21. World Chess Championship : 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches Translate this page World chess Championship 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches Pairing chart. Moscow,XI-XII, 2001. shirov, alexei, GM, ESP, 2706, 2.0, +, 1.5, +, 3.5, +, 4.0, +,0.5, , http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a1a2$w01.htm

Index FIDE 1948-1990 Pre-FIDE Highlights ... Site map World Chess Championship 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches Pairing chart Moscow, XI-XII, 2001. Match crosstables Anand, Viswanathan GM IND Touzane, Olivier IM FRA Goldin, Alexander GM USA Nielsen, Peter Heine GM DEN Tkachiev, Vladislav GM FRA Hamdouchi, Hichem GM MAR Rublevsky, Sergei GM RUS Nguyen, Anh Dung GM VIE Karpov, Anatoly GM RUS Zhang, Pengxiang GM CHN Pigusov, Evgeny GM RUS Ivanov, Alexander GM USA Dreev, Alexey GM RUS Supatashvili, Khvicha IM GEO Milos, Gilberto GM BRA Dao, Thien Hai GM VIE Topalov, Veselin GM BUL Pierrot, Facundo IM ARG Gulko, Boris GM USA Vescovi, Giovanni GM BRA Zhang, Zhong GM CHN Yu Shaoteng IM CHN Lastin, Alexander GM RUS Cvitan, Ognjen GM CRO Shirov, Alexei GM ESP Rizouk, Aimen IM ALG Gyimesi, Zoltan GM HUN Conquest, Stuart GM ENG Grischuk, Alexander GM RUS Ghaem Maghami, Esam GM IRI Motylev, Alexander GM RUS Liang, Chong IM CHN Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR Shovunov, Baatr IM RUS Avrukh, Boris GM ISR Macieja, Bartlomiej GM POL Sutovsky, Emil GM ISR Zapata, Alonso GM COL Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM ESP Savchenko, Stanislav GM UKR Van Wely, Loek GM NED Felgaer, Ruben

22. Shirov - Kramnik 1998 Match (games) Bc6+ bc 15. Bd2 h5 16. g5 Nd5 17. Nd5 cd 18. OOO Kd7 Draw. GAME 9. KRAMNIK,Vladimir shirov,alexei 1998, WCC Candidates (9). Rated by PING chess Ukraine http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/shi_kram.htm

WCC-Match, Cazorla 1998 KRAMNIK 3,5 - SHIROV 5,5 GAME 1 KRAMNIK,Vladimir - SHIROV,Alexei 1998, WCC Candidates (1) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd N:d5 5. e4 N:c3 6. bc Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cd 13. cd Be6 14. Rc1 B:a2 15. Qa4 Bb3 16. Qb4 b6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 ed 20. N:d4 Bf7 21. Ba6 Re8 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Q:e7 R:e7 24. Nc6 N:c6 25. R:c6 Draw GAME 2 SHIROV,Alexei - KRAMNIK,Vladimir 1998, WCC Candidates (2) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 N:e4 4. Bd3 d5 5. N:e5 Nd7 6. N:d7 B:d7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 N:c3 9. bc O-O 10. Qh5 f5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Re1 c6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. c4 Be8 15. Qh3 dc 16. B:c4+ Bf7 17. Be6 B:e6 18. R:e6 Rae8 19. Qb3 R:e6 20. Q:e6+ Rf7 21. Qe8+ Rf8 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. Qe8+ Rf8 Draw GAME 3 KRAMNIK,Vladimir - SHIROV,Alexei 1998, WCC Candidates (3) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd N:d5 5. e4 N:c3 6. bc Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. B:f7+ R:f7 13. fg R:f1+ 14. K:f1 cd 15. cd e5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Qd3 N:e3+ 18. Q:e3 Qh4 19. h3 Bh6 20. Qd3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Qe3 23. Q:e3 B:e3 24. Rd1 Rf2 25. Ng1 Kf7 26. Rd3 Bb6 27. Rf3+ Ke7 28. R:f2 B:f2 29. Nf3 Kd6 30. g3 B:g3 31. Kg2 Bf4 32. Kf2 Kc5 33. Ke2 b5 34. Kd3 Draw GAME 4 SHIROV,Alexei - KRAMNIK,Vladimir 1998, WCC Candidates (4)

23. Botvinnik Variation (Ivanchuk-Shirov) Ivanchuk Vassily shirov alexei 1996, Wijk aan Zee 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf64. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dc 6. e4 b5 7 - shirov} Rb8 32. Rated by PING chess Ukraine http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/var-botv.htm

Botvinnik Variation: Ivanchuk-Shirov with 21.Qg7 One of the latest wonderful games was ... Ivanchuk Vassily - Shirov Alexei 1996, Wijk aan Zee 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dc 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Ng5 hg 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. ef Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 ed 18. ab cb 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4 Rd7 21. Qg7 21...Bg7 22. fg Rg8 23. Nc5 d4 However, the comments of both adversaries do not confirm a clear advantage of White after the queen is sacrificed. Incidentally, it is interesting to mention the game where White choose the other way (the full text has been presented by P.Golovenchenko, Odessa): Golovenchenko P.E. - Kurotjka A.P 1991, cr 17ch-UKR sf 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dc 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Ng5 hg 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. ef Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 ed 18. ab cb 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4 Rd7 21. Nc5 !? [21.Bc5 Bc5 22.Qg7 Rhd8 23.Nc5 Qc5 24.Bh3 Kc7 (24...d4!?) 25.Bd7 Rd7 Ivanchuk] [23...Be3 24.fe d4 25.Qf7 de (25...Qc6 26.Bd7 Rd7 27.Qe8 Kc7 28.e4+-) 26.Bd7 Rd7 27.Qe8 Kc7 28.Rad1!]

24. Anand, Viswanathan (2797) - Shirov, Alexei (2706) [C42] Anand, Viswanathan (2797) shirov, alexei (2706) C42 World A strong Topalov's novelty(Topalov-shirov, WCh, Moscow (4.1 V - Leko, P, Advanced chess, Leon 2001 http://www.chessib.com/anandshir12.html

Chess Siberia Home page News Interviews Openings ... Links Anand, Viswanathan (2797) - Shirov, Alexei (2706) [C42] World Championship, Moscow (5.1) 2001 Notes by Boris Schipkov 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 In the game Baklan, V - Timman, J, Neum (4) 2000 White obtained an advantage after 13... Bd6?! 14. a3 Bxe5 15. axb4 Bf5 16. bxc5 Qc7 17. g3 Qxc5 18. Be3 Qd6 19. c5 Qf6 20. Qb3 Bxb2 21. Ra4 Be5 22. Qxb7 Bh3 23. Re1 a5 24. d6 Rab8 25. Qxe4 Bd7 26. Bd3 g6 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 a4 30. Re7 1-0. A strong Topalov's novelty (Topalov-Shirov, WCh, Moscow (4.1) 2001). After 15. f4?! f6 16. Ng4 Bxg4! 17. Bxg4 f5 the sides chances are equal. Black plans to shift pieces to nice places - the knight to the d6 square and the bishop to the d4 square. 18. Be2 Bf6 19. g3 Bd4+ 20. Kg2 Nc7 21. Rb1 a5 22. b3 Qf6 23. Qc2 Ne8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 b6, Leko, P - Kramnik, V, Amber Rapidplay, Monaco 2001. 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nc7 21. b4 b6 22. Rb3 Ne8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd6, Anand, V - Leko, P, Advanced Chess, Leon 2001.

25. Chess News The Hrokurinn chess Club 2003 tournament took place in Reykjavik (Iceland) February18th27th. 1. shirov, alexei - 7; 2-3. Macieja, Bartlomiej; Korchnoi http://www.chessib.com/news.html

Chess Siberia Home page News Interviews Openings ... Links News 9. Werther Schloss Open 2003 Werther, 11.-13. of April 2003 With Epishin, Vladimir (2628), Gaprindashvili, Valerian (2491), Kopylov, Michael (2486), Polzin, Rainer (2467), Shengelia, Davit (2457), Seger, Rüdiger (2456), Kasparov , Sergey (2443), Scekic, Milos (2435), Lingnau, Carsten (2425), Petrosian , Suren (2424). about 220 Participants. 5 Rounds Swiss-System. Homepage and Live-Transmission: http://www.schloss-open.skwerther.de/ Live-Transmission by http://www.schach.com The Anatoly Karpov vs. Bartlomiej Macieja rapid match 2003 took place in Warsaw (Poland) 7th-10th April. 8 games. Karpov - Macieja 6-2 (1-0, 1-0, 0-1, 1-0, 1/2, 1-0, 1/2, 1-0). Games (8, pgn) Site: http://www.zagraj.pl/karpowmacieja/ The SIS-MH Masters rapid 2003 took place in Denmark April 5th-6th. Viswanathan Anand - 5.5 from 6; 2-3. Peter Heine Nielsen, Curt Hansen - 3; 4. Jonny Hector - 0.5. Site: http://www.sis-mh-masters.dk/ The XII Dos Hermanas 2003 chess tournament took place in Spain March 28th - April 5th. Rustemov, Alexander

26. Alexei Shirov Visits New York Photo of alexei shirov (relaxing at the WWW chess Superstore's TV studios) andphoto of NM Irina Krush with GM alexei shirov by Paul Hodges Copyright R D http://www.smartchess.com/SmartChessOnline/Press Releases/shirovny.html

World Wide Web Chess Superstore Press Release - 25th June 1998 GM ALEXEI SHIROV visits New York Spanish GM Alexei Shirov visited New York from June 17th to June 24th as an honored guest of the World Wide Web Chess Superstore During his visit Alexei filmed a series of instructional chess videos hosted by GM Ron Henley at the World Wide Web Chess Superstore's television studios in Manhattan. Our newest author completed filming on a series of videos (from the new "Shirov Collection" ), including: Shirov! (Best Games Volumes 1-5) Shirov! (Best Endgames Volume 1), and Shirov! (Shirov-Kramnik 1998) The last video is projected to be a deluxe double video presenting Shirov's first-hand account of the games, events and background to his recent match with Kramnik. The video contains many of Shirov's "secrets" and it was agreed that the release of this particular video would be delayed until after the completion of Shirov's match with Kasparov. The videos detailing Shirov's best games and endgames are scheduled for release in the Fall of 1998. In other developments, the World Wide Web Chess Superstore will be acting as Shirov's North American publishing and publicity agent. As a result, SmartChess Online becomes the

27. Alexei Shirov Press Release Superstar GM alexei shirov signs contract with WWW chess Superstoreto make a series of instructional chess videos! The World Wide http://www.smartchess.com/SmartChessOnline/Press Releases/shirovpr.html

World Wide Web Chess Superstore Press Release - 26th February 1998 Superstar GM ALEXEI SHIROV signs contract with WWW Chess Superstore to make a series of instructional chess videos! The World Wide Web Chess Superstore is pleased to announce that the Latvian-born Spanish GM Alexei Shirov has signed a contract that will bring him to the United States in June 1998 in order to film a series of instructional chess videos hosted by GM Ron Henley. The twenty-five year old Shirov is rated 2710 ELO on the January 1998 Rating List and is ranked at #8 in the World. Shirov - a brilliant tactician - is famous for his dynamic, sharp and imaginative style of play, and has built a substantial fan base for himself in online chess play (playing under his various 'handles' such as "leon" and "tigre" Filming is set for June 17th - June 24th 1998, and the WWW Chess Superstore is pleased to be able to host Alexei during this time. Shirov is the author of the best-selling book "Fire On Board: Shirov's Best Games"

28. ChessBase.com - Chess News previously absent from his game, Loek van Wely bounced back from tough losses tobeat the classical chess champion in Radjabov, Teimour, ½½, shirov, alexei. http://schachspielen.de/newsdetail.asp?newsid=747

29. ChessBase.com - Chess News Ponomariov has discovered that one big paycheck and a nice medal do not automaticallyearn you respect in the chess world shirov, alexei, ½½, Topalov, Veselin. http://schachspielen.de/newsdetail.asp?newsid=749

30. MindZine - Chess News: Shirov Sues WCC shirov sues the World chess Council, 11 October 2000, alexei shirovis taking the World chess Council (WCC) to court! The Spanish http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/chess/shirov_sues.html

MIND SPORTS WORLDWIDE Search MSO Worldwide MSO Events Mind Sports Zine Brain Power Play Games Online ... Chess Shirov sues the World Chess Council 11 October 2000 Alexei Shirov is taking the World Chess Council (WCC) to court! The Spanish Grandmaster was left without money or a world championship match after he had defeated Vladimir Kramnik over two years ago in a match to decide the challenger to Garry Kasparov. Kramnik got duly paid for the match, but Shirov was promised his prize money in the supposedly following world championship match. Shirov never signed any type of contract for the match, however. As most of us know, this match never happened, and Shirov has continuously kept the issue in the public eye, demanding his money and a shot at the title. Shirov is demanding the sum of $1,300,000. The original agreement between Shirov, Kasparov and match organizer Luis Rentero was that Shirov get $1,300,000 for winning against Kasparov and $600,000 for losing. Both Rentero and Kasparov say that the cancellation of the Kasparov-Shirov match was not their responsibility. Message board Discuss this article on our Chess message board Back To Top

31. MindZine Chess News June 2000 shirov, Polgar, Meet at Merida The City chess Tournament of Competing inthe Magistrate Tournament are alexei shirov (Spain), Judit Polgar (Hungary http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/chess/merida2000.html

MIND SPORTS WORLDWIDE Search MSO Worldwide MSO Events Mind Sports Zine Brain Power Play Games Online ... Chess Merida 2000 19 June 2000 Shirov the Artist Wins Merida Alexei Shirov won his final-round game against Akopian in artistic fashion to win Merida 2000 by a half-point over Judit Polgar, who drew her game. Hernandez-Polgar was a short draw. Akopian played the French Winawer, Ba5 line. They castled on opposite wings and Akopian sacked the exchange on f3. But Shirov broke through in the center and chased black's king across the board, then deftly exchanged down to a winning king-and-pawn endgame. Shirov was up 3 pawns to 2 and stopped black's pawns with his king, so Akopian resigned after 47 moves, giving the championship to Shirov. Round 6 Results: Shirov 1-0 Akopian Hernandez ½-½ Polgar Final Standings: Shirov 4.0 Polgar 3.5 Hernandez 2.5 Akopian 2.0 Polgar Draws Shirov, Both Maintain Lead Everyone moves forward one-half step. Polgar-Shirov was a French Burn: . They castled on opposite wings, and Shirov sacked his b-pawn for an open file for his rook, but nothing came of it as they drew in 21 moves. Akopian played the Trompowsky and sacked the exchange for a kingside attack, but Hernandez defended and Akopian was forced to take perpetual check for a draw in 27 moves.

32. Chess City Magazine Ezine with broad coverage, from the opening to the endgame, from history to gossip, special section Category Games Internet Browser Based Board Games chess...... Latest Odds on Linares and othermajor chess events. Latest insformation on Coastsidechess Events RUS. 2685. 8. shirov,alexei. ESP. 2682. 9. Grischuk,Alexander. RUS. http://www.chesscity.com/

Edited by Eric Schiller APRIL 2003 Published by Cardoza Publishing All Dos Hermanas Qualifier games in PGN. Results from the 4th Annual Dos Hermanas Internet Tournament List of players Dos Hermanas Internet Qualifier The Scandalous Tale of the Hyde Park Chess Tables by Hadas Friedman and Abbe Friedman. Two Chicago 6th graders blow the whistle on the removal of public chess facilities. First time on the web! Sneak Preview! Survive and Beat Annoying Chess Openings by John Watson and Eric Schiller New Download : huge file of games with Unorthodox Openings. Campomanes sentenced to jail Former FIDE President Florencio Campomanes was sentenced to one year and 10 months imprisonment for "failure to render account on the disbursement" of the Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC’s) funds for the June 6-25, 1992 World Chess Olympiad amounting to P12.8 million. Campomanes is best known for stopping the 1984/85 World Championship match against the will of the players and entire chess world, but that is not what he is being jailed for. More ...

33. Match Of The New Century : Tournament Progress : Comments Radjabov, Teimour, Zvjaginsev, Vadim, White wins, , . shirov, alexei, Svidler,Peter, White wins, , . Grischuk, Alexander, shirov, alexei, Black wins, , . http://chess.alfabank.ru/en/tournament/results/

You can download the detailed PGN file of a particular game by clicking on the link next to it. «Match of the New Century» Set 10 White Black Result Look Download Anand, Viswanathan Kasparov, Garry Drawn game Bareev, Evgeny Leko, Peter Drawn game Gelfand, Boris Grischuk, Alexander Drawn game Karpov, Anatoly Polgar, Judit White wins Khalifman, Alexander Short, Nigel D. Drawn game Morozevich, Alexander Ivanchuk, Vassily Drawn game Ponomariov, Ruslan Kramnik, Vladimir Drawn game Radjabov, Teimour Zvjaginsev, Vadim White wins Shirov, Alexei Svidler, Peter White wins Smirin, Ilia Dreev, Alexey Black wins Set 9 White Black Result Look Download Azmaiparashvili, Zurab Khalifman, Alexander Drawn game Dreev, Alexey Radjabov, Teimour Drawn game Grischuk, Alexander Shirov, Alexei Black wins Ivanchuk, Vassily Bareev, Evgeny Drawn game Kasparov, Garry Ponomariov, Ruslan Drawn game Kramnik, Vladimir Anand, Viswanathan Drawn game Leko, Peter Morozevich, Alexander White wins Rublevsky, Sergei Smirin, Ilia Drawn game Short, Nigel D. Karpov, Anatoly Black wins Svidler, Peter Gelfand, Boris

34. Alexei Shirov Brief biography on shirov, book review and games from book.Category Games Board Games chess People shirov, alexei...... I bought a copy of GM alexei shirov's Fire On Board and I have not been able toput it down! There are few novels as compelling as this chess book, and only http://www.1001knights.com/shirov.html

Home The 1001 Knights Bookstore Coffee Break Chess Chess Today ... Sitemap E-mail Alexei Shirov Last year I wrote about my "Bronstein summers" . This year (1998) I'm having a "Shirov summer". I was working my way through Bronstein's excellent book of Zurich '53 (all games, not just Bronstein's), but I got side-tracked. I bought a copy of GM Alexei Shirov's Fire On Board and I have not been able to put it down! There are few novels as compelling as this chess book, and only classic novels at that. This is a classic chess book. It's divided into three sections. The first section is a chronological collection of 82, "best" games. "Best" is an uninspired word to attach to this book. "Remarkable", "thought-provoking", and "brilliant" are better adjectives. The second, smaller, section contains a sixteen games of the Botvinnik variation and the third section has 13 endgames. I am a Shirov partisan, but now that I've got the book I think I can justifiably call myself a real fan. I have a love of the wild and the beautiful and Shirov's games are abundantly wild and beautiful. I feel like I've fallen into some strange world where knights and bishops are worth more than queens and rooks, and where not one of three connected passers can be promoted! It's tempting to say that Shirov is a magician, but the truth is better than that. He's

35. Merida 2000 Source The Week in chess. Final Standings 1 shirov, alexei g ESP 2751 4.0 TPR 27512 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2658 3.5 TPR 2714 3 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2560 http://www.chessgoddesses.com/cgjpolgarmerida00.htm

1st City of Merida Chess Tournament (Merida, Yucatan) You will find in this section: Link to Photo Gallery of Judit from this Tournament Final Standings, Game Openings and Games in PGN Format Links to analyses of Games 1 - 6 by GMChess Source The Week in Chess June saw an interesting quadrangular tournament between Shirov (Spain), Polgar (Hungary), Akopian (Armenia) and Gilberto Hernandez (Mexico). It was held in the City of Merida, State of Yucatan; a double round robin, with 260, 000 pesos in prizes. There is an English Website for the event. Final Standings: 1 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2751 4.0 TPR 2751 2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2658 3.5 TPR 2714 3 Hernandez, Gilberto g MEX 2560 TPR 2.5 2632 4 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2660 TPR 2.0 2531 Round one saw Polgar-Akopian finish in a draw and Gilberto Hernandez refute some very ambitious play from Alexei Shirov. Round 1 (June 13, 2000) Shirov, Alexei - Hernandez, Gilberto 0-1 37 A08 Reti (1.Nf3) Polgar, Judit - Akopian, Vladimir 1/2 19 C10 French

36. Linares 2001 Round 1 analysis at KC chess John Henderson's Round 1 Report at TWIC (great Peterg HUN 2745 0.5; 5. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2679 0.5; 6. shirov, alexei g ESP http://www.chessgoddesses.com/jplinares01.htm

2001 LINARES SUPER TOURNAMENT Story Source Official Site The Week in Chess KasparovChess February 23, 2001 Round 1 Results: Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 Polgar, Judit There are great photos at the Official Site Round 1 analysis at KC Chess John Henderson's Round 1 Report at TWIC (great photographs but no analysis) Standings: 1. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2663 0.5; 2. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2676 0.5 ; 3. Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2849 0.5; 4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2745 0.5; 5. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2679 0.5; 6. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 0.5 [Event "SuperGM"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "2001.02.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Grischuk,A"] [Black "Polgar,Ju"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2676"] [EventDate "2001.02.23"] [ECO "B47"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. a4

37. Anand Beats Karpov,  Wins Corsica Open 2002 entertainer with both the finalists matching each other in rapid and blitz chess. anotherformer World Champion, put paid to the hopes of alexei shirov with a http://www.chathurangam.com/abroad2k2/corsica2k2.asp

FIDE Ratings World Indian Guest Book Feedback ... Associations Tournaments Abroad 2002 Till 2002 6th Corsica Open 2002, Bastia, France 31st October to 4th November, 2002 Anand beats Karpov, makes it three-in-a-row PGN Viswanathan Anand added a fourth world- level title to his collection this year as he rebounded strongly from a first-game loss to beat veteran Anatoly Karpov of Russia 4-2, in the final of the sixth edition of the Corsica Open chess tournament played in Bastia, France. Over the last three months Anand has won the Eurotel title in Prague in May, followed by the Chess Classic of Mainz title in July, the World Cup in Hyderabad in October and now the Corsica Open. In the final against Karpov, another former FIDE World champion like Anand, the Indian lost the first game but bounced back to win the next with white pieces and send the match into a play-off. They drew the next two before Anand won the last two games played in the blitz format. This was the first match in the knockout stage where Anand had been stretched beyond the normal two-game match. In what turned out to be a thrilling days event, the finals proved every bit an entertainer with both the finalists matching each other in rapid and blitz chess. But Anand showed that he had greater desire to win the Euro 20000 top prize, as he dug in deep to equalise 1-1 after a first game defeat. Two rapid draws later, Anand struck deadly in the fifth game with black pieces and finished with a final salvo mating Karpov in the sixth game.

38. World Chess Championship 2001 World chess Championships 2001 Moscow, Russia (Men Women) Nov 27 Dec 14, 2001Finals (Men) Jan 16 - 25 shirov, alexei (ESP) 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan (IND). http://www.chathurangam.com/wcc2001/reports/07decreportm.asp

World Chess Championships 2001 Nov 27 - Dec 14, 2001 Finals (Men) Jan 16 - 25, 2002 Home Schedule Pairings Results ... Reports Days Finals Preliminaries Dec 07 Day 11 - Men Report Round 5 Game 2 Anand meets Ivanchuk, Svidler takes on Ponomariov Games: Viewer PGN Defending Champion Viswanathan Anand of India takes on his long time Ukraine foe Vassily Ivanchuk in the first semi finals, while another young Ukraine Grandmaster Ponomariov who stormed into the last four with an upset win over seasoned Bareev, takes on three time Russian Champion Peter Svidler. Anand qualified with a quiet 1.5-0.5 victory over Shirov, while the rest of the semi final qualifiers made it through tie break victories. Anand cruises to semi final, others in tie breaks Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan (IND) Ruthless !! Its the only word that can describe Vishy's draw with black pieces against Shirov today. If, having seen the "Madras Tiger" doing it in the second round against Dane Nielsen, wasn't enough, Vishy repeated it against a different and stronger opponent with as much ease and felicity. It just takes Anand two matches away from retaining the title he won at Tehran. The French of today, was more of surprise value and at regular intervals the pieces were seen moving out of the board. It should have baffled Shirov, the way Anand went about securing the draw. The double rook and knight ending, was dry as dead wood and Shirov gave up, losing to Anand for the third time in FIDE Knock Outs viz., Groningen, Tehran and Moscow. The Indian waits for the result of the Ivanchuk-Lautier match, with the in-form Ukraine Grandmaster pitting it against the French ace Lautier. Noticeably Chucky didn't trouble Lautier much, and in the tie breaks it could be anybody's game.

39. Welcome To The Austin Chess Club alexei shirov, Alexander Morozevich, Frankfurt Giants, 2000, 01,C14 French Classical System. Evgeny Bareev, alexei shirov, RussiaVs. http://www.austinchessclub.org/shirov.htm

Click on any of the links to see the corresponding game in a PGN format: White Black Venue Year Result Opening Alexei Shirov Alexander Morozevich Frankfurt Giants C14 French : Classical System Alexei Shirov Vladimir Kramnik Frankfurt Giants B45 Sicilian: Four Knights Garry Kasparov Alexei Shirov Frankfurt Giants Alexei Shirov Viswanathan Anand Frankfurt Giants B49: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Peter Leko Alexei Shirov Frankfurt Giants C11: French: Classical System: 4.e5 and 4.Bg5 dxe4 Alexander Morozevich Alexei Shirov Frankfurt Giants B95: Sicilian Najdorf: 6.Bg5 e6, unusual White 7th moves Vladimir Kramnik Alexei Shirov Frankfurt Giants D46: Semi-Slav: 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3, Black avoids the Meran Alexei Shirov Garry Kasparov Frankfurt Giants B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6.Be3 Ng4 and 6.Be3 e5 Viswanathan Anand Alexei Shirov Frankfurt Giants C11: French: Classical System: 4.e5 and 4.Bg5 dxe4 Evgeny Bareev Alexei Shirov Russia Vs. World

40. British Chess Magazine: 11th Melody Amber Rapid/Blindfold, Monaco, 16-28 March 2 Further Coverage http//chess.lostcity.nl/amber A40 Queen's pawn Almasi, Zoltan Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 70 C78 Ruy Lopez Piket, Jeroen - shirov, alexei 1/2 http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/amber2002.htm

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