4.09-10.09, 2000
GM Chess Digest - No.7
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Chess News The 2000 World Cup - Shenyang
In the preliminaries the 24 players are divided into 4 groups of 6 players. Each player will play five games. The two winners from each group, will qualify for the quarter-finals where each player will play 2 games. The winners will go to the semi-finals for another set of 2 games. Finally the last two players will meet in the finals for the best of two games. In the event of a tie during the knockout matches, a series of rapid chess quick play finish/lightning chess etc as used in the World Championships shall be introduced.

Men's World Cup (after round 4)

N  Group A        ELO  1  2  3  4  5  6    Pl 
1  Milos,
Gilberto		 g BRA 2633   S 1 S   S  2.5  
2  Dreev,
Alexey		 g RUS 2676 S   S   S  S 2.0  
3  Alexandrov,
Alexey		 g BLR 2591 0 S   S  1   2.0  
4  Azmaiparashvili,
Zurab		 g GEO 2673 S   S    1 S 2.5  
5  Morozevich,
Alexander		 g RUS 2756   S 0 0   S 1.0  
6  Gulko,
Boris		 g USA 2643 S S   S S   2.0  

 

N  Group B        ELO  1  2  3  4  5  6    Pl 
1  Xu
Jun		 g CHN 2668   1 S 0   S 2.0  
2  Gurevich,
Mikhail		 g BEL 2667 0   S   S 1 2.0  
3  Ivanchuk,
Vassily		 g UKR 2719 S S   S S   2.0  
4  Short,
Nigel		 g ENG 2677 1   S   0 S 2.0  
5  Ye 
Jiangchuan		 g CHN 2670   S S 1   S 2.5  
6  Ponomariov,
Ruslan		 g UKR 2630 S 0   S S   1.5  

 

N  Group C        ELO  1  2  3  4  5  6    Pl 
1  Svidler,
Peter		 g RUS 2689   0 S 1   1 2.5  
2  Zhang
Zhong		 g CHN 2636 1   S   S 0 2.0  
3  Bareev,
Evgeny		 g RUS 2702 S S   1 S   2.5  
4  Rizouk,
Aimen		 m ALG 2350 0   0   0 S 0.5  
5  Movsesian,
Sergei		 g CZE 2666   S S 1   S 2.5  
6  Fedorov,
Alexei		 g BLR 2646 0 1   S S   2.0  

 

N  Group D        ELO  1  2  3  4  5  6    Pl 
1  Anand,
Viswanathan		 g IND 2762   1 S S   1 3.0  
2  Khalifman,
Alexander		 g RUS 2667 0   0   S 1 1.5  
3  Gelfand,
Boris		 g ISR 2681 S 1   S S   2.5  
4  Tregubov,
Pavel		 g RUS 2620 S   S   S S 2.0  
5  Tkachiev,
Vladislav		 g FRA 2657   S S S   1 2.5  
6  Tissir,
Mohamed		 m MAR 2342 0 0   S 0   0.5  

 

Women's World Cup (after round 4)

N  Group A        ELO  1  2  3  4  5  6    Pl 
1  Payet,
Amelie		   SEY 2010   0 0 0   0 0.0  
2  Zhu
Chen		 wg CHN 2530 1   S   1 1 3.5  
3  Xu
Yuhua		 wm CHN 2477 1 S   1 S   3.0  
4  Kovalevskaya,
Ekaterina		 wg RUS 2451 1   0   S 1 2.5  
5  Maric,
Alisa		 m YUG 2463   0 S S   0 1.0  
6  Pokorna,
Regina		 wm SVK 2298 1 0   0 1   2.0  

 

N  Group B        ELO  1  2  3  4  5  6    Pl 
1  Amura,
Claudia		 wg ARG 2363   S S 0   1 2.0  
2  Stefanova,
Antoaneta		 wm BUL 2495 S   0   S 1 2.0  
3  Wang
Pin		 wg CHN 2469 S 1   S S   2.5  
4  Qin
Kanying		 wg CHN 2475 1   S   S 1 3.0  
5  Skripchenko-
Lautier,Almira		 wg MDA 2444   S S S   1 2.5  
6  Mouradin,
Knarik		   LIB 2000 0 0   0 0   0.0  

 

N  Group C        ELO  1  2  3  4  5  6    Pl 
1  Wang
Yu		 wf CHN 2301   S 1 1   1 3.5  
2  Cramling,
Pia		 g SWE 2493 S   1   1 1 3.5  
3  Laubshner,
Anxel		   RSA 2000 0 0   0 0   0.0  
4  Khurtsidze,
Nino		 wg GEO 2464 0   1   S 1 2.5  
5  Chiburdanidze,
Maia		 g GEO 2545   0 1 S   1 2.0  
6  Kosteniuk,
Alexandra		 m RUS 2409 0 0   0 S   0.5  

 

N  Group D        ELO  1  2  3  4  5  6    Pl 
1  Krush,
Irina		 wm USA 2399   1 0 S   S 2.0  
2  Hernandez,
Yadira		 wf MEX 2206 0   S   S 0 1.0  
3  Zhukova,
Natalia		 wg UKR 2471 1 S   S 1   3.0  
4  Xie
Jun		 g CHN 2542 S   S   1 0 2.0  
5  Wang
Lei		 wg CHN 2495   S 0 0   S 1.0  
6  Hoang
Thanh Trang		 m VIE 2448 S 1   1 S   3.0  

For more information visit - http://www.worldchesscup.com

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