5th Round

1 Anand, Viswanathan     g IND 2797 * -   Shirov, Alexei         g ESP 2706 1-0 1/2
2 Gelfand, Boris         g ISR 2714   - * Svidler, Peter         g RUS 2695 1/2 1/2 1.5-2.5
3 Ponomariov, Ruslan     g UKR 2684 * -   Bareev, Evgeny         g RUS 2719 1/2 1/2 2-0
4 Lautier, Joel          g FRA 2675   - * Ivanchuk, Vassily      g UKR 2731 1/2 1/2 1.5-2.5


1 Xu Yuhua                  CHN 2502  - * Kosteniuk, Alexandra      RUS 2445 1-0 0-1 0-2
2 Chiburdanidze, Maia       GEO 2513  - * Zhu Chen                  CHN 2497 1/2 1/2 1.5-2.5

Schedule for the Kremlin: Round 1 Tuesday-Wednesday November 27th-28th 2001, Round 2 Thursday-Friday November 29th-30th, Round 3 Saturday-Sunday December 1st-2nd, Round 4 Monday and Wednesday 3rd and 5th December, Round 5 Thursday-Friday December 6th-7th, Round 6 Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday December 8th ,10th ,11th ,13th and 14th 2001. Quarter Finals (Round 5) Thursday-Friday December 6th-7th 2001:



Eugeny Atarov reports: "It was terribly cold in Moscow today, with lows of -20. The players were going to the buffet to warm themselves. In spite of the weather the number of spectators increased. The KK match is suffering from a lack of spectators but this may change with the rapids today."




Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 1/2
Gelfand, Boris - Svidler, Peter 1/2 1/2 1.5-2.5
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 1/2 2-0
Lautier, Joel - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 1/2 1.5-2.5




Women's Semi-Finals

Xu, Yuhua - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 0-1 0-2
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Zhu, Chen 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5

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