Dubai Grand Prix Results



Round 5 8th April 2002

Final

Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) - Leko, Peter (HUN) - 2-3

3rd-4th place

Shirov, Alexei (ESP) - Georgiev, Kiril (BUL) - 2.5-1.5

5th-6th place

Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) - Karpov, Anatoly (RUS) - 0.5-1.5

7th-8th place

Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) - Topalov, Veselin (BUL) - 0.5-1.5

9th-10th place

Anand, Viswanathan (IND) - Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) - 2-0

11th-12th place

Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) - Dreev, Alexey (RUS) - 0.5-1.5

13th-14th place

Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) - Lautier, Joel (FRA) - 0.5-1.5

15th-16th place

Short, Nigel D. (ENG) - Zhu, Chen (CHN) - 2-0

Round 4 7th April 2002

Semi-Finals

Georgiev, Kiril (BUL) - Leko, Peter (HUN) - 2-3
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) - Shirov, Alexei (ESP) - 2.5-1.5

Places 5-8

Karpov, Anatoly (RUS) - Topalov, Veselin (BUL) - 3-1
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) - Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) - 0.5-1.5

Places 9-12

Dreev, Alexey (RUS) - Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) - 0.5-1.5
Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) - Anand, Viswanathan (IND) - 1-3

Places 13-16

Zhu, Chen (CHN) - Lautier, Joel (FRA) - 0-2
Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) - Short, Nigel D. (ENG) - 1.5-0.5

Round 3 5th April 2002

Places 1-8:

Georgiev, Kiril (BUL) - Karpov, Anatoly (RUS) - 2.5-1.5
Topalov, Veselin (BUL) - Leko, Peter (HUN) - 1.5-2.5
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) - Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) - 0-2
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) - Shirov, Alexei (ESP) - 1-3

Places 9-16:

Dreev, Alexey (RUS) - Zhu, Chen (CHN) - 2.5-1.5
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) - Lautier, Joel (FRA) - 1.5-0.5
Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) - Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) - 2-3
Anand, Viswanathan (IND) - Short, Nigel D. (ENG) - 2-0

Round 2 4th April 2002

Zhu Chen (CHN) - Karpov, Anatoly (RUS) - 0-2
Dreev, Alexey (RUS)- Georgiev, Kiril (BUL) - 1-3
Leko, Peter (HUN) - Lautier, Joel (FRA) - 1.5-0.5
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) - Topalov, Veselin (BUL) - 0.5-1.5
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) - Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) - 3-1
Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) - Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) - 0.5-1.5
Short, Nigel D. (ENG) - Shirov, Alexei (ESP) - 1-3
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) - Anand, Viswanathan (IND) - 2.5-1.5

Round 1 3rd April 2002

1 Zhu, Chen (GM) CHN - Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 1.5-0.5
2 Karpov, Anatoly RUS - Van Wely, Loek NED 2.5-1.5
3 Ye, Jiangchuan CHN - Dreev, Alexey RUS 0-2
4 Georgiev, Kiril BUL - Nikolic, Predrag BIH 1.5-0.5
5 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad QAT - Leko, Peter HUN 0-2
6 Lautier, Joel FRA - Novik, Maxim RUS 1.5-0.5
7 Acs, Peter HUN - Khalifman, Alexander RUS 0.5-1.5
8 Topalov, Veselin BUL - Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2-0
9 Grischuk, Alexander RUS - Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2.5-2.5 (Grischuk as black in the sudden death game goes through)
10 Jasim, A.R. Saleh UAE - Radjabov, Teimour AZE 0.5-1.5
11 Bareev, Evgeny RUS - Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 1-3
12 Ehlvest, Jaan EST - Bacrot, Etienne FRA 1.5-2.5
13 Svidler, Peter RUS - Short, Nigel D. ENG 2-3
14 Shirov, Alexei ESP - Othman, A. Moussa UAE 1.5-0.5
15 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab GEO - Belkhodja, Slim TUN 1.5-0.5
16 Anand, Viswanathan IND - Taleb, Moussa UAE 1.5-0.5

Final Standings in the Internet Qualifier's Tournament in Dubai 2nd April. Top 2 qualified: 1. Karjakin, Sergey m UKR 2460 5.5; 2. Novik, Maxim m RUS 2466 3.5; 3. Chepukaitis, Genrikh RUS 2402 2.0; 4. Zeliakov,Nugzar 0 1.0;

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