2002 Dortmund Qualifiers
Dortmund, Germany
July 6-21, 2002
FORMAT: Two qualifiers from two 4-man
Round Robins play a 2-round knockout series to
determine the challenger to World Champion Vladimir Kramnik.
GROUP 1
1 2 3 4
1. Topalov, Veselin BUL xx ½½ 1½ 1½ 4 -2
2. Shirov, Alexie SPA ½½ xx ½1 ½1 4 -2
3. Gelfand, Boris ISR 0½ ½0 xx 1½ 2½-3½
4. Lutz, Christopher GER 0½ ½0 0½ xx 1½-4½
PLAYOFF TO DETERMINE WINNER OF GROUP 1
1 2
Shirov ½ 1 1½
Topalov ½ 0 ½
GROUP 2
1 2 3 4
1. Bareev, Evgeny RUS xx 10 ½½ 11 4 -2
2. Leko, Peter HUN 01 xx ½1 ½½ 3½-2½
3. Adams, Michael UK ½½ ½0 xx ½½ 2½-3½
4. Morozovich, Alexander RUS 00 ½½ ½½ xx 2 -4
SEMIFINAL MATCHES
1 2 3
Leko 1 ½ 1 2½
Shirov 0 ½ 0 ½
1 2 3 4 5 6
Topalov 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 3½
Bareev 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 2½
FINAL MATCH
1 2 3 4
Leko 1 1 0 ½ 2½
Topalov 0 0 1 ½ 1½
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