Chess World Cup 2002

The group stages featured a number of surprising upsets, with the top three seeds all struggling to remain in contention. Anand, the No. 1 seed, overcame an early loss to Krishnan Sasikaran with wins over Kasimdzhanov and Al-Modiahki to finish second in his group. Vassily Ivanchuk was less fortunate, dropping games to Malakhov and Macieja and finishing fifth in Group A.^[4] Morozevich never recovered after suffering a disastrous start with three straight losses to Ehlvest, Ganguly, and Harikrishna. He scored only one point in five matches, finishing second-to-last in the entire tournament and dropping below 2700 in Elo rating for the first time since 1998.^[5]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	H2H	Koya
1	Vladimir Malakhov (RUS)	2670	Does not appear	1	½	0	1	1	3½
2	Ye Jiangchuan (CHN)	2667	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	3	1½
3	Bartłomiej Macieja (POL)	2615	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	3	1
4	Giovanni Vescovi (BRA)	2614	1	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	3	½
5	Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)	2709	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	2
6	Saidali Iuldachev (UZB)	2511	0	0	½	0	0	Does not appear	½

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	H2H	Koya
1	GM Alexey Dreev (RUS)	2673	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	½	3½
2	GM Sergei Rublevsky (RUS)	2664	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	3	½	2
3	GM Teimour Radjabov (AZE)	2628	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	3	½	1
4	GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO)	2666	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	2½
5	IM Watu Kobese (RSA)	2399	0	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	1½	1
6	GM Alex Yermolinsky (USA)	2575	½	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	1½	0

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	H2H	Koya
1	Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)	2653	Does not appear	0	1	½	1	1	3½
2	Viswanathan Anand (IND)	2755	1	Does not appear	0	½	1	½	3
3	Krishnan Sasikiran (IND)	2670	0	1	Does not appear	½	1	0	2½	½	2½
4	Hichem Hamdouchi (MAR)	2593	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	2½	½	1½
5	Mohamad Al-Modiahki (QAT)	2550	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	2
6	Xu Jun (CHN)	2643	0	½	1	0	0	Does not appear	1½

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	H2H	Koya
1	Alexander Beliavsky (SLO)	2650	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	3½	1	2
2	Nigel Short (ENG)	2684	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	3½	1	2
3	Jaan Ehlvest (EST)	2600	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	3½	1	1½
4	Surya Ganguly (IND)	2531	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	2
5	Pentala Harikrishna (IND)	2551	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	1	1½
6	Alexander Morozevich (RUS)	2707	½	½	0	0	0	Does not appear	1

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

D1

Alexander Beliavsky

1½

B2

Sergei Rublevsky

½

Alexander Beliavsky

½

Rustam Kasimdzhanov

1½

A2

Ye Jiangchuan

½

C1

Rustam Kasimdzhanov

1½

Rustam Kasimdzhanov

½

Viswanathan Anand

1½

D2

Nigel Short

1½

B1

Alexey Dreev

2½

Alexey Dreev

2½

Viswanathan Anand

3½

A1

Vladimir Malakhov

½

C2

Viswanathan Anand

1½

In the final, Viswanathan Anand defended his World Cup title won in Shenyang against Rustam Kasimdzhanov in a two-game match. The first game of the match ended in a 16-move draw, with Kasimdzhanov failing to make any headway against Anand's Caro-Kann defence. In Game 2, Anand gradually outplayed Kasimdzhanov in the Petroff defence, gaining a strong advantage after 18 ... N6g5?. Kasimdzhanov would resign 11 moves later.^[6]

Name	Rating	1	2	Total
Viswanathan Anand (IND)	2755	½	1	1½
Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)	2653	½	0	½