UAE Grand Prix 2002

Chess Siberia

Rounds 1-5 Results

Final and Round 5, April 8
Leko - Grischuk 1/2 (A quick draw in the Sicilian), 1/2 (Marshall Spanish); tie-break 1/2 (Sicilian), 1/2 (Spanish), 1-0 (Sicilian)

Shirov - Georgiev 1-0 (19...Qf6? looks dubious, see Grischuk - Dvoirys), 0-1 (Slav); tie-break 1/2 (Rook vs bishop+pawn), 1-0 (Accelerated Dragon. Alexei had very long attack)
Azmaiparashvili - Karpov 0-1 (Anatoly won two pawns in the ending), 1/2 (Anatoly had an edge)
Bacrot - Topalov 0-1 (English. Veselin grabbed the exchange), 1/2 (A quick draw in the Slav)
Anand - Khalifman 1-0 (Caro-Kann), 1-0 (Sicilian)
Radjabov - Dreev 1/2 (Gruenfeld Slav), 0-1 (King's Indian)
Ivanchuk - Lautier 1/2 (Sicilian Sveshnikov), 0-1
Short - Zhu 1-0, 1-0 (Chen played hazardously)

Semifinals and Round 4, April 7
Georgiev - Leko 1-0 (Peter had some edge. Interesting is 28...Ra1), 0-1 (Peter won the exchange); tie-break 1/2 (Gruenfeld), 1/2, 0-1
Grischuk - Shirov 0-1 (Alexander blundered a rook 30. Ng5?), 1-0 (Caro-Kann. Alexander grabbed a pawn); tie-break 1/2, 1-0

For 5-8 places
Karpov - Topalov 1/2 (Queen's Gambit), 1/2 (Queen's Indian); tie-break 1-0, 1-0
Bacrot - Azmaiparashvili 1/2 (English), 0-1 (Reti. Etienne had two extra pawns)
For 9-12 places
Dreev - Khalifman 1/2 (Queen's Gambit), 0-1 (A strong blow 19. Nxe6!)
Radjabov - Anand 1/2 (Better is 24. Rae1), 1/2 (A quick draw in the French); tie-break 0-1, 0-1
For 13-16 places
Zhu - Lautier 0-1, 0-1 (English)
Ivanchuk - Short 1-0 (Vassily gathered pawns), 1/2 (Spanish)

Round 3, April 5
Georgiev - Karpov 1-0, 0-1; tie-break 1-0, 1/2 (Anatoly had an extra pawn in the ending)
Topalov - Leko 1-0, 0-1 (Russian. Double-edged play); tie-break 1/2, 0-1 (Veselin made a mistake 22. Rg6?)
Bacrot - Grischuk 0-1, 0-1 (Etienne played hazardously)
Azmaiparashvili - Shirov 0-1 (Alexei grabbed a piece on 12 move. Better is 9. Bf4), 1-0 (Better is 10. Bg5 or 12. Bf4); tie-break 0-1, 0-1

Dreev - Zhu 1-0 (Queen's Gambit Accepted), 0-1; tie-break 1-0, 1/2
Khalifman - Lautier 1/2 (A quick draw), 1-0 (Joel had a clear edge. Better is 26. Rb1)
Ivanchuk - Radjabov 0-1 (Teimour sacrificed a knight. Interesting is 28. Qc6), 1-0; tie-break 1/2, 1/2, 0-1
Anand - Short 1-0 (French), 1-0

Round 2, April 4
Zhu - Karpov 0-1 (Dubious sacrifice 19. Ng5?), 0-1
Dreev - Georgiev 1/2 (Draw by repetition), 1/2; tie-break 0-1, 0-1
Leko - Lautier 1/2, 1-0
Khalifman - Topalov 0-1 (Better is 22. Rc1 with equality), 1/2
Grischuk - Radjabov 1-0 (French), 0-1 (Teimour grabbed a pawn); tie-break 1-0, 1-0
Ivanchuk - Bacrot 1/2, 0-1 (Etienne won a queen)
Short - Shirov 1/2, 1/2 (Nigel grabbed the exchange and could win. Stalemate!); tie-break 0-1, 0-1
Azmaiparashvili - Anand 0-1, 1-0 (Interesting is 29. Rxd6); tie-break 1/2, 1-0

Women's World Champion beat Men's World Champion!
Round 1, April 3
Zhu - Ponomariov 1/2 (Ruslan obtained an edge in the King's Indian, then made a mistake 28...Rf5? and Chen had better chances), 1-0 (Better is 40. Kh3 or 42. Rd7)
Karpov - Van Wely 0-1, 1-0 (Loek sacrificed the exchange); tie-break 1-0, 1/2
Ye - Dreev 0-1 (Jiangchuan riskily sacrificed two pawns), 1/2 (Jiangchuan had some edge)
Georgiev - Nikolic 1-0 (Predrag had an edge, queen vs rook+knight), 1/2
Lautier - Novik 1-0 (King's Indian), 1/2 (Perpetual check)
Topalov - Karjakin 1-0 (Dr. Tarrasch's knight on a8), 1-0
Al-Modiahki - Leko 0-1 (Mohamad had an edge), 0-1
Acs - Khalifman 0-1 (Alexander outplayed Peter in the ending), 1/2 (Queen's Gambit Accepted)
Grischuk - Morozevich 1/2, 1/2; tie-break 1-0, 0-1, 1/2 (Grischuk played black in the sudden death game. Morozevich had an extra piece)
Jasim - Radjabov 1/2, 0-1
Bareev - Ivanchuk 1/2 (Double-edged game), 1/2; tie-break 0-1, 0-1
Ehlvest - Bacrot 1/2, 1/2; tie-break 1/2, 0-1
Svidler - Short 1/2 (Perpetual check), 1/2 (Wild king); tie-break 1-0, 0-1, 0-1
Shirov - Othman 1/2 (Perpetual check), 1-0
Azmaiparashvili - Belkhodja 1-0 (Slim sacrificed the exchange), 1/2
Anand - Taleb 1-0, 1/2

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