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Anand’s Performance in the

FIDE World Chess Cup 2002

Finals: (+1 –0 =1)

SemiFinals (+0 –0 =2) TB: +1 –0 =3

QuarterFinals 1.5/2 (+1 –0 =1)

First Round: 3.0./5 (+2 –1 =2)

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Anand's Performance in
FIDE WCC 2002

Round

Date

Opponent

Color

Result

Score

Finals II

20^th Oct

Kasimdzhanov Rustam

White

Win

Won Tournament

Finals I

19^th Oct

Kasimdzhanov Rustam

Black

Draw

TB Blitz 2

18^th Oct

Dreev, A

White

Win

Qualifed for Finals

TB Blitz 1

18^th Oct

Dreev, A

Black

Draw

TieBreaker 2

18^th Oct

Dreev, A

White

Draw

Blitz needed

TieBreaker 1

18^th Oct

Dreev, A

Black

Draw

Semi II

18^th Oct

Dreev, A

White

Draw

Tie Breaker

Semi I

17^th Oct

Dreev, A

Black

Draw

Quarterfinals II

16 Oct

Malakhov,V

White

Win

Qualified

Quarterfinals I

15 Oct

Malakhov,V

Black

Draw

I (5)

14 Oct 2002

Hamdouch Hichem

White

Draw

3.0

I (4)

13 Oct 2002

Al Modiahki

Black

Win

2.5

I (3)

12 Oct 2002

Kasimdzhanov Rustam

White

Win

1.5

I (2)

11 Oct 2002

Sasikiran  

Black 

Loss

0.5

I (1)

10 Oct 2002

Xu Yun    

  Black

Draw

0.5

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[Above chart was prepared by the WorldChessCup folks.]

• Interesting footnote: Fellow countryman Krishnan Sasikiran defeats Anand in a big upset.
• In two encounters in 1999, Anand defeated the finalist  Rustam. (Information courtesy of Kartik Prasad)
• Live coverage was at: http://www.worldchesscup2002.com