiege, Alexandre (58) 2584 CAN ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Utut Adianto (59) 2583 INA 0 1 0 ½
GM Peng Xiaomin (27) 2657 CHN 1 0 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2 B1 B2 B3 B4
GM Macieja, Bartłomiej (78) 2536 POL ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Krasenkow, Michał (9) 2702 POL ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Piket, Jeroen (28) 2649 NED 2 1 1
GM Nevednichy, Vladislav (60) 2582 ROM 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Sasikiran, Krishnan (63) 2573 IND 0 0 0
GM Van Wely, Loek (31) 2643 NED 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Gulko, Boris (32) 2643 USA ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Csernyin, Alexander (64) 2572 HUN ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Gelfand, Boris (12) 2681 ISR 2 1 1
GM Dizdarević, Emir (81) 2527 BIH 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Nataf, Igor-Alexandre (82) 2526 FRA ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Short, Nigel David (13) 2677 ENG ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Benjamin, Joel (61) 2577 USA ½ ½ 0
GM Leitão, Rafael (66) 2567 BRA ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Ivanov, Alexander (67) 2567 USA 0 0 0
GM Serper, Grigory (62) 2574 USA 2 1 1



Round of 32

3rd - 5th December 2000


name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Shirov, Alexei (4) 2746 ESP ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½
GM Gurevich, Mikhail (20) 2667 BEL ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2 B1 B2
GM Khalifman, Alexander (21) 2667 RUS ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Lékó, Péter (5) 2743 HUN ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Georgiev, Kiril (23) 2661 BUL ½ 0 ½
GM Topalov, Veselin (7) 2707 BUL 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Lputian, Smbat (49) 2598 ARM ½ ½ 0
GM Anand, Viswanathan (1) 2762 IND ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Morozevich, Alexander (2) 2756 RUS 1 ½
GM Vladimirov, Evgeny (50) 2598 KAZ ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Yermolinsky, Alex (51) 2596 USA 1 ½ ½ 0 0
GM Adams, Michael (3) 2755 ENG 3 ½ ½ 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Peng Xiaomin (27) 2657 CHN 1 0 0 ½
GM Svidler, Peter (11) 2689 RUS 0 1 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (10) 2690 UZB ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Tkachiev, Vladislav (26) 2657 FRA ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Gelfand, Boris (12) 2681 ISR 1 ½
GM Piket, Jeroen (28) 2649 NED ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Van Wely, Loek (31) 2643 NED ½ 0 ½
GM Dreev, Alexei (15) 2676 RUS 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (16) 2673 GEO ½ 0 ½
GM Gulko, Boris (32) 2643 USA 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Bareev, Evgeny (8) 2702 RUS 2 1 1
GM Alexandrov, Alexei (56) 2591 BLR 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Ehlvest, Jaan (38) 2627 EST 4 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
GM Movsesian, Sergei (22) 2666 CZE 2 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Beliavsky, Alexander (25) 2654 SLO 1 ½ ½ 0 0
GM Macieja, Bartłomiej (78) 2536 POL 3 ½ ½ 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Grischuk, Alexander (46) 2606 RUS 1 ½
GM Serper, Grigory (62) 2574 USA ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Leitão, Rafael (66) 2567 BRA 1 ½
GM Nataf, Igor-Alexandre (82) 2526 FRA ½ 0 ½



Round of 16

6th - 8th December 2000


name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Svidler, Peter (11) 2689 RUS ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Adams, Michael (3) 2755 ENG ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Shirov, Alexei (4) 2746 ESP ½ ½ 1 ½
GM Gelfand, Boris (12) 2681 ISR ½ ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Morozevich, Alexander (2) 2756 RUS ½ ½ 0
GM Tkachiev, Vladislav (26) 2657 FRA ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Dreev, Alexei (15) 2676 RUS 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
GM Topalov, Veselin (7) 2707 BUL 4 0 1 1 0 1 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Bareev, Evgeny (8) 2702 RUS ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Gulko, Boris (32) 2643 USA ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Macieja, Bartłomiej (78) 2536 POL ½ ½ 0
GM Anand, Viswanathan (1) 2762 IND ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Leitão, Rafael (66) 2567 BRA ½ ½ 0
GM Khalifman, Alexander (21) 2667 RUS ½ 1

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Ehlvest, Jaan (38) 2627 EST ½ ½ 0 ½
GM Grischuk, Alexander (46) 2606 RUS ½ ½ 1 ½



Quarterfinals

9th - 11th December 2000


name seed Elo flag 1 2
GM Adams, Michael (3) 2755 ENG 1 ½
GM Topalov, Veselin (7) 2707 BUL ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Bareev, Evgeny (8) 2702 RUS 1 0 0 ½
GM Shirov, Alexei (4) 2746 ESP 0 1 1 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Anand, Viswanathan (1) 2762 IND ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
GM Khalifman, Alexander (21) 2667 RUS ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Grischuk, Alexander (46) 2606 RUS ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Tkachiev, Vladislav (26) 2657 FRA ½ ½ ½ 0



Semifinals

12th - 15th December 2000


name seed Elo flag 1 2 3 4
GM Adams, Michael (3) 2755 ENG ½ 0 ½ ½
GM Anand, Viswanathan (1) 2762 IND ½ 1 ½ ½

name seed Elo flag 1 2 3 4
GM Shirov, Alexei (4) 2746 ESP 1 0 1 ½
GM Grischuk, Alexander (46) 2606 RUS 0 1 0 ½







Information

FIDE World Championship knock-out
Dates: 2000
City: New Delhi (India)
Venue:
Organizers: FIDE
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 100 (incl. 88 GMs, 10 IMs)
Eligible: There were 100 players eligible, of which three refused to participate:
- Karpov (as incumbent FIDE World Champion, he declined the format where he had to start from round 1),
- Kasparov (refusing to play in all kind of FIDE events),
- Anand (who was interested in playing Kasparov for Classical World Championship title)

FIDE World Champion (1): GM Karpov (refused to play)

Semifinalists from 1997 WCh knock-out (4): GM Anand (refused to play), GM Short, GM Gelfand, GM Adams

Juniors rated >=2600 on 1998 Elo lists (3): GM Lékó, GM Movsesian, GM Asrian

1998 World Junior Champion (1): GM Sadvakasov

Women's World Champion (1): GM Zs.Polgár (did not arrive)

FIDE President nominees (2): GM Chiburdanidze, Kozak
African Continental nominee (1): GM Hamdouchi
American Continental nominee (1): GM Ivanov
Asian Continental nominee (1): GM Al-Modiahki
European Continental nominee (1): IM Aronian
Host player (1): GM Kudrin

From zonals (62):
Zone 1.1 (6): GM Miles, GM Bauer, GM Nijboer, GM Magem Badals, GM Speelman, GM Reinderman
Zone 1.2 (7): GM Sokolov, GM Zelčić, GM Dizdar, GM Kortschnoj, GM Psakhis, GM Wahls, GM Smirin
Zone 1.3 (3): GM Åkesson, GM Stefánsson, GM P.H.Nielsen
Zone 1.4 (4): GM Nisipeanu, GM Babula, GM Almási, IM Macieja
Zone 1.5 (4): GM Kotronias, IM Çela, GM Đurić, GM Velimirović (did not arrive)
Zone 1.6 (5): GM Morozevich (did not arrive), GM Sakaev, GM Shipov, GM Dolmatov, GM Kobalia
Zone 1.7 (3): GM Ehlvest, GM Rozentalis, IM Frīdmans
Zone 1.8 (2): GM Fedorov, GM Alexandrov
Zone 1.9 (2): GM Ponomariov, Zubarev
Zone 2.1 (5): GM Benjamin, GM De Firmian, GM Gurevich, GM Shaked, GM Gulko (originally, six players were planned to qualify, in which case Dzindzichashvili would qualify as well)
Zone 2.2 (1): GM Spraggett
Zone 2.3 (2): GM Becerra, Rivero, GM Zapata
Zone 2.4 (2): GM Milos, IM Leitão
Zone 2.5 (3): GM Rodríguez Vila, GM Hoffman, FM Sílva Sánchez (did not arrive, replaced by next placed GM Ricardi)
Zone 3.1a (2): IM Hakki, Bagheri
Zone 3.1b (2): GM Barua, IM Thipsay (for some reason, he was not eligible though, and there was no replacement for this zone)
Zone 3.2a (2): GM Utut Adianto, GM Antonio
Zone 3.3 (2): IM Liang Chong, GM Peng Xiaomin
Zone 3.4 (2): GM Kasimdzhanov, GM Kotsur
Zone 4.1 (1): GM Bouaziz
Zone 4.2 (1): IM Mohamed
Zone 4.3 (1): Kobese

Highest rated players in 1998 (~2650 and more) (21): GM Kramnik, GM Ivanchuk, GM Shirov, GM Kamsky, GM Svidler, GM Topalov, GM Bareev, GM Rublevsky, GM Salov, GM Ki.Georgiev, GM J.Polgár, GM Beliavsky, GM Krasenkow, GM Akopian, GM Sadler, GM Azmaiparashvili, GM Zviagintsev, GM Khalifman, GM Tiviakov

Replacements (4): GM Lautier (replacing Velimirović), GM Dreev (replacing Morozevich), GM Milov (replacing Karpov), GM Andersson (replacing Zs. Polgár)

Games played: 341
Competition format: Knock-out
Tie-breaks: none
Time control: 100m/40 + 50m/20 + 10m/f + 30s/incr.
PGN game file: wc2000-ko.pgn