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Anand’s Performance in the

Match of the New Century 2002

Russia vs. Rest of the World

Rest of the World won 52.0 to Russia’s 48.0

Anand’s Score: 5.0/9

+2 –1 =6

Anand's Performance in
MOTC 2002

Round

Date

Opponent

Color

Result

Score

Game 10

11 Sep 2002

Garry Kasparov

White

Draw

5.0/9

Game 9

11 Sep 2002

Kramnik, Vladimir      

Black

Draw

4.5/8

Game 8

10 Sep 2002

Bareev, Evgeny         

White

Draw

4.0/7

Game 7

10 Sep 2002

Morozevich

Black

Draw

3.5/6

Game 6

10 Sep 2002

Did not play

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Game 5

9 Sep 2002

Peter Svidler

White

Loss

3/5

Game 4

9 Sep 2002

Anatoly Karpov

Black

Draw

3/4

Game 3

9 Sep 2002

Khalifman, Alexander  

White

Draw

1.5/3

Game 2

8 Sep 2002

Zvjaginsev, Vadim  

White

Win

2

Game 1

8 Sep 2002

Alexander Motylev    

Black

Win

1.0

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• Interesting side note was Kasparov’s first ever loss to a female GM. He lost to Judith Polgar. In general, Kasparov and Kramnik did not play up to par. Shirov was the highest scorer with a 7.0/10 in spite of a loss to Kasparov.
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