2002 Dortmund Qualifiers Dortmund, Germany July 6-21, 2002FORMAT: 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