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FIDE World Chess Championship 2000

Chess tournament in New Delhi, India and Tehran, Iran

Field	Value
name	World Chess Championship 2000
sport	Chess
image	[[File:Anand 1998 Dortmund.jpeg	center]] Viswanathan Anand
location	Iran Tehran, India New Delhi
start_date	27 November 2000
end_date	26 December 2000
administrator	FIDE
tournament_format	Single-elimination tournament
host	Chess Federation of Iran, All India Chess Federation
participants	100
purse	$3 million
champion	India Viswanathan Anand
runners-up1	Spain Alexei Shirov
runners-up2
matches	99
noaverage
previous	FIDE World Chess Championship 1999
next	FIDE World Chess Championship 2002

| runners-up1 = Spain Alexei Shirov | runners-up2 =

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 was held in New Delhi, India, and Tehran, Iran. The first six rounds were played in New Delhi between 27 November and 15 December 2000, and the final match in Tehran started on 20 December and ended on 24 December 2000. The top seeded Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand won the championship.

Background

At the time of this championship, the World title was split. The newly crowned Classical World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik, did not participate, as well as the previous Classical Champion and world's highest-rated player, Garry Kasparov. Anatoly Karpov, the 1998 FIDE World Champion and No.11-rated player, also did not take part in the tournament as he was in the midst of filing a lawsuit against the organization. However, most other strongest players of the world took part, including the defending FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman and the 2000 World Cup winner Viswanathan Anand. The only other absentee from the top 25 was Ye Jiangchuan.

Participants

All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

Viswanathan Anand, 2762
Alexander Morozevich, 2756
Michael Adams, 2755
Alexei Shirov, 2746
Peter Leko, 2743
Vassily Ivanchuk, 2719
Veselin Topalov, 2707
Evgeny Bareev, 2702
Michael Krasenkov, 2702
Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 2690
Peter Svidler, 2689
Boris Gelfand, 2681
Nigel Short, 2677
Ilya Smirin, 2677
Alexey Dreev, 2676
Zurab Azmaiparashvili, 2673
Sergei Rublevsky, 2670
Zoltán Almási, 2668
Xu Jun, 2668
Mikhail Gurevich, 2667
Alexander Khalifman, 2667
Sergei Movsesian, 2666
Kiril Georgiev, 2661
Vladimir Akopian, 2660
Alexander Beliavsky, 2659
Vladislav Tkachiev, 2657
Peng Xiaomin, 2657
Jeroen Piket, 2649
Joël Lautier, 2648
Alexei Fedorov, 2646
Loek van Wely, 2643
Boris Gulko, 2643
Viktor Bologan, 2641
Gilberto Milos, 2633
Ruslan Ponomariov, 2630
Alexander Onischuk, 2627
Konstantin Sakaev, 2627
Jaan Ehlvest, 2627
Andrei Kharlov, 2627
Rafael Vaganian, 2623
Jonathan Speelman, 2623
Pavel Tregubov, 2620
Étienne Bacrot, 2613
Lev Psakhis, 2611
Emil Sutovsky, 2609
Alexander Grischuk, 2606
Vladimir Malakhov, 2605
Vladimir Baklan, 2599
Smbat Lputian, 2598
Evgeny Vladimirov, 2598
Alex Yermolinsky, 2596
Artashes Minasian, 2595
Christopher Lutz, 2595
Viorel Iordăchescu, 2594
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, 2592
Alexej Alexandrov, 2591
Aleksandr Galkin, 2587
Alexandre Lesiège, 2584
Utut Adianto, 2583
Vladislav Nevednichy, 2582
Joel Benjamin, 2577
Grigory Serper, 2574
Krishnan Sasikiran, 2573
Alexander Chernin, 2572
Gilberto Hernandez, 2572
Rafael Leitão, 2567
Alexander Ivanov, 2567
Karen Asrian, 2566
Alexei Bezgodov, 2557
Hannes Stefánsson, 2557
Abhijit Kunte, 2556
Đào Thiên Hải, 2555
Evgenij Agrest, 2554
Sergey Volkov, 2554
Jesús Nogueiras, 2552
Sune Berg Hansen, 2545
Hichem Hamdouchi, 2541
Bartłomiej Macieja, 2536
Alexander Rustemov, 2534
Mikhail Rytshagov, 2529
Emir Dizdarevic, 2527
Igor Nataf, 2526
Darcy Lima, 2525
Aloyzas Kveinys, 2522
Ivan Zaja, 2513, IM
Paweł Blehm, 2510, IM
Dibyendu Barua, 2502
Mohammed Al-Modiahki, 2499
Buenaventura Villamayor, 2495
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, 2488, no title
Michele Godena, 2485
Fouad El Taher, 2485, IM
Aleksandar Wohl, 2461, IM
Rodrigo Vasquez, 2454, IM
Imad Hakki, 2429, IM
Ibrahim Hasan Labib, 2426, IM
Fabian Fiorito, 2418, IM
Amir Bagheri, 2409, IM
Amon Simutowe, 2322, IM
Alexander Utnasunov, 2257, no title

Qualification

Players qualified for the championship according to the following criteria:

four semi-finalists of the previous championship (Alexander Khalifman, Vladimir Akopian, Michael Adams, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu);
juniors rated 2600 or higher in the rating lists of January 2000 to July 2000;
the World Junior Champions 1999 (Aleksandr Galkin) and 2000 (Lázaro Bruzón);
the Women's World Champion 1999 (Xie Jun);
three nominees of the FIDE President;
one nominee of the organizers;
62 qualifiers from the zonal tournaments;
one nominee from each of the Continental Presidents (for a total of four players);
a sufficient number of best rated players, to bring the total number of participants to 100 (the average of January and July 2000 rating lists was used);

Playing conditions

The championship was a knockout tournament similar to other FIDE World Chess Championships between 1998 and 2004: the players were paired for short matches, with losers eliminated. 28 players (27 best rated and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, one of the quarterfinalists of the previous championship) were given byes to the second round. The field of 100 participants was reduced to one winner over seven rounds.

Rounds 1–5 consisted of a two-game match, followed by tie breaks at faster time controls if required. The time control for regular games was 100 minutes, with 50 minutes added after move 40, 10 minutes added after move 60, and 30 seconds added after each move starting with move 1. Tie breaks consisted of two rapid chess games (25 minutes each + 10 seconds per move); followed by two games with shorter time controls if required (15 minutes + 10 seconds per move); followed by a series of blitz games (4 minutes + 10 seconds per move for White, 5 minutes + 10 seconds per move for Black, first player to win is the winner of the match). The semifinals (round 6) were best of four games, and the final was best of six games, with the same conditions for the tie-breaks.

Schedule

There was one rest day during round 4 and two rest days during round 6. The tie-breaks of rounds 1–5 were played in the evening following the second game. The final took place one month after rounds 1–6.

Round 1: 27 November 2000, 28 November 2000 (tiebreaks on 29 November 2000)
Round 2: 30 November 2000, 1 December 2000 (tiebreaks on 2 December 2000)
Round 3: 3 December 2000, 4 December 2000 (tiebreaks on 5 December 2000)
Round 4: 6 December 2000, 7 December 2000 (tiebreaks on 8 December 2000)
Round 5: 9 December 2000, 10 December 2000 (tiebreaks on 11 December 2000)
Round 6: 12 December 2000 – 15 December 2000 (tiebreaks on 16 December 2000)
Round 7: 20 December 2000 – 26 December 2000, with a rest day on 23 December 2000 (tiebreaks on 27 December 2000)

Results, rounds 1–4

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Results, rounds 5–7

Championship final

| tright |Anand–Shirov, 2000 World Ch.

| | | | | | |kd| | |pd| | | | | |pd | | | | | | | | | | | |pd|bl| | | | |pl| | | | |pd|nl |pl| | |kl|pd| | | | | | |pd| | |rd| |rl| |rd| | | | |rl | Final position of the match.

The final match of the FIDE World Championship featured Viswanathan Anand, the pre-tournament favorite and No. 1 seed, and Alexei Shirov, who had previously been denied a chance to challenge Garry Kasparov for the Classical World Championship despite winning a candidates' match two years earlier. After an uneventful 34-move draw in Game 1, the two players exchanged pieces quickly in Game 2, leading to a relatively even rook-and-pawn endgame after 30 moves. But Shirov gave Anand an opening with 47... Ke5?, allowing the latter to preserve two passed pawns and turn them into a winning advantage. Anand would strike again in the third game – with Shirov on the attack, Anand held a strong defensive position until 27... Qg5! followed by 28. Qf3?! from Shirov gave him a solid advantage.

In the decisive Game 4, Shirov played a sharp attacking game, knowing a victory was required to stay in contention for the championship. But he faltered with 19... Qf6?, missing a sound queen sacrifice that would have led to an equal endgame with winning opportunities (19... Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Bf2 21. Rh1 e5) and followed with 20... Qxc3?, leaving his h-file bishop hanging. Anand was able to translate the resulting advantage into a winning position.

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References

Loeb McClain, Dylan. (31 October 2000). "A Chess Match Is Waged for a World Title Whose Authenticity Is Challenged". [[The New York Times]].
"Top 100 Players October 2000 - Archive". [[FIDE]].
"Anand v. Shirov, 2000 - Game 3 Study". [[Lichess]].
(7 January 2001). "Anand's Devious Strategy Defeats Shirov in a Match". The New York Times.

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