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Chess World Cup 2000
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<h2 id="format">Format</h2> <p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="participants">Participants</h2> <p>All players are <a href="/facts/Grandmaster_(chess)/NalWpE97">Grandmasters</a> unless indicated otherwise. </p> <ol><li> <a href="/facts/Viswanathan_Anand/4bbYydet">Viswanathan Anand</a> (IND), 2762</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Morozevich/6qp4FxtT">Alexander Morozevich</a> (RUS), 2756</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Vassily_Ivanchuk/IRsJzAVf">Vassily Ivanchuk</a> (UKR), 2719</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Bareev/KHhu09Nw">Evgeny Bareev</a> (RUS), 2702</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Peter_Svidler/KFmSAEQ7">Peter Svidler</a> (RUS), 2689</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a> (ISR), 2681</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Nigel_Short/HsQuUI8f">Nigel Short</a> (ENG), 2677</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexey_Dreev/uYjuF5e3">Alexey Dreev</a> (RUS), 2676</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Zurab_Azmaiparashvili/RG6W90gJ">Zurab Azmaiparashvili</a> (GEO), 2673</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ye_Jiangchuan/mxY4k2uB">Ye Jiangchuan</a> (CHN), 2670</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Xu_Jun/65fQVLah">Xu Jun</a> (CHN), 2668</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Khalifman/bmvMKsIt">Alexander Khalifman</a> (RUS), 2667</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mikhail_Gurevich_(chess_player)/zmUkXM5G">Mikhail Gurevich</a> (BEL), 2667</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Sergei_Movsesian/jQ8qfgFX">Sergei Movsesian</a> (CZE), 2666</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Vladislav_Tkachiev/uctj2ldV">Vladislav Tkachiev</a> (FRA), 2657</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Alexei_Fedorov/JmfgcU7t">Alexei Fedorov</a> (BLR), 2646</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gulko/BppqJ47l">Boris Gulko</a> (USA), 2643</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Zhang_Zhong/tBep2GJG">Zhang Zhong</a> (CHN), 2636</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Gilberto_Milos/WVPAqFXr">Gilberto Milos</a> (BRA), 2633</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a> (UKR), 2630</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Pavel_Tregubov/uvEyJHfu">Pavel Tregubov</a> (RUS), 2620</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Aleksej_Aleksandrov/0sNVRN8e">Aleksej Aleksandrov</a> (BLR), 2591</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Aimen_Rizouk/RDRTlTAc">Aimen Rizouk</a> (ALG), 2350, IM</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mohamed_Tissir/zU19AXPU">Mohamed Tissir</a> (MAR), 2342, IM</li></ol> <p>Ratings are as per the July 2000 FIDE ratings list<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>. </p> <h2 id="calendar">Calendar</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Round</th><th>Dates</th></tr><tr><td>Group Stage</td><td>1-5 September</td></tr><tr><td>Quarterfinals</td><td>7-8 September</td></tr><tr><td>Semifinals</td><td>9-10 September</td></tr><tr><td>Final</td><td>12-13 September</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="group-stage">Group stage</h2> <p>Nine out of the top 10 seeds finished the group stages with a plus or equal score – the lone exception, <a href="/facts/Alexander_Morozevich/6qp4FxtT">Alexander Morozevich</a>, crashed out of the tournament with a single point in 5 games. The reigning FIDE World Champion <a href="/facts/Alexander_Khalifman/bmvMKsIt">Alexander Khalifman</a> also suffered a disappointing showing, with losses to Anand and Gelfand. The dark horse of the tournament was 19th-seeded <a href="/facts/Gilberto_Milos/WVPAqFXr">Gilberto Milos</a>, a chess grandmaster from <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a> and five-time <a href="/facts/South_American_Chess_Championship/SIRKnUdD">South American chess champion</a>. 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Group A</th><th>Pts.</th><th>Group B</th><th>Pts.</th><th>Group C</th><th>Pts.</th><th>Group D</th><th>Pts.</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/Gilberto_Milos/WVPAqFXr">Gilberto Milos</a></td><td>3½</td><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Ye_Jiangchuan/mxY4k2uB">Ye Jiangchuan</a></td><td>3½</td><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Bareev/KHhu09Nw">Evgeny Bareev</a></td><td>3½</td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Viswanathan_Anand/4bbYydet">Viswanathan Anand</a></td><td>3½</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE"></a> <a href="/facts/Zurab_Azmaiparashvili/RG6W90gJ">Zurab Azmaiparashvili</a></td><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Vassily_Ivanchuk/IRsJzAVf">Vassily Ivanchuk</a></td><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Czech_Republic/vJYLD66Q"></a> <a href="/facts/Sergei_Movsesian/jQ8qfgFX">Sergei Movsesian</a></td><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gulko/BppqJ47l">Boris Gulko</a></td><td>2½</td><td><a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL"></a> <a href="/facts/Nigel_Short/HsQuUI8f">Nigel Short</a></td><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Peter_Svidler/KFmSAEQ7">Peter Svidler</a></td><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Vladislav_Tkachiev/uctj2ldV">Vladislav Tkachiev</a></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Alexey_Dreev/uYjuF5e3">Alexey Dreev</a></td><td>2½</td><td><a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j"></a> <a href="/facts/Mikhail_Gurevich_(chess_player)/zmUkXM5G">Mikhail Gurevich</a></td><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Zhang_Zhong/tBep2GJG">Zhang Zhong</a></td><td>2½</td><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Pavel_Tregubov/uvEyJHfu">Pavel Tregubov</a></td><td>2½</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob"></a> <a href="/facts/Aleksej_Aleksandrov/0sNVRN8e">Aleksej Aleksandrov</a></td><td>2½</td><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Xu_Jun/65fQVLah">Xu Jun</a></td><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob"></a> <a href="/facts/Alexei_Fedorov/JmfgcU7t">Alexei Fedorov</a></td><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Khalifman/bmvMKsIt">Alexander Khalifman</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Morozevich/6qp4FxtT">Alexander Morozevich</a></td><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Ruslan_Ponomariov/NYq6ymn2">Ruslan Ponomariov</a></td><td>1½</td><td><a href="/facts/Algeria/UXDF4Tj6"></a> <a href="/facts/Aimen_Rizouk/RDRTlTAc">Aimen Rizouk</a></td><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Morocco/6ly8170M"></a> <a href="/facts/Mohamed_Tissir/zU19AXPU">Mohamed Tissir</a></td><td>1</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="playoffs">Playoffs</h2> <p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3">Quarterfinals</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Semifinals</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3">Final</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Viswanathan_Anand/4bbYydet">Viswanathan Anand</a></td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Vassily_Ivanchuk/IRsJzAVf">Vassily Ivanchuk</a></td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Viswanathan_Anand/4bbYydet">Viswanathan Anand</a></td><td rowspan="2">3½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a></td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> <a href="/facts/Boris_Gelfand/BKbVJ8hK">Boris Gelfand</a></td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Ye_Jiangchuan/mxY4k2uB">Ye Jiangchuan</a></td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Viswanathan_Anand/4bbYydet">Viswanathan Anand</a></td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Bareev/KHhu09Nw">Evgeny Bareev</a></td><td rowspan="2">½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Czech_Republic/vJYLD66Q"></a> <a href="/facts/Sergei_Movsesian/jQ8qfgFX">Sergei Movsesian</a></td><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/Gilberto_Milos/WVPAqFXr">Gilberto Milos</a></td><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/Gilberto_Milos/WVPAqFXr">Gilberto Milos</a></td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Bareev/KHhu09Nw">Evgeny Bareev</a></td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE"></a> <a href="/facts/Zurab_Azmaiparashvili/RG6W90gJ">Zurab Azmaiparashvili</a></td><td rowspan="2">1½</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Bareev/KHhu09Nw">Evgeny Bareev</a></td><td rowspan="2">2½</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Final</h3> <p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Rating</th><th>1</th><th>2</th><th>Total</th></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Viswanathan_Anand/4bbYydet">Viswanathan Anand</a> (IND)</td><td>2762</td><td>½</td><td>1</td><td>1½</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Evgeny_Bareev/KHhu09Nw">Evgeny Bareev</a> (RUS)</td><td>2702</td><td>½</td><td>0</td><td>½</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"FIDE World Cup from August 31". The Hindu. 2000-08-29.[dead link] <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/2000/08/29/stories/07290206.htm" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/2000/08/29/stories/07290206.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"The Week In Chess: 1st FIDE World Cup". <a href="http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic304.html" target="_blank">http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic304.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"FIDE Rating List July 2000". <a href="https://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo200007e.html" target="_blank">https://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo200007e.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"365Chess.com - FIDE World Cup 2000". <a href="http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/FIDE_World_Cup-A_2000" target="_blank">http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/FIDE_World_Cup-A_2000</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"The Week In Chess (2): 1st FIDE World Cup". <a href="http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic305.html#2" target="_blank">http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic305.html#2</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Gilberto Milos vs Evgeny Bareev, WCC 2000: 0-1". <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1259002" target="_blank">http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1259002</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Lichess Study: Anand v. Bareev, 2000". Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2016-12-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161226215259/https://en.lichess.org/raujIfOY" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20161226215259/https://en.lichess.org/raujIfOY</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>