The Week in Chess

FIDE World Chess Championships

6th Round (Semi-Finals)

1 Ivanchuk, Vassily      g UKR 2731 * -   Anand, Viswanathan     g IND 2797 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
2 Svidler, Peter         g RUS 2695   - * Ponomariov, Ruslan     g UKR 2684 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2

Women's Final 

1 Kosteniuk, Alexandra      RUS 2445  - * Zhu Chen                 CHN 2497 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 
Playoffs 3-1 in the rapids.

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.

The official site will be: http://wcc2001.fide.com