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Viswanathan Anand wins the FIDE Rapid Chess World Championship

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Final (October 30)

Kramnik, V - Anand, V     0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense: Scheveningen variation     19 moves
Anand, V - Kramnik, V     1-0     Sicilian defense: Sveshnikov variation     46 moves

Semifinals (October 29)

Grischuk, A - Kramnik, V     0-1     Sicilian defense     54 moves
Kramnik, V - Grischuk, A     1-0     Nimzo Indian     40 moves

Anand, V - Svidler, P     0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense: Taimanov variation     20 moves
Svidler, P - Anand, V     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez      28 moves

tiebreak
Svidler, P - Anand, V     0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense: Taimanov variation     53 moves
Anand, V - Svidler, P     1-0     Sicilian defense     34 moves
 

Quarterfinals (October 27 - 28)

October 27th

Kramnik, V - Polgar, J     1-0     Queen´s Indian     38 moves
Polgar, J - Kramnik, V     0.5-0.5      Sicilian defense: Grand Prix attack     35 moves

Anand, V - Ponomariov, R     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: Breyer variation     60 moves
Ponomariov, R - Anand, V     0-1     Queen´s Indian     52 moves

October 28th

Svidler, P - Topalov, V     0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense: Sveshnikov variation     24 moves
Topalov, V - Svidler, P     0-1     Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk variation     46 moves

Bacrot, E - Grischuk, A     0.5-0.5     Nimzo Indian     68 moves
Grischuk, A - Bacrot, E     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: Flohr-Zaitsev system     30 moves

tiebreak

Grischuk, A - Bacrot, E     1-0     Philidor: exchange variation     48 moves
Bacrot, E - Grischuk, A     0-1     Queen´s Indian     62 moves

Qualifier standings

Group A

1-3 Kramnik, Ponomariov, Bacrot     4.5 / 7
4-5 Topalov, Gelfand     3.5
6-8 Azmaiparashvili, Adams, Bareev     2.5

Topalov qualified after beating Gelfand in the tie-break (1.5-0.5)

Group B

1.- Svidler     5 / 7
2.- Grischuk     4.5
3-4 Anand, Polgar     4
5-6 Shirov, Leko     3.5
7.- Lautier     2
8.- Karpov     1.5

Results by round


Round 7 (October 26)

Group A

Bareev, E - Azmaiparashvili, Z     0-1     English opening     46 moves
Bacrot, E - Kramnik, V      0.5-0.5     QGD: Lasker defense      16 moves
Ponomariov, R - Topalov, R     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: closed     19 moves
Adams, M - Gelfand, B      0.5-0.5     Trompowsky attack     40 moves
 

Group B

Karpov, A - Anand, V     0-1      Queen´s Indian: Nimzovich variation
Svidler, P - Shirov, A     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: closed     28 moves
Lautier, J - Leko, P     0-1     Scotch opening     70 moves
Polgar, J - Grischuk, A     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: Marshall counter-attack     16 moves

Round 6 (October 26)

Group A

Azmaiparashvili, Z - Bacrot, E     0.5-0.5     QGD Slav defense     14 moves
Topalov, V - Bareev, E     0.5-0.5     Caro Kann: advance variation     57 moves
Kramnik, V - Adams, M     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: Morphy defense     16 moves
Gelfand, B - Ponomariov, R     0-1     QGD: Tartakower system     70 moves

Group B

Grischuk, A - Karpov, A     0.5-0.5     Petroff defense     12 moves
Anand, V - Svidler, P     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: closed     16 moves
Shirov, A - Lautier, J     1-0     Sicilian defense: Taimanov variation     41 moves
Leko, P - Polgar, J     1-0     Sicilian defense: Najdorf variation     50 moves

Round 5 (October 25 & October 26)

Group A

Bacrot, E - Bareev, E     1-0     QGD Slav: Dutch variation     57 moves
Gelfand, B - Topalov, V     1-0     Sicilian defense: Najdorf defense      75 moves
Ponomariov, R - Kramnik, V     0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense     35 moves
Adams, M - Azmaiparashvili, Z     1-0     Pirc defense     55 moves

Group B

Leko, P - Grischuk, A     0-1     Ruy Lopez: closed variation     36 moves
Svidler, P - Karpov, A     1-0     Petroff defense     33 moves
Lautier, J - Anand, V     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez     32 moves
Polgar, J - Shirov, A     0.5-0.5     Nimzo Indian     23 moves

Round 4 (October 25)

Group A

Azmaiparashvili, Z - Ponomariov, R     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Indian: Petrosian system     82 moves
Topalov, V - Bacrot, E     0.5-0.5     Philidor defense: exchange variation     24 moves
Bareev, E - Adams, M      1-0     Nimzo Indian: classical variation     43 moves
Kramnik, V - Gelfand, B     1-0     Sicilian defense: Najdorf variation     39 moves

Group B

Grischuk, A - Svidler, P     0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense: Taimanov variation     32 moves
Anand, V - Polgar, J     0-1     Sicilian defense: Najdorf variation     39 moves
Karpov, A - Lautier, J     0-1     Queen´s Indian: Nimzovich variation     44 moves
Shirov, A - Leko, P     0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense: Sveshnikov variation     37 moves

Round 3 (October 25)

Group A

Kramnik, V - Topalov, V     1-0     Sicilian defense: Najdorf variation     51 moves
Gelfand, B - Azmaiparashvili, Z     1-0     Giuoco Piano     51 moves
Ponomariov, R - Bareev, E     1-0     French defense: Rubinstein variation     38 moves
Adams, M - Bacrot, E     0-1     Petroff defense     64 moves

Group B

Shirov, A - Grischuk, A      0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense: Sveshnikov variation     47 moves
Leko, P - Anand, V     0-1     Ruy Lopez: Marshall counter-attack     45 moves
Lautier, J - Svidler, P     0.5-0.5     Grunfeld defense     32 moves
Polgar, J - Karpov, A     1-0     Petroff defense      50 moves

Round 2 (October 24)

Group A

Azmaiparashvili, Z - Kramnik, V     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Indian     71 moves
Topalov, V - Adams, M     1-0     Ruy Lopez: Keres defense     48 moves
Bareev, E - Gelfand, B     0.5-0.5      QGD Slav     53 moves
Bacrot, E - Ponomariov, R     0.5-0.5     Nimzo Indian     33 moves

Group B

Grischuk, A - Lautier, J     1-0     Petroff defense     36 moves
Anand, V - Shirov, A     0.5-0.5      Ruy Lopez: closed     61 moves
Karpov, A - Leko, P     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Indian     42 moves
Svidler, P - Polgar, J     1-0     Sicilian defense: Najdorf variation     56 moves

Round 1 (October 24)

Group A

Azmaiparashvili, Z - Topalov, V     0-1     Benoni defense     38 moves
Kramnik, V - Bareev, E     0.5-0.5     French defense: Rubinstein variation     18 moves
Gelfand, B - Bacrot, E     0.5-0.5    QGD Slav     69 moves
Ponomariov, R - Adams, M     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: Keres defense     29 moves

Group B

Anand, V - Grischuk, A     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: closed     51 moves
Shirov, A - Karpov, A     0.5-0.5     Petroff defense     29 moves
Leko, P - Svidler, P     0-1     Sicilian defense: Najdorf variation     60 moves
Polgar, J - Lautier, J     1-0     Petroff defense     48 moves

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