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The World Chess Championship Zonal Qualifiers 2001-2002 (C20)

Index of all Zonals • C20 Clippings

01.10.2001/ The list of the qualifiers for the World Chess Championship 2001/2002 No. Name T Fed Qualification 1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND World Champion 2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP Runner-up 3 Adams, Michael g ENG Semifinalist 4 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS Semifinalist 5 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB World Jr. Ch. 6 Kasparov, Gary g RUS by Elo 7 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS by Elo 8 Morozievich, Alexander g RUS by Elo 9 Leko, Peter g HUN by Elo 10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR by Elo 11 Topalov, Vesselin g BUL by Elo 12 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS by Elo 13 Gelfand, Boris g ISR by Elo 14 Svidler, Peter g RUS by Elo 15 Kazimdzanov, Rustam g UZB by Elo 16 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS by Elo 17 Krasenkow, Michal g POL by Elo 18 Smirin, Ilia g ISR by Elo 19 Dreev, Alexey g RUS by Elo 20 Short, Nigel g ENG by Elo 21 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL by Elo 22 Van Waly, Loek g NED by Elo 23 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS by Elo 24 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO by Elo 25 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN by Elo 26 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR Europe 27 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR Europe 28 Polgar, Judit g HUN Europe 29 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR Europe 30 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM Europe 31 Milov, Vadim g SUI Europe 32 Graf, Alexander g GER Europe 33 Vaganian, Rafael g ARM Europe 34 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED Europe 35 Luther, Thomas g GER Europe 36 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP Europe 37 Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR Europe 38 Avrukh, Boris g ISR Europe 39 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO Europe 40 Nisipianu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM Europe 41 Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU Europe 42 Volokitin, Andrei m UKR Europe 43 Aseev, Konstantin g RUS Europe 44 Psakhis, Lev g ISR Europe 45 Volkov, Sergey g RUS Europe 46 Motylev, Alexander g RUS Europe 47 Sakaev, Kolnstantin g RUS Europe 48 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE Europe 49 Bologan, Viktor g MDA Europe 50 Gdanski, Jacek g POL Europe 51 Lputian, Smbat g ARM Europe 52 Lastin, Alexander g RUS Europe 53 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH Europe 54 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL Europe 55 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA Europe 56 Asirian, Karen g ARM Europe 57 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS Europe 58 Dautov, Rustem g GER Europe 59 Conquest, Stuart g ENG Europe 60 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST Europe 61 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS Europe 62 Beliavsky, Alexander g SLO Europe 63 Khenkin, Igor g GER Europe 64 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR Europe 65 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR Europe 66 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS Europe 67 Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS Europe 68 Lautier, Joel g FRA Europe 69 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL Europe 70 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN Europe 71 Delchev, Alexander g BUL Europe 72 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA Americas 73 Goldin, Alexander g USA Americas 74 Gulko, Boris g USA Americas 75 Campora, Daniel g ARG Americas 76 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG Americas 77 Cabrera, Alexis m CUB Americas 78 Ivanov, Alexander g USA Americas 79 Kaidanov, Gregory g USA Americas 80 Benjamin, Joel g USA Zone 2.1 81 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA Zone 2.1 82 Christiansen, Larry g USA Zone 2.1 83 Shabalov, Alexander g USA Zone 2.1 84 Spraggett or Lesiege CAN Zone 2.2 85 Milos, Gilberto g BRA Zone 2.4 86 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA Zone 2.4 87 Zapata, Alonso g COL Zone 2.3 88 Dominguez, Lernier m CUB Zone 2.3 89 Felgaer, Ruben m ARG Zone 2.5 90 Pierrot, Facundo m ARG Zone 2.5 91 Xu Jun g CHN Asia 92 Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB Asia 93 Ganguly, Surya Sekhar m IND Asia 94 Zhang Pengxiang m CHN Asia 95 Barsov, Alexei g UZB Asia 96 Ghaem Maghami Esam g IRI Asia 97 Barua, Dibyendu g IND Asia 98 Li Wenliang m CHN Asia 99 Harikrishna, P. g IND Asia 100 Yu Shaoteng m CHN Asia 101 Al-Modaihki, Mohamad g QAT Zone 3.1a 102 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND Zone 3.1b 103 Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE Zone 3.2a 104 Dao Thien Hai g VIE Zone 3.2a 105 Gluzman, Michael m AUS Zone 3.2b 106 Zhang Zhong g CHN Zone 3.3 107 CHN Zone 3.3 108 Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ Zone 3.4 109 Safin, Shukhrat g UZB Zone 3.4 110 Hamdouchi, Hisham g MAR Africa 111 Kobese, Watu m RSA Africa 112 Simutowe, Amon m ZAM Africa 113 El Taher, Fouad m EGY Africa 114 Belkhodja, Slim m TUN Africa 115 Rizouk, Aimen m ALG Africa 116 Internet 117 Internet 118 Internet 119 Internet 120 Internet 121 Internet 122 Internet 123 Internet 124 Shovunov, Baatr m RUS President's Nominee 125 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI President's Nominee 126 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE President's Nominee 127 Eingorn, Vereslav g UKR President's Nominee 128 Supatashvili, Khvicha m GEO President's Nominee 1 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL Reserve by Elo 2 Polgar, Judit g HUN Reserve by Elo 3 Tkachiev, V. g FRA Reserve by Elo 4 Tregtubov, Pavel g RUS Europe Reserve 5 Atalik, Suat g BIH Europe Reserve 6 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR Europe Reserve

The list of the qualifiers for the World Chess Championship 2001/2002 MEN 1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2797 6 World Champion 2 Adams, Michael g ENG 2744 19 Semifinalist 3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2739 22 by Elo 4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2731 0 by Elo 5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2730 0 by Elo 6 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2719 29 by Elo 7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2714 13 by Elo 8 Topalov, Vesselin g BUL 2711 9 by Elo 9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2706 21 Runner-up 10 Kazimdzanov, Rustam g UZB 2704 20 by Elo 11 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2702 30 by Elo 12 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2699 16 by Elo 13 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2695 44 by Elo 14 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2695 32 Reserve by Elo 15 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695 9 by Elo 16 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2692 0 by Elo 17 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 18 by Elo 18 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2686 13 Reserve by Elo 19 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2684 29 Europe 20 Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2677 20 by Elo 21 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2675 40 Europe 22 Short, Nigel g ENG 2675 23 by Elo 23 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2674 22 by Elo 24 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2669 20 Semifinalist 25 Zhang Zhong g CHN 2667 32 Zone 3.3 26 Beliavsky, Alexander g SLO 2659 46 Europe 27 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2655 36 Europe 28 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2652 24 Europe 29 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2651 52 Europe 30 Vaganian, Rafael g ARM 2650 35 Europe 31 Xu Jun g CHN 2646 17 Asia 32 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2642 35 Europe 33 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2639 20 Europe 34 Zvjagintsev, Vadim g RUS 2638 27 Europe 35 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2633 60 by Elo 36 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2630 42 Europe 37 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2630 38 Europe 38 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2630 21 Europe 39 Delchev, Alexander g BUL 2629 66 Europe 40 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2628 37 Europe 41 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2627 54 Europe 42 Movsesian, Sergei g CZE 2627 51 Europe 43 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2627 35 Europe 44 Shipov, Sergey g RUS 2625 17 Internet 45 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2624 24 President's Nominee 46 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2618 16 Europe 47 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2614 32 Europe 48 Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2614 20 Zone 2.4 49 Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2613 47 Europe 50 Graf, Alexander g GER 2610 55 Europe 51 Nisipianu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2609 32 Europe 52 Lputian, Smbat g ARM 2608 22 Europe 53 Kaidanov, Gregory g USA 2605 8 Americas 54 Luther, Thomas g GER 2604 48 Europe 55 Asrian, Karen g ARM 2604 22 Europe 56 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2602 47 Europe 57 Gulko, Boris g USA 2602 4 Americas 58 Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2600 45 Zone 3.4 59 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2599 49 Europe 60 Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2599 22 Europe 61 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2598 48 Europe 62 Eingorn, Vereslav g UKR 2598 47 President's Nominee 63 Kobalija, Mihail g RUS 2595 31 Europe 64 Goldin, Alexander g USA 2594 16 Americas 65 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2593 45 Internet 66 Aseev, Konstantin g RUS 2591 22 Europe 67 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2589 28 Zone 3.1b 68 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2588 36 Europe 69 Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2588 22 Europe 70 Benjamin, Joel g USA 2587 3 Zone 2.1 71 Dominguez, Lernier g CUB 2585 38 Zone 2.3 72 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2581 14 Zone 2.4 73 Conquest, Stuart g ENG 2580 38 Europe 74 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2579 63 Europe 75 Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2578 34 Europe 76 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2574 23 Zone 2.1 77 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2573 42 by Elo 78 Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2573 35 World Jr. Ch. 79 Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2573 22 Europe 80 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2573 19 Americas 81 Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2572 9 Zone 3.2a 82 Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2571 12 Americas 83 Christiansen, Larry g USA 2570 6 Zone 2.1 84 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2566 43 Europe 85 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2564 0 Zone 2.2 86 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2558 29 President's Nominee 87 Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2557 49 Europe 88 Liang, Chong m CHN 2556 27 Zone 3.3 89 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2555 49 Europe 90 Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2554 49 Europe 91 Volokitin, Andrei m UKR 2551 54 Europe 92 Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2550 22 Zone 2.1 93 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2549 28 Europe Reserve 94 Rogozenko, Dorian g ROM 2548 24 Internet 95 Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2537 30 Europe 96 Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2533 28 Zone 3.2a 97 Hamdouchi, Hicham g MAR 2533 10 Africa 98 Atalik, Suat g BIH 2532 63 Europe Reserve 99 Belkhodja, Slim m TUN 2531 55 Africa 100 Zapata, Alonso g COL 2530 29 Zone 2.3 101 Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2529 22 Zone 3.4 102 Nataf, Igor g FRA 2527 58 Internet 103 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2522 30 Asia 104 Yu Shaoteng m CHN 2517 22 Asia 105 Ghaem Maghami Esam g IRI 2509 53 Asia 106 Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2508 13 Asia 107 Campora, Daniel g ARG 2506 34 Americas 108 Barua, Dibyendu g IND 2499 22 Asia 109 Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2495 57 Asia 110 Li Wenliang m CHN 2494 0 Asia 111 Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2492 18 Zone 3.1a 112 Supatashvili, Khvicha m GEO 2487 19 President's Nominee 113 Zhang Pengxiang m CHN 2487 0 Asia 114 Hoffman, Alejandro g ARG 2481 36 Americas 115 El Taher, Fouad m EGY 2477 15 Africa 116 Felgaer, Ruben m ARG 2471 16 Zone 2.5 117 Ganguly, Surya Sekhar m IND 2464 31 Asia 118 Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2462 37 Africa 119 Vlassov, Nikolai m RUS 2461 7 Internet 120 Rizouk, Aimen ALG 2442 37 Africa 121 Pierrot, Facundo m ARG 2425 7 Zone 2.5 122 Cabrera, Alexis m CUB 2415 0 Americas 123 Gluzman, Michael m AUS 2400 13 Zone 3.2b 124 Kobese, Watu m RSA 2373 0 Africa 125 Shovunov, Baatr m RUS 2348 14 President's Nominee 126 Zeliakov, Nugzar RUS Internet 127 Sarthou, Gaetan f FRA 2357 16 Internet 128 Touzane, Olivier m FRA 2382 22 Internet

For the results of the players in the tournament, see:-
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