Presentation Photos Eugeny Atarov
The new FIDE World Chess Champion is Ruslan Ponomariov. He beat Vassily Ivanchuk 4.5-2.5 in their eight game match in Moscow. The match saw a crushing win for Ponomariov in game one, near equalisation for Ivanchuk in game two and a painful reverse for Ivanchuk in game 5 where he lost a won position. The 18 year old is the youngest winner of the FIDE World Chess Championships Title (although Chiburdanidze was a younger women's champion). He secured it with a 22 move draw in game seven a game he was probably winning but quite rightly took just the result he needed. (See Ponomariov's site for career achievements so far)
Games from the Final in PGN
Play took place on January 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, rest day, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th. The venue was the conference hall of hotel Metropol. Info Eugeny Atarov
Previous Rounds
FIDE Brackets the path to the final by Timothy Newman
Round 6 Results Complete
Round 5 Results Complete
Round 4 Results Complete
Round 3 Results Complete
Round 2 Results Complete
Round 1 Results and qualifiers
Games in PGN
Round 6 Games in PGN V1
Round 5 Games in PGN V1
Round 4 Games in PGN V1
Round 3 Games in PGN V1
Round 2 Games in PGN V1
Round 1 Games in PGN V1
(Karpov's first loss in the playoffs looks incomplete, does anyone have the full version?)
The FIDE Championships take place in Moscow November 25th - December 14th 2001 (Kremlin) with the final in the Hall of Columns January 16th-26th 2002. There will be full daily coverage by TWIC. Round 1 Pairings Tuesday-Wednesday November 27th-28th 2001 FIDE Brackets by Timothy Newman
FIDE Brackets Round 2 by Timothy Newman
The official site is: http://wcc2001.fide.com
Further reports (my thanks to Eugeny Atarov): http://www.joeblack.ru (mostly in Russian)