[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O Ngf6 14.Ne4 O-O-O 
15.g3 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Nf6 17.Qe2 Bd6 18.c4 c5 19.Bc3 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Qa5 21.a3 
Bc7 22.Rd2 a6 23.Rh4 Qf5 24.Bc3 Rxd2 25.Nxd2 Rd8 26.Ne4 Be5 27.Bxe5 Qxe5 
28.Nc3 Qxe2 29.Nxe2 Rd3 30.Ng1 e5 31.Kc2 e4 32.Rxe4 Rxg3 33.fxg3 Nxe4 34.
Ne2 Nf6 35.Nf4 Ne4 36.Ne2 Nf6 37.Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 f6 12.Bd2 Nh6 13.Be3 c6 14.Rb1 Nf7 15.b4 Kh8 
16.b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.d5 Nc5 
9.Qc2 a5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Nh5 12.g3 Bh3 13.Rfe1 b6 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.f3 Nh7 
16.Nd1 Bd7 17.Nf2 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f4 Qf6 20.Rab1 Rae8 21.Bh5 Re7 22.Nf3
Be8 23.Bxe8 Rfxe8 24.Bxc5 bxc5 25.Nh4 exf4 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Qxf5 fxg3 28.
hxg3 Re2 29.Kf1 Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C54"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 d6 8.Bb3 Ba7
9.Nc4 Be6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Ne7 13.Re1 b5 14.Ne3 Qd7 15.Qc2 Bxe3 
16.Rxe3 c5 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.d4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Rfc8 20.Qb3 Qxb3 21.axb3 Ng6 
22.dxe5 dxe5 23.h3 Re8 24.Rc1 Re6 25.Rc5 Rae8 26.Re1 R8e7 27.Kf1 Kg7 28.
Bh2 Nd7 29.Rc7 f6 30.Rd1 Ndf8 31.Rc8 Kf7 32.Ne1 Rd7 33.Rxd7+ Nxd7 34.Nc2 
Ne7 35.Rc7 Rc6 36.Rxc6 Nxc6 37.f3 Nc5 38.b4 Nd3 39.Ke2 Ncxb4 40.Nxb4 Nxb4 
41.Bg1 h5 42.Bc5 Nc6 43.g3 a5 44.Kd3 Ke6 45.g4 h4 46.Kc3 Kd7 47.Kd3 Nd8 
48.Bb6 Ne6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "E45"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 
Bxf1 9.Kxf1 O-O 10.e4 d6 11.Bf4 Re8 12.f3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nfd7 14.Bxd6 Qf6 
15.Bxb8 Raxb8 16.Qc2 Ne5 17.Kf2 c4 18.Rhb1 b5 19.Kg1 Nd3 20.Kh1 b4 21.cxb4
Rxb4 22.a3 Rb3 23.Rf1 Rb2 24.Qxc4 Nf2+ 25.Rxf2 Rxf2 26.Rb1 g6 27.a4 h5 28.
Ne2 Qg5 29.Rg1 Qe3 30.Nd4 Rb8 31.Qc7 Rb6 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Ne6 Rxg2 34.Ng5+ 
Rxg5 35.Qxg5 Qxf3+ 36.Qg2 Qe3 37.Rf1 Kg7 38.Rd1 Rf6 39.d6 Rf2 40.Qg3 Qe2 
41.Rc1 Qxe4+ 42.Kg1 Rf3 43.Qe1 Qd4+ 44.Kg2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 
Be7 9.Kh1 O-O 10.f4 d6 11.Qe1 Bd7 12.Qg3 b5 13.a3 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc6 15.Rae1
Qb7 16.Bd3 b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Ne2 g6 19.Qg5 Nd5 20.Qh6 Nf6 21.Qg5 Nd5 22.
Qh6 Nf6 23.Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 
Nce7 9.c4 Nxd5 10.exd5 bxc4 11.Nxc4 Be7 12.Be3 Rb8 13.a4 f5 14.a5 Nf6 15.
Ba7 Rb7 16.Bb6 Qd7 17.Be2 O-O 18.O-O f4 19.f3 Qf5 20.Rc1 Kh8 21.Re1 Qg6 
22.Bd3 Qf7 23.Bf2 Nxd5 24.Be4 Be6 25.Nb6 Rc7 26.Bxd5 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 Bxd5 28.
Qc7 Re8 29.Nxd5 Qxd5 30.Qd7 Qa8 31.Rc1 Bf8 32.Bb6 e4 33.fxe4 Qxe4 34.Rf1 
d5 35.h3 Re5 36.Qc8 Kg8 37.Qxa6 Rg5 38.Rf2 f3 39.Qf1 Bd6 40.Rxf3 Qe5 41.
Qf2 d4 42.a6 h5 43.a7 Qe4 44.Bxd4 Ra5 45.Qe3 Qb1+ 46.Rf1 Bh2+ 47.Kxh2 Qxf1
48.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "C36"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nxd5 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qf5 8.
O-O Nc6 9.d4 Be6 10.Ne2 g5 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Bb2 Bd5 13.c4 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 Bg7 
15.Qd2 Rhe8 16.d5 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 Qe5 18.Nc3 Qd4+ 19.Rf2 Ne5 20.Nb5 Qxb2 21.
Rxb2 c6 22.Nc3 Ng4 23.h3 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 
cxd4 9.exd4 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 Nf6 14.O-O 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bf8 13.Qe1 e5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.fxe5 
dxe5 16.Bg5 Nd7 17.Bh5 g6 18.Be2 Nc5 19.Bc4 Be6 20.Qe2 Qb7 21.b3 Qb4 22.
Bxe6 Nxe6 23.Bd2 Qc5 24.Rad1 Red8 25.Qf3 Ra7 26.Be3 Nd4 27.Bxd4 Rxd4 28.
Rxd4 exd4 29.Ne2 Qxc2 30.Nxd4 Qc5 31.Qf6 Rd7 32.Nf3 Re7 33.e5 Bg7 34.Qd6 
Qxd6 35.exd6 Rd7 36.Rd1 f6 37.g4 Bf8 38.Kg2 Kf7 39.h3 Rxd6 40.Rxd6 Bxd6 
41.Kf2 Ke6 42.Ke3 Kd5 43.Kd3 Bc5 44.Nd2 Ke5 45.Nc4+ Kd5 46.Nd2 Bd6 47.Nc4 
Kc5 48.Kc3 Be5+ 49.Kd3 Kb4 50.Kc2 Bc7 51.Ne3 Bf4 52.Ng2 Bg3 53.Ne3 Bc7 54.
Kb2 Be5+ 55.Kc2 Bd4 56.Ng2 c5 57.Nf4 c4 58.Nd5+ Kc5 59.Nc7 a5 60.Ne6+ Kd5 
61.Nc7+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9.Nde2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.f3 Qd8 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Qd2 a6 14.Rad1 Qa5 
15.b3 b5 16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 bxc4 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Rc1 Ne5 20.Nxc4 Nxc4 21.
Rxc4 Rfc8 22.Rdc2 Rxc4 23.Rxc4 d5 24.exd5 Nxd5 25.Bd2 h5 26.Kf2 Rb6 27.Nf4
Nxf4 28.Bxf4 f5 29.Bc7 Rb5 30.Rc6 Kf7 31.Bf4 a5 32.Rc4 Be5 33.Ke1 Ke8 34.
Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "E06"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 
dxc4 9.Qc2 Nc6 10.Qxc4 Qd5 11.Nbd2 Bd7 12.b4 Be7 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.Qxd5 Nxd5 
15.Rac1 Rfd8 16.Nc4 Be8 17.Rfd1 b5 18.Nce5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "E06"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Nf6 6.c4 Be7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 
dxc4 9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.Ne5 Bd7 11.Nd2 c3 12.bxc3 Ba4 13.Rb1 O-O 14.Nb3 Bb6 
15.Nc4 Bc6 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Nd4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rc8 19.Rxb6 Rxc3 20.Bb2 Rc4 
21.Rc1 Rxc1 22.Bxc1 Nd7 23.Rb5 b6 24.Be3 Nb7 25.Nc6 Ra8 26.Bxb6 Nd6 27.Rb3
Nxb6 28.Rxb6 Nc4 29.Rb7 Nxa3 30.Ne5 f6 31.Nd3 e5 32.Nc5 Re8 33.Ne4 Rd8 34.
Nc5 Re8 35.Ne4 Rd8 36.g4 Nc4 37.g5 Nd6 38.Nxd6 Rxd6 39.gxf6 Rxf6 40.Re7 
Rf5 41.e4 Kf8 42.Ra7 Rg5+ 43.Kf3 Rh5 44.Kg3 Rg5+ 45.Kf3 Rh5 46.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B65"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5 12.Bc4 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qd3 Bg4 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rdf1 Bh4 17.Kb1 Qc5 18.h3 Rad8 19.Bd5 Be6 20.Qf3 b6 21.Rd1 
Bf2 22.Bb3 Qe3 23.Qxe3 Bxe3 24.Nb5 Bxb3 25.axb3 a5 26.Nd6 Bc5 27.Nc4 f6 
28.c3 Kf7 29.Kc2 Ke6 30.g4 g6 31.h4 h5 32.gxh5 gxh5 33.Rdf1 Rg8 34.Rh2 Rg4
35.Nd2 Be3 36.Nc4 Bg1 37.Re2 Bc5 38.Rh1 Rdg8 39.Nd2 Rf4 40.Rh3 Rgg4 41.Rd3
Rxh4 42.Rd8 Rhg4 43.Rh8 h4 44.Rh7 Rg3 45.Rh2 Be3 46.Nc4 Rxe4 47.R7xh4 Rxh4
48.Rxh4 Rg2+ 49.Kb1 Bc5 50.Rh8 e4 51.Re8+ Kf5 52.b4 axb4 53.cxb4 b5 54.
bxc5 bxc4 55.c6 Rg7 56.Rc8 Kf4 57.Kc2 f5 58.c7 Rd7 59.Kc3 e3 60.Kxc4 Re7 
61.Kd3 e2 62.Kd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viorel"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C54"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Bb3 d6 8.h3 Be6 
9.Nf1 h6 10.g4 Nh7 11.Rg1 d5 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Bd2 Ng5 14.Bxg5 Bxg5 15.exd5 
Bxd5 16.Ng3 Ne7 17.h4 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Bxh4 19.O-O-O c6 20.Ne4 Nd5 21.Kb1 Qe7 
22.d4 Rad8 23.Rde1 Nf4 24.Ng3 Bxg3 25.Rxe5 Qd6 26.Qxg3 Ng6 27.Re3 Qxg3 28.
Rgxg3 Rd7 29.g5 h5 30.Re4 Re7 31.Rxe7 Nxe7 32.g6 Nd5 33.c4 Nf4 34.c5 Nd5 
35.gxf7+ Rxf7 36.Rg5 h4 37.Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar"]
[Black "Bologan, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 g6 
16.Bf1 Rc8 17.Ba3 Qb6 18.Qc2 Nh5 19.Rad1 Nf4 20.Qa2 Ne6 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.
Nxe5 dxe5 23.Nf3 Qc7 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.b4 Rcd8 26.c4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 c5 28.cxb5
cxb4 29.Bc4 Nc5 30.Qb2 a5 31.Qxe5 Qxe5 32.Nxe5 Bxe4 33.Nd7 Nxd7 34.Rxd7 
Bc2 35.b6 b3 36.Rxf7 b2 37.Ra7+ Kh8 38.Ba2 Rb8 39.b7 Kg7 40.Rxa5 Rxb7 41.
h4 Rb3 42.Rb5 b1=Q+ 43.Bxb1 Rxb1+ 44.Rxb1 Bxb1 45.f3 Kf6 46.Kf2 Ke5 47.Ke3
Bf5 48.a5 Bc8 49.g3 Bb7 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6 14.Nbd2 g6 15.Nf1 Nh5 16.
Bh6 Re8 17.Qd2 Bf6 18.Ng3 Nf4 19.Rac1 Nd7 20.Bb1 a5 21.a3 c4 22.bxc4 bxc4 
23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Qxf4 Nc5 25.Ne2 Rb8 26.Ned4 Nb3 27.Rcd1 Be5 28.Qh6 Bg7 29.
Qf4 Be5 30.Qh6 Bg7 31.Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rb8 13.Bb2 f5 14.Qc2 b5 15.c5 
Bf6 16.b4 Qc7 17.Nf3 Bc8 18.Qc3 a5 19.bxa5 b4 20.Qd2 Ba6 21.Rfb1 Bc4 22.a3
b3 23.Qe3 Rfe8 24.Nd2 Ba6 25.f4 Qxa5 26.Bc3 Qa4 27.Bb4 b2 28.Rxb2 Nxc5 29.
Rc1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Nd5 Na5 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Nxb3 13.axb3 Qe6 14.Re1 d6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16.d4 exd4 17.Qxd4 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 Rfe8 19.f3 Re5 20.b4 Rae8 21.Kf2
g6 22.c3 Kg7 23.Nb3 Bc8 24.Nc1 g5 25.Nb3 f5 26.exf5 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Rxe1 28.
Kxe1 Bxf5 29.Nd4 Bd7 30.Nc2 Kf6 31.Ke2 Ke5 32.g3 c5 33.Ne3 cxb4 34.cxb4 
Kd4 35.Kd2 Be6 36.Ke2 d5 37.Kd2 Ke5 38.Nd1 Bf5 39.Ne3 Be6 40.Nd1 h5 41.Ke3
d4+ 42.Kd2 g4 43.fxg4 hxg4 44.Nf2 Bf5 45.b3 Kd5 46.Ke2 Ke5 47.Kd2 Kd5 48.
Ke2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E52"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Bd2 a6 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.f4 c5 12.Qf3 Nc6 13.Qh3 g6 14.Rad1 cxd4 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16.exd4 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.f5 Ra7 19.d5 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Bb5 21.Rf4 
f6 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Rh4 f5 24.Rh8+ Kf7 25.Rh7+ Kf6 26.Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nxc6 
Bxc6 9.Re1 Ne7 10.Qh5 Ng6 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Bd6 13.Be3 O-O 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.a5 
Nf4 16.Bxf4 Bxf4 17.e5 g6 18.Qg4 Qg5 19.Qxg5 Bxg5 20.Be4 Bb5 21.Red1 Bf4 
22.Bd3 Bc6 23.Bxa6 Bxe5 24.Nxd7 Bxd7 25.Rxd7 Bxb2 26.Ra2 Bc3 27.Bc4 Rfd8 
28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.a6 Bd4 30.Kf1 Ba7 31.Ke2 Kf8 32.Rb2 Rb8 33.g4 h6 34.Rb3 
Ke7 35.Rh3 Rh8 36.Bd3 h5 37.Be4 f5 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Bb7 Kd6 40.Rd3+ Ke7 41.
Rg3 Kf6 42.Rb3 Bc5 43.c3 bxc3 44.Rxc3 Bd4 45.Rc4 Bb6 46.Rc6 Bd4 47.Rc7 Re8
48.Bf3 Re7 49.Rc4 Ba7 50.h4 e5 51.Rc8 e4 52.Bxh5 Re6 53.Rf8+ Ke5 54.Re8 
Rxe8 55.Bxe8 f4 56.h5 f3+ 57.Kf1 e3 58.fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.g4 Nc5 9.
Qc2 a5 10.Be3 c6 11.g5 Nh5 12.O-O-O cxd5 13.Nxd5 b6 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.h4 Nf4 
16.Kb1 Rc8 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Bh3 Ne6 19.Qb3 Bc6 20.Nf3 Rb8 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.
Nc3 a4 23.Qc2 b5 24.Nd4 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 b4 26.Nb5 b3 27.Qd3 d5 28.exd5 exd5 
29.Rd1 bxa2+ 30.Kxa2 Qb6 31.Rd2 Rf7 32.Na3 Re7 33.cxd5 Re1 34.b4 axb3+ 35.
Kb2 Bd7 36.d6 Be6 37.d7 Rd8 38.Qc3 Bf7 39.Rd6 Qb7 40.Qf6 Qb8 41.Rc6 Kf8 
42.Rc8 Rxc8 43.dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 44.Rd8+ Qxd8 45.Qxd8+ Re8 46.Qd6+ Kg8 47.Qxf4 
Re2+ 48.Kc3 Ra2 49.Nc4 Rc2+ 50.Kxb3 Rxc4 51.Qxc4 Kf8 52.Kc3 Bxc4 53.Kxc4 
Ke7 54.Kd5 Kd7 55.Ke5 Ke7 56.f3 Kf7 57.Kd6 Kf8 58.Ke6 Ke8 59.Kf6 Kf8 60.f4
Kg8 61.Ke7 Kg7 62.h5 h6 63.gxh6+ Kxh6 64.hxg6 Kxg6 65.Ke6 Kg7 66.f5 Kf8 
67.Kf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "E39"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 
Nh5 9.Bg3 Bb7 10.e3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 f5 12.f4 Nc6 13.Be2 Nf6 14.Bh4 Be7 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16.Kb1 Ne8 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Rd2 Qh4 19.Rxd7 Qxf2 20.Qc1 Nf6 21.
Rd6 Na5 22.Rxe6 Nxc4 23.Ka2 Kf7 24.Rxf6+ gxf6 25.Qc2 Kg7 26.Qxf5 Kh8 27.
Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Nd5 Rc5 29.e4 Qd4 30.Qe6 Rc2 31.Rb1 Rxh2 32.Ne7 Re2 33.e5 
fxe5 34.f5 Rh2 35.Nc6 Qf4 36.Rf1 Rh6 37.Rxf4 Rxe6 38.fxe6 exf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 b6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bb7 5.Nc3 a6 6.e4 e6 7.Bd3 g6 8.O-O Bg7 
9.Nf3 d6 10.Bf4 Nf6 11.Bc2 e5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qd2 Be7 15.Rfd1 
Qc8 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Ra7 18.Ba4+ Kf8 19.Rac1 Kg7 20.Nd2 Rd8 21.Nf1 Rc7 
22.Rc3 Qe6 23.Ne3 Bg5 24.Qd3 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Nd7 26.Bxd7 Rdxd7 27.Rd5 Rc6 28.
h3 Rdc7 29.Qe2 Qc8 30.Qg4 Qxg4 31.hxg4 Rxc4 32.Rxc4 Rxc4 33.Rxd6 Rc1+ 34.
Kh2 Rc2 35.Rxb6 Rxf2 36.Kg3 Rd2 37.a4 a5 38.b3 Rc2 39.Kf3 Rb2 40.Rb5 Kf6 
41.Kg3 Rc2 42.g5+ hxg5 43.Rxa5 Rc3+ 44.Kg4 Rxb3 45.Ra6+ Kg7 46.Ra5 Rb4 47.
Rxe5 f6 48.Re7+ Kf8 49.Ra7 Rxe4+ 50.Kf3 f5 51.a5 Kg8 52.a6 Ra4 53.g4 Kf8 
54.Kf2 Ra3 55.Kg2 Ra2+ 56.Kf3 Kg8 57.Kg3 Ra1 58.Kf2 Ra3 59.Kg2 Ra2+ 60.Kg3
Kf8 61.Kf3 f4 62.Ke4 Ke8 63.Ke5 f3 64.Ra8+ Kf7 65.Ra7+ Kf8 66.Ra8+ Kg7 67.
Ra7+ Kh6 68.Rf7 f2 69.Ke4 Ra4+ 70.Ke3 Rxg4 71.Kxf2 Ra4 72.a7 g4 73.Kg3 Kg5
74.Rb7 Ra3+ 75.Kg2 Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "C14"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qd2 a6 8.Nd1 
c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.f4 cxd4 11.cxd4 g5 12.fxg5 h6 13.Nf3 hxg5 14.Nf2 Rg8 15.h3 
f6 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.O-O-O Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Bd7 21.Kb1 
O-O-O 22.Qe3 Bc6 23.Rc1 Qc7 24.Qa7 e3 25.Be2 Rg7 26.Rc3 Rd5 27.Rhc1 Kd8 
28.Rxe3 Rgd7 29.Qa8+ Qc8 30.Qxc8+ Kxc8 31.Bc4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Volkov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "E25"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5
Qa5 9.e4 Nf6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Kf2 Nfd7 12.Rb1 Rd8 13.Rb5 Qxa3 14.Ne2 Nc6 15.
Nd4 e5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rb1 Ba6 18.Bxa6 Qxa6 19.Qd6 Nb6 20.Qxc6 Rac8 21.
Rbd1 Qa2+ 22.Kg3 Re8 23.Qb5 Qa4 24.Qb4 Qxb4 25.cxb4 Nc4 26.Bf2 Rb8 27.Rd7 
Rxb4 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.Rxa7 Nb2 30.Rd7 h5 31.c6 Kh7 32.c7 Nc4 33.Bc5 Ra4 34.
Rxf7 Kg6 35.Rd7 Kf6 36.Rb1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.e4 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Re8 9.
dxe6 Rxe6 10.Ne2 g5 11.Bf2 bxc4 12.a3 Ba5 13.h4 g4 14.Nf4 Rb6 15.Qd2 Nc6 
16.Bxc5 Rab8 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.O-O-O Nd4 19.Bxc4 Ba6 20.b4 Bxb4 21.Qxd4 Bc5 
22.Na4 Bxa3+ 23.Kc2 Qc6 24.Kd3 Rb4 25.Bxa6 Rxd4+ 26.Kxd4 Qxa6 27.Nc3 Bb2 
28.e5 Qa4+ 29.Ke3 Bxc3 30.exf6 g3 31.Nd5 Bb2 32.f4 a5 33.Kf3 Qb3+ 34.Kg4 
a4 35.Rhe1 a3 36.Ne7+ Kh7 37.Nf5 a2 38.Nxg3 Qa4 39.Nf5 a1=Q 40.Rxa1 Bxa1 
41.Re7 Kg6 42.h5+ Kxf6 43.Re1 Qa5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 b5 5.Bg5 b4 6.Na4 Qa5 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.b3 f5 
9.e3 Rg8 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Qh5 Rg7 12.dxe6 dxe6 13.Nb2 Nc6 14.Nbc4 Qc7 15.Nxc6
Bxc6 16.Rd1 Bd5 17.Be2 Bxg2 18.Rg1 Bf3 19.Qxf3 Rxg1+ 20.Bf1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ 
Kxd8 22.Qa8+ Ke7 23.f4 Bg7 24.Kf2 Rg6 25.Bg2 e5 26.Bd5 exf4 27.Qg8 fxe3+ 
28.Ke2 Kf6 29.h4 f4 30.Qe8 Bh6 31.Ne5 f3+ 32.Kxf3 Kg7 33.Ke2 Rf6 34.Ng4 
Qf4 35.Nxf6 Qf2+ 36.Kd3 Qf1+ 37.Ke4 Qxf6 38.Bc4 Qxh4+ 39.Kd5 Qg5+ 40.Kc6 
Qf5 41.Bd3 Qg5 42.Kb7 Qd5+ 43.Kxa7 Bg5 44.Bc4 Qf5 45.Kb6 h5 46.Kb5 h4 47.
Qc6 h3 48.Qh1 Bf4 49.Bd3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 
Nd7 9.g3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 c5 11.Bg2 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Bf6 13.Qd6 Nb6 14.Qxd8 Bxc3+ 
15.Nxc3 Rxd8 16.a4 Rb8 17.Ke2 Bd7 18.a5 Nc4 19.b3 Ne5 20.f4 Bc6 21.Be4 
Bxe4 22.Nxe4 Nc6 23.Rhc1 a6 24.Nc5 Rd6 25.Rc4 Kf8 26.b4 Ke7 27.Rac1 Na7 
28.Na4 Nc6 29.Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 
9.O-O f6 10.h3 e5 11.Bh2 e4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 O-O 14.Nd6 f5 15.g4 fxg4 
16.hxg4 Nhf6 17.Ng5 Qe7 18.e4 Nd5 19.f4 h6 20.Nh3 Qh4 21.Rf3 N7f6 22.Nf2 
Bxg4 23.Nxg4 Qxg4+ 24.Kh1 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Nxf4 26.Rf2 Qh4 27.Qe1 Rae8 28.Rxf4
Rxf4 29.Nf6+ Bxf6 30.Qxe8+ Kg7 31.Qd7+ Be7 32.Rg1 Rf2 33.Rg2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.gxf3 cxd5 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nc3
Nc6 9.Bd2 e6 10.Na4 Bd6 11.Bb5 O-O 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.Ke2 Qe7 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 O-O 
9.Be3 Nc6 10.exd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Kxg2 c5 15.
Nf3 Nd5 16.Be5 Qe8 17.Qe4 Qf7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Rd2 c4 20.a3 h6 21.Rfd1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "D48"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 c4 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Be3 Bc5 14.Nd4 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "E07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.b3 b6 
9.Bb2 Ba6 10.Nd2 b5 11.c5 b4 12.Na4 Bb5 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Qc2 e5 15.e4 dxe4 
16.Nxe4 exd4 17.Bxd4 Rfe8 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Nb2 Ne5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Nd6 Bxd6
22.Rxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Nc4 Bc7 25.Bf3 h6 26.Be2 Re8 27.Ne3 Bxe2 28.
Qxe2 a5 29.Qa6 Be5 30.Qxc6 Bd4 31.Nf5 Bc3 32.Qb7 Re1+ 33.Kg2 Re2 34.c6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6
9.g4 h6 10.Be2 dxc4 11.bxc4 Ne5 12.Qg3 Nd3+ 13.Bxd3 Qxd3 14.Qc7 Rd8 15.Rd1
Qxc4 16.Qxb7 Bb4 17.Ne2 O-O 18.Nd4 Ne4 19.Nxc6 Bxd2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 a6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Bd6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Ba7 12.Rc1 Be6 13.Na4 Ne4 14.Nd4 Qd6 15.Re1 
Rfe8 16.Bd3 Bd7 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Qg4 Qh6 19.Qf5 Rad8 20.Bxe4 Rxe4 21.Nc5 
Rh4 22.h3 Rh5 23.Qf4 Qg6 24.Qc7 Re8 25.Nxb7 Bb5 26.Qd6 f6 27.Nd8 Bd3 28.
Kh2 Be4 29.f3 Bxf3 30.gxf3 Qf5 31.Qg3 Rxd8 32.f4 Bb8 33.Qf3 Rh4 34.Kg2 g5 
35.Qg3 Rh6 36.Qg4 Qxg4+ 37.hxg4 gxf4 38.exf4 Bxf4 39.Rc6 Rh2+ 40.Kf3 Bg5 
41.Re2 Rxe2 42.Kxe2 Re8+ 43.Kd1 Kf7 44.Rxa6 Re4 45.Ra4 Rxa4 46.bxa4 Ke6 
47.Bd4 Bf4 48.a5 h6 49.Kc2 f5 50.a6 Bb8 51.gxf5+ Kxf5 52.Kb3 Ke6 53.Ka4 
Kd6 54.Kb5 Kc7 55.Bb6+ Kc8 56.Kc6 Ba7 57.Bxa7 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.Ne2 a5 11.h3 Bd7 12.Nf4 c5 13.Rd1 Kc8 14.c4 a4 15.
Nd5 Be6 16.Bf4 b6 17.Rd2 Ne7 18.g4 Nc6 19.Bg3 Kb7 20.Rc1 h5 21.Ne3 hxg4 
22.hxg4 Be7 23.Nh2 Nd4 24.Kg2 Rad8 25.Rcd1 Bd7 26.f4 Bc6+ 27.Kf2 Rh3 28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29.cxd5 Bh4 30.Nf1 Bxg3+ 31.Nxg3 Rxd5 32.Kg2 Rh4 33.Ne2 g5 34.
fxg5 Rxg4+ 35.Kh3 Rxg5 36.Nxd4 cxd4 37.Rxd4 Rxd4 38.Rxd4 a3 39.bxa3 Rxe5 
40.a4 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Be3 Bf8 13.c3 Qd7 14.Qc2 b5
15.Bd4 Nfe4 16.Rad1 Qb7 17.Ne3 Rad8 18.b4 Ne6 19.Nxd5 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Ng5 21.
Rxe8 Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 Rxe8 23.Kg2 Re5 24.Qd3 Rg5+ 25.Kf1 Qc8 26.Nf4 g6 27.Rd7
Qb8 28.Qd4 Rf5 29.Nd5 Qxh2 30.Rd8 Re5 31.Ne3 Qh3+ 32.Ke2 Qe6 33.Qxa7 Qc4+ 
34.Kd2 Qh4 35.Qd4 Qxf2+ 36.Kd3 f6 37.Qf4 Kg7 38.Rd7+ Be7 39.Ra7 h5 40.a4 
bxa4 41.b5 Qe1 42.c4 g5 43.Qd4 Kg6 44.Ra6 Qb1+ 45.Ke2 Qc2+ 46.Kf1 Qb1+ 47.
Ke2 Kg7 48.Ra7 a3 49.b6 Qc2+ 50.Kf1 Qb1+ 51.Ke2 Kh6 52.Rxe7 Qb2+ 53.Kd3 
Rxe7 54.Nf5+ Kh7 55.Qxb2 axb2 56.Kc2 Re6 57.c5 Rc6 58.Kxb2 Rxc5 59.Nd6 Rc6
60.b7 Rb6+ 61.Kc3 h4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.exd4 Bg4 8.O-O 
Nh6 9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.Be2 Nf5 12.Kh1 h5 13.Bd2 a6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Ne4
Kf8 16.b4 Qd7 17.Bc3 e6 18.Ba1 Rd8 19.a3 Qe7 20.dxe6 fxe6 21.Qd2 Nc6 22.
Qg5 Bxa1 23.Rxa1 Nfd4 24.Ra2 Qxg5 25.Nxg5 Ke7 26.f4 b5 27.Bd3 Rhg8 28.Re1 
Rdf8 29.g3 e5 30.Kg2 Kd7 31.Rf2 exf4 32.Rxf4 Rxf4 33.gxf4 bxc4 34.Bxc4 Rf8
35.Re4 Rf6 36.a4 Nc2 37.Nh7 Rf5 38.Be6+ Kc7 39.Bxf5 gxf5 40.Re2 N6xb4 41.
Nf6 Kc6 42.Nxh5 d5 43.Ng3 d4 44.Nf1 d3 45.Re6+ Kd5 46.Re8 Kd4 47.h4 Nd5 
48.Kf3 Nf6 49.Rd8+ Kc3 50.Rc8+ Kd4 51.Ng3 Ne3 52.h5 d2 53.Ne2+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c3 c5 4.Bg5 cxd4 5.cxd4 Qb6 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e3
d5 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Be2 Rc8 11.O-O f5 12.Rfc1 Nb8 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.f4 O-O 15.Bh5 
f6 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Qe2 Bb4 18.Kh1 Kh8 19.Rab1 Qa5 20.Rg1 Qa6 21.Nb5 Qb6 
22.a3 a6 23.Na7 Qxa7 24.axb4 Qb6 25.g4 fxg4 26.Qxg4 Rg8 27.Qh4 Qd6 28.f5 
exf5 29.Bg6 Qe7 30.Bxf5 Rxg1+ 31.Rxg1 Rf8 32.Qg4 Nb6 33.Be6 h5 34.Qf4 Qh7 
35.Bf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.a4 c5 12.O-O Nf6 13.Qh4 c4 14.Be2 Bd7 15.c3 
Bc6 16.Nd2 Bd5 17.b3 cxb3 18.c4 Bc6 19.Nxb3 Be4 20.c5 Be7 21.Bf4 Qd8 22.
Be5 Bd5 23.Bb5+ Kf8 24.Qg3 h5 25.Nd2 h4 26.Qh3 Nd7 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bd6 Bxd6 
29.cxd6 Rg8 30.Rfc1 Nf6 31.Qa3 a6 32.Bc4 Bc6 33.Nf3 Bxf3 34.Qxf3 Kg7 35.
Qe3 Kh6 36.Rab1 b5 37.axb5 axb5 38.Rxb5 Qxd6 39.g3 Ra3 40.Bb3 Qf4 41.Qc3 
Qg4 42.d5 Nxd5 43.Rxd5 Rxb3 44.Qf6+ Kh7 45.Rd7 Rg7 46.Rxf7 Rxf7 47.Qxf7+ 
Kh6 48.Qf6+ Kh5 49.Qf7+ Kh6 50.Re1 Rb6 51.Qf6+ Kh7 52.Qf7+ Kh6 53.Qf6+ Kh7
54.Qe7+ Kg6 55.Qe8+ Kg7 56.Qe7+ Kg6 57.Qd8 Rb7 58.Qg8+ Kf6 59.f4 Rf7 60.
Rf1 Ke7 61.Ra1 hxg3 62.Ra7+ Kd6 63.Qb8+ Kc6 64.Ra6+ Kc5 65.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 Be7 6.c3 b6 7.Ngf3 Bb7 8.Bd3 O-O 
9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 d6 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.a4 a6 13.Qe2 Nh5 14.Bg3 Ndf6 15.Nf1 
Qc8 16.N3d2 Re8 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 d5 20.Qe2 Nxg3 21.hxg3 
Qc6 22.Nd2 b5 23.Nf3 Bf6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Nh2 g6 26.Ng4 Bg7 27.Qe3 Rxa1 28.
Rxa1 Ra8 29.Rxa8+ Qxa8 30.Nxh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg2 c5 8.
Nf3 Qb6 9.O-O Bd7 10.a4 Bc6 11.a5 Qc7 12.a6 Rd8 13.c3 b5 14.Qe2 c4 15.b3 
Bd5 16.Ne5 Be7 17.bxc4 bxc4 18.Bf4 Qc8 19.Rfb1 O-O 20.Rb7 Bd6 21.Rxa7 Bxg2
22.Kxg2 Nd5 23.Qxc4 Qxc4 24.Nxc4 Bxf4 25.gxf4 Rc8 26.Ne3 Nxc3 27.Rd7 Ra8 
28.a7 f6 29.Nc4 Nd5 30.f5 Rfc8 31.fxe6 Nf4+ 32.Kf3 Nxe6 33.Nb6 Rc3+ 34.Kg2
Rxa7 35.Rdxa7 h5 36.Nd5 Rd3 37.Re7 Nxd4 38.Nxf6+ Kf8 39.Rd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A59"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 
d6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 Nbd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Re1 Qa5 13.h3 Rfb8 14.Re2 Ne8 15.Rc2
Nb6 16.Qe2 Qa6 17.Qxa6 Rxa6 18.b3 f5 19.exf5 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Nxd5 21.Rd3 Nb4 
22.Rd2 gxf5 23.Re2 e5 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Rxe5 Nd3 26.Rxf5 Rf6 27.Rxf6 Nxf6 
28.Be3 Nd5 29.Rd1 Nxe3+ 30.fxe3 Nb4 31.Rc1 Nxa2 32.Rxc5 Rxb3 33.Rc8+ Kg7 
34.Rc7+ Kg6 35.Rc6+ Kf5 36.g4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Be2 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O b5 12.Ne4 Bb7 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Be2 Nd5 
15.Be5 f6 16.Bd4 Na4 17.b3 Nac3 18.Qd2 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 e5 20.Bc5 Rf7 21.Rfc1
Rd7 22.a3 Qe8 23.Rc2 Rad8 24.Rac1 Qg6 25.h3 Qh5 26.Nd4 Qxe2 27.Nxe2 Kf7 
28.e4 Nf4 29.Nxf4 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 exf4 31.f3 Ke6 32.Bb6 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.b4 a6 15.Be2
Re8 16.Rb1 Bg6 17.Rc1 d4 18.exd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Qxd4 Bxd4 21.Bf3 Be4
22.Rc4 Rad8 23.Bxe4 Rxe4 24.Be3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Qb6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.c3 Qb6 7.a4 b4 8.Nbd2 
Ba6 9.e4 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 g6 11.g3 Bg7 12.Qc2 d6 13.Kg2 bxc3 14.bxc3 Nd7 15.
Rhb1 Qa6 16.Rb5 O-O 17.Rab1 Nb6 18.a5 Nd7 19.c4 Rab8 20.Qa4 Bc3 21.Rxb8 
Nxb8 22.Nb3 Rd8 23.e5 Nd7 24.exd6 exd6 25.Qc6 Nb8 26.Qa4 Nd7 27.Qc6 Nb8 
28.Qa4 Nd7 29.Qc6 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.b4 a6 15.Be2
Re8 16.Ra2 Bg6 17.Rd2 Be4 18.Ng5 Qf6 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Rd7 Re7 21.Bc4 Rae8 
22.Qd5 Rxd7 23.Qxd7 Qe7 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.Rd1 h6 26.Kf1 g5 27.Bh2 Kg7 28.g4 
Bc7 29.Bxc7 Rxc7 30.Bd5 Ne5 31.Bxe4 Nc4 32.Rd3 b5 33.Ke2 Ra7 34.Bd5 Ne5 
35.Rc3 Rd7 36.Bb3 Rd6 37.Rc5 Nc6 38.Rf5 Rd7 39.Rd5 Ra7 40.Rc5 Ne7 41.f4 
gxf4 42.exf4 Ng6 43.Kf3 a5 44.bxa5 Rxa5 45.a4 Ra7 46.Rxb5 Ne7 47.Ke4 Rc7 
48.a5 Ra7 49.Rc5 Rb7 50.Bc4 f5+ 51.gxf5 Rb1 52.a6 Ra1 53.Ke5 Re1+ 54.Kd6 
Kf6 55.a7 Ra1 56.Rc7 Rxa7 57.Rxa7 Nc8+ 58.Kc5 Nxa7 59.Be6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Rc1 Bb7 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.a3 c5 11.Bc4 Qd8 12.O-O Nc6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Qe2 Qb6 
15.Rc2 Rfd8 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Be4 18.Qg4 Bg6 19.e4 Qb7 20.Re2 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22.b3 Rd4 23.f3 Rad8 24.h4 h5 25.Qf4 Kg7 26.g4 Qb8 27.Qxb8 Rxb8 
28.gxh5 Bxh5 29.Kf2 Rbd8 30.Rg1+ Kh6 31.Ke3 f5 32.exf5 exf5 33.Rh1 Rg8 34.
Kf2 f4 35.Re5 Rg3 36.Be2 Rd2 37.Rd1 Rxf3+ 38.Ke1 Rxd1+ 39.Kxd1 Rf1+ 40.Kd2
Bxe2 41.Kxe2 Rb1 42.Rxc5 Rxb3 43.Ra5 f5 44.Rxa7 Kh5 45.Rh7+ Kg4 46.Rg7+ 
Kxh4 47.a4 Ra3 48.Rh7+ Kg4 49.Rg7+ Kh4 50.Ra7 Kg3 51.Rg7+ Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rotsagov, Mihhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 
O-O 9.a3 Be6 10.b4 Nd4 11.Bb2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 c6 13.Ne4 Nd7 14.Bc3 Bd5 15.
Nd2 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Bd6 17.a4 Qe7 18.Rb1 a6 19.Nd2 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Qb3 Kh8
22.Ne4 Bc7 23.Bd2 Bb6 24.Rbc1 Rac8 25.Be3 Bxe3 26.fxe3 f5 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.
Rxc5 f4 29.gxf4 exf4 30.e4 Rf6 31.Kh1 Rcf8 32.Qc3 Qd7 33.d4 h6 34.e5 Rg6 
35.Qd3 Qg4 36.Qf3 Qd7 37.e3 Kg8 38.d5 cxd5 39.exf4 Rg4 40.f5 Rxb4 41.e6 
Qb7 42.Qg2 Re4 43.h3 Re5 44.Rfc1 Qe7 45.Rc7 Qf6 46.Rg1 g5 47.fxg6 Qxe6 48.
g7 Re8 49.Rf1 Rg5 50.Qf3 Rxg7 51.Rc5 Qe4 52.Qxe4 dxe4 53.Rxb5 e3 54.Re1 e2
55.Rb2 Rge7 56.Kg2 Kh7 57.Ra2 Re5 58.h4 Rg8+ 59.Kf3 Rf5+ 60.Ke4 Rh5 61.
Ra7+ Kh8 62.Rxe2 Rxh4+ 63.Kf3 Rh3+ 64.Kf2 Rh2+ 65.Ke1 Rxe2+ 66.Kxe2 Rf8 
67.Ke3 Rf6 68.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rotsagov, Mihhail"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.d5 Nb8 15.Nf1 Nbd7
16.N3h2 Nc5 17.Bc2 a5 18.Qf3 g6 19.Ng3 h5 20.Bd2 c6 21.b4 Ncd7 22.dxc6 
Bxc6 23.Bg5 Be7 24.a4 axb4 25.axb5 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Bxb5 27.cxb4 Nh7 28.Bxe7 
Qxe7 29.Bb3 Rc8 30.Rd1 Nb6 31.h4 Na4 32.Rd2 Nf6 33.Rc2 Rxc2 34.Bxc2 Nb6 
35.Bb3 Nc4 36.Qc3 d5 37.Bxc4 dxc4 38.Nf3 Ng4 39.Nf1 Qa7 40.Ne3 Nxe3 41.
fxe3 Qa4 42.Qxe5 Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rotsagov, Mihhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 
Be6 9.b4 Nd4 10.Rb1 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 c6 12.b5 Rc8 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.d3 O-O 15.
Bb2 c5 16.Nb5 Qd7 17.Bxe5 Rfd8 18.a4 f6 19.Ba1 Nd5 20.Bg2 Bf8 21.Na3 Nb4 
22.Bc3 Qf7 23.Bd2 a5 24.Nb5 Bf5 25.Rc1 Be6 26.Rb1 Bf5 27.Rb2 Be6 28.Qa1 
Bg4 29.Re1 h5 30.Be3 c4 31.dxc4 Rxc4 32.Rd1 Rdc8 33.Qb1 Be6 34.Rbd2 Nc6 
35.Rd6 Rb4 36.Qa1 Ne7 37.Bd2 Rbc4 38.Bxa5 Rc2 39.Nd4 Bb3 40.Nxc2 Rxc2 41.
R6d2 Rc4 42.Rb1 Rxa4 43.Qc3 Bd5 44.e4 Bxe4 45.Bxe4 Rxe4 46.Rd8 Ng6 47.Qd3 
f5 48.Qd5 Qxd5 49.Rxd5 Ne7 50.Rdb5 g6 51.Rd1 f4 52.Rd8 Nc6 53.Rd7 fxg3 54.
hxg3 Nxa5 55.Rxa5 Be7 56.Rb7 Kf7 57.Ra3 h4 58.gxh4 Kf8 59.Rf3+ Kg8 60.Rg3 
Bxh4 61.Rxg6+ Kf8 62.Rh6 Kg8 63.Kg2 Be7 64.Ra6 Kf8 65.Raa7 Ke8 66.Kf3 Re6 
67.Rxe7+ Rxe7 68.Rxe7+ Kxe7 69.Kf4 Kf6 70.f3 Ke6 71.Kg5 Kf7 72.Kf5 Ke7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rotsagov, Mihhail"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 g6 13.Ba2 Bg7 14.b4 Rc8 15.Bb2 a5 16.
d5 Ne7 17.bxa5 c6 18.c4 cxd5 19.cxd5 Qxa5 20.Nb3 Qa4 21.Bb1 Nd7 22.Bd3 f5 
23.Ng5 Bf6 24.Ne6 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Nb6 26.f4 Nexd5 27.fxe5 Rxe6 28.exf6 Rxe4 
29.f7+ Kxf7 30.Qf3+ Nf4 31.Rf1 Kg8 32.Nd4 Nc4 33.Rac1 Rf8 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.d4 cxd4 
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Ne1 Qb8 12.Nc3 Ne4 13.Qe3 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 Nf6 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Qe3 Qc7 18.Nd3 Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Nd2 Qb6 7.Qb3 a5 8.Qxb6 Nxb6 
9.a4 h5 10.f4 Ne7 11.Ngf3 Ng6 12.Be2 Be7 13.O-O Nh4 14.Nxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.c4 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 dxc4 8.
dxc4 Ne5 9.Qb3 Nxf3+ 10.exf3 Qb6 11.Be3 Qxb3 12.axb3 a6 13.b4 e6 14.b5 
cxb5 15.cxb5 Bb4 16.bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qc8 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.d5 Nd8 
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.c5 e6 13.dxe6 Nxe6 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.
Rac1 Qd8 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Qb4 Bc6 18.b3 Rfd8 19.Ne1 a5 20.Qa3 Ra6 21.Rc2 Bf6
22.Nd3 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 d5 24.Qxe7 Bxe7 25.Nf4 Nxf4+ 26.Bxf4 Bb4 27.Rc7 Re6 
28.e3 b6 29.Bh6 Red6 30.Bg5 f6 31.Bf4 R6d7 32.h4 Bc5 33.g4 Rxc7 34.Bxc7 
Rd7 35.Bf4 Kf7 36.Kf3 Ke6 37.Ke2 Rd8 38.Kd3 Rh8 39.f3 h5 40.g5 f5 41.Rc1 
Rd8 42.Re1 Rc8 43.Rc1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.g3 Bxf3 4.exf3 d5 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.c3 Nd7
9.f4 Ne7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.h4 h5 12.Ne5 c6 13.a4 Rc8 14.a5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 c5 16.
Bg5 Qd7 17.Re1 cxd4 18.cxd4 Rc7 19.g4 hxg4 20.Qxg4 Nf5 21.h5 f6 22.exf6 
gxh5 23.Qxh5 Bxf6 24.Qg6+ Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Rxg7 26.Bf4 Bxd4 27.Kf1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 Qe7
9.Nc3 Re8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 e4 13.Ng5 Nf6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Be3
Bf5 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Qb3 b6 18.Rc4 Nf6 19.Bd4 h6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Nxe4 Qxb2 
22.Qxb2 Bxb2 23.d6 Red8 24.Rd2 Be5 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.dxc7 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 Bxc7 
28.Bd5 Kf8 29.e4 Bh3 30.f4 g5 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.Nf3 f6 33.Nd4 Be5 34.Nc6 Bd6
35.Nxa7 Bc5+ 36.Kh1 Ke7 37.Nb5 Bf1 38.Nc7 Kd6 39.Ne8+ Ke5 40.Ng7 Bh3 41.
Bc6 Kd4 42.Nh5 Ke5 43.Ng7 Be3 44.Ne8 Bf2 45.Ng7 Be3 46.Nf5 Bc5 47.a4 Bf2 
48.Bb7 Bc5 49.Bc6 Ke6 50.Bd5+ Kd7 51.Bc4 Bf2 52.Bb5+ Kc7 53.Bd3 Bc5 54.Bc2
Kc6 55.Bb3 Kd7 56.Bd5 Kc7 57.Bb3 Kb7 58.Bc4 Bf2 59.Bb5 Kc7 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A54"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.e4 a6 11.d5 cxd5 12.cxd5 b5 13.a3 Nb6 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.h3 Rec8 
16.Bf1 Qb7 17.Nh4 g6 18.Kh2 Na4 19.Na2 Nc5 20.Bg2 a5 21.Bg5 Ng4+ 22.hxg4 
Bxg5 23.Bh3 Nb3 24.Rab1 b4 25.Nf3 Bd8 26.Qe3 Ba4 27.Qh6 Rc2 28.Kg2 Qb6 29.
Rf1 Bb5 30.g5 Bxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Nd2 32.Nxd2 Rxd2 33.Nc1 Qa7 34.Bg4 Be7 35.axb4
axb4 36.Ne2 Bf8 37.Qh4 Qe7 38.Ng1 h6 39.Nf3 Rxb2 40.Qh3 Raa2 41.gxh6 Qa7 
42.h7+ Kh8 43.Qh4 Rxf2+ 44.Kh3 Qe7 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.h4 h5 7.Qe2 f6 8.e5 fxe5
9.Qxe5 Nf5 10.Qe4 Rb8 11.Ne5 Rb4 12.c4 d5 13.Qf3 Qf6 14.Nxc6 Rb6 15.Nxa7 
Bb7 16.Qd1 dxc4 17.Bg5 Qe5+ 18.Kf1 Qd5 19.Rh2 Bd6 20.Nc3 Qxd3+ 21.Qxd3 
cxd3 22.Rh3 Rxb2 23.Nab5 c4 24.Nxd6+ Nxd6 25.Re3 Kd7 26.Na4 Rb5 27.Rae1 
Re8 28.Bf4 Bc6 29.Nc3 Rb2 30.Re5 Rc2 31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Bxc1 g6 33.f3 Nf5 34.
Rc5 Bd5 35.Bf4 Rc8 36.Ra5 Nxh4 37.Ra7+ Kc6 38.a4 Kc5 39.Bg5 Nf5 40.g4 hxg4
41.fxg4 Ng3+ 42.Ke1 Kb4 43.Bd2 Kb3 44.Kd1 Rh8 45.a5 Rh1+ 46.Be1 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B97"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Qf3 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Rxd6 a5 13.a4 Qb4 14.e5 Be7 15.Rd2 
f6 16.Bd3 g6 17.Qg3 fxe5 18.fxe5 Bh4 19.Qe3 Qg4 20.Qe2 Qxe2 21.Rxe2 Rf2 
22.Rxf2 Bxf2 23.Ne4 Be3+ 24.Kb1 Nxe5 25.Bb5 Nf7 26.Re1 Bf4 27.Nbc5 Bxh2 
28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Ne8+ Kf8 30.Rh1 Be5 31.Rxh7 Kg8 32.Rh1 b6 33.Nd3 Bd4 34.c3 
Bh8 35.Rf1 e5 36.Nf6+ Bxf6 37.Rxf6 Kg7 38.Rxb6 Bf5 39.Kc1 e4 40.Nf4 e3 41.
Nd5 e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lima, Darcy"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Qf6 7.Qe2 Nge7 8.
Be3 O-O 9.O-O-O d6 10.h4 Be6 11.f3 h6 12.Kb1 Rfd8 13.g4 Ne5 14.Nd2 Bxe3 
15.Qxe3 N7g6 16.h5 Qf4 17.Qg1 Nf8 18.Ne2 Qf6 19.f4 Nc6 20.Qg3 a5 21.Nf3 a4
22.g5 hxg5 23.fxg5 Qe7 24.Nc3 a3 25.b3 Ra5 26.Bg2 Ne5 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 
Nxf3 29.Bxf3 Nh7 30.Rhg1 f6 31.Rge1 Qf8 32.g6 Ng5 33.Bg2 Raa8 34.Re3 Re8 
35.Rde1 Re5 36.Rxe5 dxe5 37.c4 Re8 38.Qe3 b6 39.Qc3 e4 40.b4 Qd6 41.Qxa3 
Qh2 42.Qa4 Kf8 43.Qc2 Qxh5 44.c5 Qxg6 45.d6 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.a3 c4 8.Bc2 b5 9.
Nbd2 Nc6 10.Nf1 Na5 11.Ng3 Qc7 12.O-O a6 13.d5 O-O 14.Re1 exd5 15.e5 Ne4 
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Nb3 18.Rb1 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Nc5 20.Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B28"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Bf3 Qd6 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.Nc4 Rc8 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Nb6 Rd8 
15.Bxc6+ Qxc6 16.Qa4 Qxa4 17.Nxa4 Nd5 18.Bd4 f6 19.c4 Nf4 20.Bb6 Rc8 21.b3
Bd6 22.Rad1 Ke7 23.Rfe1 Rc6 24.g3 Ng6 25.Kg2 Ne5 26.c5 Bc7 27.Bxc7 Rxc7 
28.Rd6 Rxc5 29.Rxe6+ Kxe6 30.Nxc5+ Kd5 31.Nxb7 Rc8 32.Rd1+ Kc6 33.Nc5 Kb5 
34.Ne6 Rc3 35.Rd8 Kb4 36.Rd4+ Kb5 37.Nxg7 Rc2 38.Ne8 Kc5 39.Rd8 Rxa2 40.
Nxf6 Kb4 41.Rb8+ Kc3 42.Ne4+ Kd3 43.Nc5+ Kd4 44.b4 Ng4 45.Rf8 Ne3+ 46.Kf3 
Nd5 47.Rb8 Kc4 48.Rc8 Kb5 49.Nd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lima, Darcy"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1 e5 
9.c3 Re8 10.a4 h6 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.a5 Be6 14.Qa4 Rab8 15.Nfd2 b5
16.axb6 axb6 17.Na3 Ra8 18.Qc2 Qb8 19.Ndc4 b5 20.Ne3 Nde7 21.Bd2 Qb6 22.
Rad1 Rad8 23.Bc1 f5 24.f4 Bf7 25.fxe5 Nxe5 26.c4 b4 27.Nb5 N7c6 28.Kh1 Rd7
29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.Bxd5+ Rxd5 31.cxd5 Qxb5 32.dxc6 Qxc6+ 33.Qg2 Qxg2+ 34.Kxg2 
Rd8 35.Be3 Nxd3 36.Re2 Nf4+ 37.gxf4 Rxd1 38.Bxc5 Rb1 39.Bxb4 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Be3 Ne7 8.c4 O-O
9.Nc3 Nbc6 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Be2 Qc7 12.c5 Rd8 13.Qb3 Bd7 14.Na4 Rab8 15.
Rad1 Be8 16.g3 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 Nc8 18.Rd2 Bf6 19.Qb4 g5 20.Nb6 Qe7 21.Nc4 b5 
22.Nd6 Bd7 23.Bh5 Nxd6 24.cxd6 Qd8 25.Qc5 e5 26.f4 gxf4 27.gxf4 Bg7 28.
fxe5 Qh4 29.e6 Bxe6 30.Qg5 Qxg5+ 31.Bxg5 Rb7 32.Bf4 Kf8 33.Bf3 Ke8 34.e5 
Kd7 35.Rg2 Bf8 36.Rc2 Bd5 37.Bg4+ Be6 38.Bxe6+ Kxe6 39.Rxc6 Bg7 40.Rxa6 
Kf5 41.Bg3 Bxe5 42.Bxe5 Kxe5 43.Kf2 b4 44.Kf3 Ke6 45.Kf4 Rb5 46.Kg4 Rd5 
47.Rb6 Rd4+ 48.Kh5 Rd2 49.Rxb4 Rxh2+ 50.Kg4 Kxd6 51.a4 Rg2+ 52.Kf3 Rg8 53.
Rh4 Rb8 54.b4 Ra8 55.a5 Kc6 56.Rh6+ Kc7 57.Rxh7 Rb8 58.Rxf7+ Kc6 59.Rf4 
Kb5 60.Rf6 Rb7 61.Kf4 Rb8 62.Kf5 Rb7 63.Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 Nf6 7.Bb5+ Nbd7 8.d6 
O-O 9.dxe7 Qxe7+ 10.Be2 Re8 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Qxe4 13.Be3 Nb6 14.Qd3 Qe7 
15.O-O Nd5 16.Bg5 Qd6 17.Qd2 Bf5 18.Rfe1 a6 19.Bh6 Nb4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Bc4
Rec8 22.Ne5 Rc7 23.Bb3 Rac8 24.Rad1 f6 25.Nf3 Bc2 26.Rc1 Bxb3 27.axb3 Rc2 
28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Qe3 Nd5 30.Qd3 Rxb2 31.g3 Qb4 32.Rb1 Qc3 33.Qxc3 Rxb1+ 34.
Qe1 Rxe1+ 35.Nxe1 Kf7 36.Kg2 Nb4 37.Kf3 Ke6 38.Ke4 f5+ 39.Ke3 Kd5 40.Nf3 
a5 41.Kd2 b5 42.Kc3 Nc6 43.Ng5 h6 44.Nf7 b4+ 45.Kd3 Nxd4 46.Nxh6 Nxb3 47.
h4 a4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Black "Baklan, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 
d6 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Qe7 11.f3 e5 12.Be2 exd4 13.Qxd4 a4 14.e4 Qe5 15.Be3 
Nc5 16.Rc1 Nfd7 17.O-O O-O 18.Qc3 Qxc3 19.Rxc3 f5 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.Bd1 Re8 
22.Bd4 Rf4 23.Bf2 Ba6 24.g3 Rf7 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 Ne5 27.Bc2 g5 28.Bf2 
Bb7 29.Bxc5 dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Baklan, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d3 h6 9.
Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 Bb6 12.a4 Rb8 13.axb5 axb5 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 
Be6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Ne7 18.d4 e4 19.Nd2 Nexd5 20.Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Black "Baklan, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3
d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Qe8 11.Nd2 a5 12.Rc1 a4 13.Bf3 Qc8 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
Nb1 c5 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nc3 Qc6 18.Qf3 Qxf3 19.gxf3 cxd4 20.exd4 Rfc8 21.
Ne4 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Baklan, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 O-O 
9.Nc3 b4 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Qf6 12.a5 h6 13.c3 Rab8 14.Qa4 Rfd8 15.Be3 
Bf8 16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 Ne7 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.Rac1 c6 20.Ne5 Qe6 21.Rfd1 Rb5 
22.f3 f5 23.Qc2 Rxa5 24.Re1 Rb5 25.Bf2 fxe4 26.fxe4 Ng6 27.Nf3 b3 28.Qd1 
Bb4 29.Re3 Bd6 30.d5 cxd5 31.Nd4 Qe5 32.Rg3 Qf6 33.Rf3 Nf4 34.Nxb5 axb5 
35.g3 Qg6 36.Rxf4 Bxf4 37.Qxd5+ Kh7 38.Rc3 Re8 39.Qf5 Qxf5 40.exf5 Bg5 41.
Rxb3 Re5 42.g4 Rd5 43.Kg2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Baklan, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 O-O 
9.Nc3 b4 10.Nd5 h6 11.a5 d6 12.c3 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 bxc3 14.bxc3 Rb8 15.Qa4 Ne7
16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Ba7 19.Ba3 Qe8 20.Qxe8 Rxe8 21.Rfc1 Ng6 
22.Rc6 Rxe4 23.Rxa6 Nf4 24.Kf1 g5 25.h3 f5 26.Rc6 g4 27.a6 Rb6 28.Rxb6 
Bxb6 29.Bc1 Nd3 30.hxg4 fxg4 31.Be3 gxf3 32.a7 Bxa7 33.Rxa7 fxg2+ 34.Kxg2 
Ne1+ 35.Kf1 Nc2 36.Bxh6 Nxd4 37.Rxc7 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Black "Baklan, Volodymyr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7 7.Bg5 d6 8.e3 
Nbd7 9.Be2 a5 10.b4 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Qc1 h5 14.h3 Qf6 15.b5 
O-O-O 16.Ra2 h4 17.Bh2 g4 18.hxg4 h3 19.c5 hxg2 20.Rg1 Ndxc5 21.dxc5 Nxc5 
22.g5 Qf5 23.Qc2 Be4 24.Qd1 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 Rxh2 26.Ke2 Qxg5 27.Qd4 d5 28.Rc2
e5 29.Qg4+ Qxg4 30.Bxg4+ Kb8 31.Bf3 e4 32.Bxg2 Rg8 33.Kf1 Nd3 34.Rc6 Rg6 
35.Rxg6 fxg6 36.f3 exf3 37.Bxf3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat"]
[Black "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E66"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5 
9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 Bf5 13.e4 Bd7 14.Ba1 bxc4 15.bxc4 Rb4 
16.a3 Rxb1 17.Ncxb1 e5 18.Bc3 Bh6 19.Bf3 Qb6 20.Be2 Bh3 21.Qa4 Nb7 22.Re1 
Rb8 23.Bd3 Bd7 24.Qd1 Nh5 25.Bc2 Na5 26.Kg2 Ng7 27.Rf1 Nh5 28.Qe2 Qd8 29.
Kh1 Nb7 30.Nb3 a5 31.Qd1 a4 32.N3d2 Ra8 33.Ba1 Na5 34.Bxa4 Nxc4 35.Bxd7 
Nxd2 36.Nxd2 Qxd7 37.Nc4 Ra6 38.Qb3 Bf8 39.Rb1 Qg4 40.Qd3 Ra4 41.Re1 f5 
42.Qb3 Ra7 43.Bxe5 dxe5 44.Nxe5 Qg5 45.d6+ Kg7 46.d7 Qe7 47.Qd3 Qd8 48.
exf5 Nf6 49.Rd1 Be7 50.Qc4 Nxd7 51.Qf7+ Kh6 52.Ng4+ Kg5 53.fxg6 Qa8+ 54.f3
Nf6 55.Ne5 Bd6 56.h4+ Kf5 57.g4+ Kxe5 58.Re1+ Kf4 59.Qxf6+ Kg3 60.Qxd6+ 
Kxf3 61.Kh2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nf6 8.
Ne2 Na5 9.O-O O-O 10.Ng3 Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Rxe1+ 14.Qxe1 Nc4
15.Bxc4 dxc4 16.Qe5 Qe8 17.Qc5 Be6 18.Bg5 b6 19.Qxc7 Nd5 20.Qxc4 Rc8 21.
Qe2 Qc6 22.Bd2 Nxc3 23.Qd3 Qc4 24.Qxc4 Rxc4 25.Bxc3 Rxc3 26.Rc1 Kf8 27.Ne4
Rxa3 28.c4 Ke7 29.d5 Bf5 30.c5 bxc5 31.Rxc5 Bxe4 32.fxe4 Re3 33.Rc4 f5 34.
exf5 Kf6 35.Rc6+ Kxf5 36.Rc7 Kf6 37.Rxa7 Re7 38.Ra5 Rd7 39.Kf2 Ke5 40.Ke3 
Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C04"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Bd7 5.c3 Nge7 6.Bd3 Ng6 7.O-O Nce7 8.Re1 
Bc6 9.e5 Qd7 10.a4 Nf5 11.b4 Qc8 12.Nb3 Be7 13.b5 Bd7 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Rxa3 
b6 16.a5 O-O 17.Qc2 Qe8 18.c4 Nf4 19.Bxf5 exf5 20.Qd2 Qe7 21.Rea1 dxc4 22.
Qxf4 cxb3 23.Rxb3 Be6 24.Rb2 h6 25.h3 Rad8 26.Rc2 Rd5 27.Qc1 Rc8 28.axb6 
axb6 29.Ra7 Rd7 30.Qa3 Qd8 31.Qe3 Bd5 32.Qf4 Be6 33.Qe3 Qe7 34.Qa3 Qe8 35.
Qc1 Kh7 36.Raxc7 Rdxc7 37.Rxc7 Rxc7 38.Qxc7 Qxb5 39.Kh2 Qb3 40.d5 Bxd5 41.
Qd6 Bxf3 42.gxf3 Qxf3 43.Qxb6 Qf4+ 44.Kg1 Qxe5 45.Qa7 Qe6 46.Qc5 Kg6 47.
Qd4 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Qe4 49.Qb6+ Kg5 50.Qd8+ f6 51.Qd7 g6 52.Qd8 Qe5+ 53.Kg2 
Kh4 54.Qb6 Qc3 55.f3 Qd2+ 56.Kf1 Kg3 57.Qg1+ Kxf3 58.Qh1+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "D90"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Rc1 c5 8.dxc5 
Na6 9.e4 Ndb4 10.a3 Nd3+ 11.Bxd3 Qxd3 12.b4 Be6 13.Qe2 Rfd8 14.Nb5 Qb3 15.
O-O Qa4 16.Bc3 Bd7 17.Bxg7 Bxb5 18.Qb2 Nc7 19.Rfe1 Rd3 20.Bc3 Rad8 21.Ne5 
Rd1 22.Ng4 Rxc1 23.Qxc1 Qb3 24.h4 Ne6 25.h5 Bd3 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.f3 Bc2 28.
Be5 Qd3 29.Kh2 Bb3 30.c6 bxc6 31.Qxc6 Qd2 32.Rb1 Qd3 33.Rb2 h5 34.Nf2 Qe3 
35.Qc3 Qxc3 36.Bxc3 Ba4 37.Rd2 Rc8 38.Be5 a6 39.Nd1 Rc1 40.Nc3 Be8 41.Nd5 
Kf7 42.Bb2 Rc4 43.Kg3 g5 44.Ne3 Rc8 45.Kf2 Bb5 46.g3 h4 47.gxh4 gxh4 48.
Nf5 h3 49.Be5 Rc1 50.Ne3 Rb1 51.Rd1 Rb3 52.Rh1 Ng5 53.Bf4 Ne6 54.Be5 Rxa3 
55.Rxh3 Ng5 56.Rh5 Kg6 57.Rh8 Nf7 58.Rg8+ Kh5 59.Bc7 Ng5 60.Bf4 Nh3+ 61.
Kg3 Nxf4 62.Kxf4 Be2 63.Rg2 Bb5 64.Nf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.b4 c6 10.Nd2 a5 11.bxa5 Qxa5 12.Bb2 Qd8 13.a4 c5 14.Ra3 Ne8 15.Nb5 f5 
16.f4 exf4 17.Bxg7 Nxg7 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Rxf4 Ng6 20.Rf1 Qe7 21.Re1 Bd7 22.
Bf1 Ne5 23.Nf3 Nxf3+ 24.Rxf3 Qf6 25.Qa1 Bxb5 26.cxb5 b6 27.Bd3 Qxa1 28.
Rxa1 Rf7 29.g4 Rfa7 30.gxf5 Rxa4 31.Raf1 Rg4+ 32.Kh1 c4 33.Bb1 Ne8 34.f6 
Nc7 35.Rh3 Nxd5 36.f7+ Kf8 37.Rxh7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B88"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Be3 
O-O 9.f4 Bd7 10.Qf3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f5 exf5 13.Qxf5 Qc8 14.Qf3 b5 15.
O-O a5 16.a4 b4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Qg4 19.Qe3 Rae8 20.Rf4 Qg6 21.Qf3 Bd8 
22.Bc4 Re4 23.Rxe4 Qxe4 24.Qxe4 Nxe4 25.Re1 Re8 26.Bd3 Nf6 27.Rxe8+ Nxe8 
28.c3 bxc3 29.Bxc3 Nf6 30.Bc4 Ng4 31.b3 Ne3 32.Bd4 Nxc4 33.bxc4 f5 34.Kf2 
Kf7 35.Ke3 g5 36.c5 dxc5 37.Bxc5 Ke8 38.Kd4 Bf6+ 39.Kc4 Bd8 40.d6 Kd7 41.
Kd5 Bf6 42.Be3 f4 43.Bd2 Bd8 44.h3 Bb6 45.Ke5 h5 46.Kf5 Kxd6 47.h4 f3 48.
gxf3 gxh4 49.Kg5 h3 50.Kh4 h2 51.Bf4+ Kc5 52.Bxh2 Kb4 53.Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.c4 Bg4 
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Rac1 Ne5 15.b3 
Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Re8 17.Rfd1 Nc5 18.Qe2 a6 19.b4 Nd7 20.Be3 c5 21.a3 cxb4 22.
axb4 b5 23.Na2 bxc4 24.Rxc4 Ne5 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Rc1 Qb7 27.f4 Nd7 28.Rc6 
Nb8 29.Rb6 Qd7 30.b5 axb5 31.Nb4 Rc8 32.Qxb5 Qxb5 33.Rxb5 Bc3 34.Kf2 Kf8 
35.Kf3 Bxb4 36.Rxb4 Nd7 37.Bd4 f6 38.g4 Ra8 39.g5 fxg5 40.fxg5 Kf7 41.Rc4 
Ra3+ 42.Kg2 Rd3 43.Ra4 Rd1 44.Kf2 Rd2+ 45.Kg3 Rd3+ 46.Kg2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 
Nf5 9.Nc2 Nb4 10.O-O Nxc2 11.Qxc2 Rc8 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.Bd3 Ne7 
15.a3 Nc6 16.Be3 Be7 17.Nd2 Na7 18.f4 f5 19.Kf2 Bb5 20.Bxb5+ Nxb5 21.Ke2 
Kd7 22.Kd3 Na7 23.h3 h5 24.Rg1 g6 25.Rac1 Nc6 26.Rc3 Na5 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
g4 hxg4 29.hxg4 b5 30.gxf5 gxf5 31.Nf3 Nc4 32.Bc1 Rh8 33.Ke2 Ke8 34.Rg2 
Rh1 35.Rg1 Rxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 Nbd7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nge2 Be7 7.a4 O-O 8.O-O a5 
9.h3 Re8 10.Be3 Bf8 11.g4 exd4 12.Bxd4 Nb6 13.Ng3 d5 14.Re1 Nxe4 15.Ncxe4 
dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nd5 17.Qf3 Be6 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Ng5 Qf4 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.Rxe6 
Qxf3 22.Bxf3 fxe6 23.c4 Nf4 24.Be3 Ng6 25.Be4 Ne5 26.b3 Re8 27.Bb6 Bb4 28.
f4 Nf7 29.Rd7 e5 30.Bxh7+ Kxh7 31.Rxf7 exf4 32.Rxf4 Kg6 33.Kf2 Re1 34.Rf3 
Rb1 35.Bc7 Rb2+ 36.Kg3 Be1+ 37.Kf4 Re2 38.Rd3 Re7 39.Bd6 Re6 40.Kf3 Rf6+ 
41.Bf4 Rf7 42.Rd6+ Kh7 43.g5 g6 44.Kg4 Bb4 45.Rd8 Re7 46.Rc8 Re4 47.Kf3 
Re1 48.Rc7+ Kg8 49.Rxb7 Rf1+ 50.Kg4 Rg1+ 51.Kf3 Rf1+ 52.Kg3 Rg1+ 53.Kh2 
Rf1 54.Be5 Rf5 55.Bf6 Rf3 56.Rg7+ Kf8 57.Rxg6 Bd6+ 58.Kg2 Rg3+ 59.Kf2 Rxh3
60.Rh6 Rxb3 61.g6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 
cxd4 9.cxd4 Ne7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Bd3 b6 12.Ne2 Ba6 13.Nf4 Qd7 14.h4 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Nbc6 16.Rh3 Rf7 17.Rg3 Rc8 18.h5 Nd8 19.c3 Qa4 20.h6 g6 21.Nh3 Kh8 
22.Bg5 Ng8 23.Nf4 Qe8 24.Qd2 Rfc7 25.Kf1 Nf7 26.Bh4 Nfxh6 27.Re1 Nf7 28.
Bf6+ Nxf6 29.exf6 Nd6 30.Rxe6 Qb5+ 31.Kg1 Ne4 32.Nxg6+ hxg6 33.Rh3+ Kg8 
34.Qh6 Kf7 35.Re7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 
d6 9.O-O Bf5 10.Rc1 a6 11.h3 Rc8 12.a3 Re8 13.Re1 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Bg6 
16.b4 Na7 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Nc4 Qe6 19.Nfd2 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Nd2 Qxb3 22.
Nxb3 Nb5 23.Nd2 Bd5 24.Bc4 Bxc4 25.Nxc4 Rc6 26.Na5 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Nxa3 28.
Nxb7 Rb8 29.Rc7 Bf6 30.Rd7 Nc2 31.Nxd6 exd6 32.Rxd6 Bg7 33.Rxa6 Rxb4 34.
Rc6 Rb2 35.d5 Nb4 36.Rc8+ Kh7 37.d6 Rb1+ 38.Kh2 Rd1 39.Rc4 Nd3 40.Rc7 Kg6 
41.f4 gxf4 42.exf4 Bd4 43.f5+ Kxf5 44.Rxf7+ Kg6 45.Rf3 Bg1+ 46.Kh1 Nf2+ 
47.Bxf2 Bxf2+ 48.Kh2 Bc5 49.Rg3+ Kf5 50.Rg8 Bxd6+ 51.g3 Rd2+ 52.Kh1 Ke4 
53.Rg6 Kf3 54.Rf6+ Kxg3 55.Rg6+ Kf3 56.Rf6+ Bf4 57.Rg6 Rh2+ 58.Kg1 Rxh3 
59.Rf6 Rh5 60.Rf8 Ra5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 Ng6 8.h4 h5 
9.Qg3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.a4 Nb8 12.a5 Nc6 13.a6 Nce7 14.Bg5 Nf5 15.Qd3 
Qd7 16.Ne2 Rc8 17.g3 c5 18.O-O cxd4 19.cxd4 Rc4 20.c3 Qc6 21.Ra3 Nge7 22.
Qf3 Ra4 23.Rfa1 Rxa3 24.Rxa3 Qc4 25.Nf4 g6 26.Bf6 Rg8 27.Nh3 Nc6 28.Ng5 b5
29.Ra1 b4 30.cxb4 Nfxd4 31.Qd1 Ne2+ 32.Kg2 Nc3 33.Qc1 d4 34.Kh2 Qxb4 35.
Ne4 Kd7 36.Nxc3 Qxc3 37.Qxc3 dxc3 38.Rc1 Rb8 39.Rxc3 Rb6 40.Ra3 Nb4 41.Rb3
Nd5 42.Ra3 Kc6 43.Bg5 Kd7 44.Kg2 Rc6 45.Rf3 Ke8 46.Rb3 Rb6 47.Rxb6 Nxb6 
48.Be3 Nc8 49.Kf3 Kd7 50.Kf4 Ne7 51.Bxa7 Nd5+ 52.Kg5 Nb4 53.Bc5 Nxa6 54.
Bd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 
Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Qf2 Nfd7 14.h4 Rc8 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nc4 17.Bc1 Qb6 18.Qe1 Qc7 19.Bd3 g6 20.Nd2 Ncb6 21.Ne4 
Nxd5 22.Rh2 N5b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 
e5 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f3 Be7 11.Qd2 h5 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 a5 15.a4 
O-O 16.O-O Qc7 17.c4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.Bg5 Ra6 20.Bd3 Re8 21.Rae1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.d3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Bd7 10.Re1 b5 11.d4 b4 12.dxc5 bxc3 13.bxc3 dxc5 14.Nb3 c4 15.Nc5 Bc8
16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Bxd7 19.e5 Rab8 20.Rad1 Be8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 
22.Re4 h6 23.Be3 Rb8 24.Rxc4 Nxe5 25.Nxe5 Bxe5 26.Bb3 a5 27.Rc5 Bf6 28.
Rxa5 Bxc3 29.Ra7 e6 30.Bxh6 Bd4 31.Rc7 Be5 32.Rc1 Ra8 33.Be3 Bf6 34.g3 Bb5
35.h4 Kg7 36.Rc7 Kg8 37.Rc1 Kg7 38.Rd1 Bc6 39.Bd4 Bd5 40.Bxd5 exd5 41.Bc5 
Rxa2 42.Rxd5 Rc2 43.Kg2 Ra2 44.Kh3 Rc2 45.Be3 Rc4 46.g4 Bb2 47.Kg3 Ra4 48.
Rb5 Bf6 49.h5 gxh5 50.gxh5 Bd4 51.Bg5 Ra1 52.Rd5 Ra3+ 53.f3 Be3 54.Be7 Ra1
55.Kg4 Ra4+ 56.Kg3 Ra1 57.Kg4 Ra4+ 58.Kh3 f6 59.Rd7 Kh6 60.Bxf6 Kxh5 61.
Rd5+ Kg6 62.Be5 Bf4 63.Bd4 Bc1 64.Kg3 Bd2 65.f4 Kf7 66.f5 Bg5 67.Kf3 Bf6 
68.Bc5 Rc4 69.Be3 Ke7 70.Bf4 Kf7 71.Rd7+ Ke8 72.Rh7 Ra4 73.Rb7 Rc4 74.Rb6 
Kf7 75.Rb7+ Ke8 76.Rb1 Ra4 77.Kg4 Be5 78.Rf1 Kf7 79.Kg5 Bxf4+ 80.Rxf4 Rxf4
81.Kxf4 Kf6 82.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nb3 Ne7 8.Be3 
Nbc6 9.Qd2 d5 10.Bh6 O-O 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.exd5 exd5 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Nc5 Qd6
15.Nxe6+ fxe6 16.Kb1 Qf4 17.Qxf4 Rxf4 18.f3 Rd8 19.Rhe1 e5 20.Ne2 Rff8 21.
c3 b5 22.Bc2 a5 23.Nc1 Kf6 24.Nd3 h5 25.Nc5 h4 26.Rd2 b4 27.Bb3 Rfe8 28.
Ka1 bxc3 29.bxc3 d4 30.cxd4 Nxd4 31.Ba4 Nec6 32.f4 e4 33.Nxe4+ Kg7 34.Rdd1
Re6 35.Ng5 Rxe1 36.Rxe1 Rb8 37.Rc1 Rb6 38.g3 hxg3 39.hxg3 Kf6 40.g4 Ke7 
41.a3 Kd6 42.Ka2 Kd5 43.Rd1 Kc4 44.Ne4 Ne2 45.Bb3+ Rxb3 46.Nd2+ Kb5 47.
Kxb3 Nxf4 48.a4+ Kb6 49.Nf3 Kc5 50.Rd7 Nd5 51.Rg7 Nf4 52.Rf7 Nd5 53.Nh4 
Ne5 54.Rb7 Kc6 55.Rb5 g5 56.Nf5 Nxg4 57.Rxa5 Ngf6 58.Nd4+ Kc7 59.Ne6+ Kb6 
60.Rb5+ Kc6 61.Nxg5 Nc7 62.Rf5 Ncd5 63.Rf1 Kb6 64.Ne6 Ne4 65.Rd1 Nef6 66.
Nf4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C47"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Ne2 h6 12.Bh4 Bc5 13.c3 a5 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.
Qf3 Rb8 16.b3 g5 17.Bg3 Bg4 18.Qe3 Re8 19.Qc1 Rb6 20.f3 Bd7 21.Bf2 Nh5 22.
Re1 Nf4 23.Bf1 Rxe1 24.Qxe1 Qf6 25.Qd2 Rb8 26.Re1 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Bxe8 28.g3 
Ng6 29.Be2 Ne5 30.f4 gxf4 31.Qxf4 Qxf4 32.gxf4 Ng6 33.Be3 Bd6 34.Nf5 Bxf4 
35.Ne7+ Kg7 36.Nxd5 Bxe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6 14.a4 Bc8 15.Nbd2 g6 16.
Nf1 Nh5 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Qd2 Bf8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Nxa8 21.Ra1 Nb6 22.h4 
Qc7 23.g3 Bd7 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Ne3 Ra8 26.Rxa8+ Nxa8 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.exf5 
Kg7 29.Ng5 Qe7 30.Qe2 Nf6 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Qxb5 Nc7 33.Qc4 Ncxd5 34.b4 Qa7 
35.Be4 Nb6 36.Qb5 cxb4 37.cxb4 Qa1+ 38.Kg2 Qd4 39.Bf3 e4 40.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 b6 
9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Ne2 Bf8 13.Ng3 Qc7 14.Qd2 g6 15.h3 Rad8 
16.Rad1 Bg7 17.Qc1 h6 18.Qa1 Nh7 19.Qc1 Ndf8 20.Bf1 Ne6 21.c3 Nf6 22.Ba3 
Nf4 23.Qc2 Bc8 24.Ne2 N6h5 25.Nxf4 Nxf4 26.dxe5 dxe5 27.Kh2 Bf8 28.Bxf8 
Kxf8 29.g3 Ne6 30.Qc1 Kg7 31.b4 c5 32.b5 c4 33.bxa6 Bxa6 34.Rxd8 Rxd8 35.
Rd1 Rxd1 36.Qxd1 Nc5 37.Qd5 Nxa4 38.Nxe5 Nxc3 39.Qd4 Nb5 40.Qa1 Qc5 41.
Qxa6 Qxe5 42.Bxc4 Nd6 43.Bd5 Qd4 44.Qa2 b5 45.f4 Nc4 46.Bxc4 bxc4 47.Kg2 
c3 48.Qe2 Qc5 49.Qc2 Qe3 50.Kf1 Qxg3 51.Qc1 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6 14.a4 Bc8 15.Na3 Bd7 16.
Be3 Qc7 17.Nd2 Rfb8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bd3 Nc8 20.Qe2 b4 21.cxb4 Rxb4 22.Nc2 
Rxa1 23.Rxa1 Rb8 24.Qd1 g6 25.Ra3 Nh5 26.Nc4 Qd8 27.Qa1 Bg5 28.Bf1 Bxe3 
29.N2xe3 Qg5 30.Ra8 Rxa8 31.Qxa8 Kg7 32.Qb8 Qe7 33.b4 cxb4 34.Qxb4 f5 35.
exf5 gxf5 36.Na5 Nf6 37.Nc6 Qe8 38.Bd3 e4 39.Ba6 f4 40.Ng4 Bxg4 41.hxg4 e3
42.Qd4 h6 43.fxe3 fxe3 44.Be2 Qe4 45.Bf3 Qb1+ 46.Kh2 Qe1 47.Qd3 Qh4+ 48.
Kg1 Qf2+ 49.Kh2 Qh4+ 50.Kg1 Qf2+ 51.Kh2 Nb6 52.Nd4 Qh4+ 53.Kg1 Qf2+ 54.Kh2
Qh4+ 55.Kg1 Qe1+ 56.Kh2 Nbxd5 57.Nf5+ Kf8 58.Qa6 Qb4 59.Qa8+ Kf7 60.Bxd5+ 
Kg6 61.Nh4+ Kg5 62.Nf3+ Kg6 63.Nh4+ Kg5 64.Nf3+ Kg6 65.Nh4+ Kg5 66.Nf3+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Black "El-Taher, Fouad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E87"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6 9.
Nge2 h5 10.Qd2 Nc5 11.f3 Nh7 12.Rg1 h4 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.Kb1 g5 15.Nc1 Bf6 
16.Nd3 b6 17.Rc1 Re8 18.Be2 Nf8 19.Bd1 Ng6 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Ba4 Bxa4 22.
Nxa4 Nf4 23.Rh1 Qb8 24.Nc3 Qb6 25.Nb5 a4 26.Rc3 Ra5 27.Qc2 Rea8 28.Bd2 
R5a6 29.Ra3 Kg7 30.Rh2 Qb7 31.Nc3 Qa7 32.Kc1 Be7 33.Nd1 Bf6 34.Ne3 Qb7 35.
Kd1 Rb6 36.Bc3 Rba6 37.Ke1 Kg8 38.Kf1 Kh7 39.Kg1 Kg8 40.Qd1 Kh7 41.Qf1 Kg6
42.Rd2 Be7 43.Kh2 Bf6 44.Qd1 Kg7 45.Qc2 Kg8 46.Rf2 Kh7 47.Nd1 Kg7 48.Bd2 
Qb8 49.Nc3 Qa7 50.Rf1 Be7 51.Rb1 Bd8 52.Ra1 Bf6 53.Nb5 Qb8 54.Rb1 Bd8 55.
Nc3 Qa7 56.Bxf4 exf4 57.e5 dxe5 58.Qf5 f6 59.Qd7+ Kf8 60.Nb5 Qb8 61.Qh7 
Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "El-Taher, Fouad"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 a5 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.h3 a4 12.a3 h6 13.Ne2 Ne7 14.Nf4 h5 15.
Be3 Nf5 16.Bd2 Be7 17.Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "El-Taher, Fouad"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 a6 
9.Ba4 Nd7 10.Nf1 Nc5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.d4 Nd7 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Qd2 Rb8 15.h3 f6
16.Be3 exd4 17.Nxd4 Ne5 18.b3 c5 19.Ne2 c4 20.Nc1 Qf7 21.Bd4 Re8 22.Ne3 
Bh6 23.Qe2 Be6 24.Bxe5 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 fxe5 26.b4 a5 27.a3 Bd7 28.Ne2 Ra8 29.
Reb1 Reb8 30.f4 Qg7 31.bxa5 Re8 32.fxe5 Qxe5 33.Rb7 Rec8 34.Nd4 Rxa5 35.
Nf3 Qg7 36.Kh2 Bc6 37.Rb4 Rc5 38.Rab1 Qf8 39.Nd2 Re8 40.Rf1 Qe7 41.Qd4 
Bxe4 42.Rxc4 Rxc4 43.Qxc4+ d5 44.Qc6 Kg7 45.a4 Kh6 46.Qf6 Qxf6 47.Rxf6 Ra8
48.Nxe4 dxe4 49.Rc6 Rxa4 50.Rxc7 Kg5 51.Kg3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Black "El-Taher, Fouad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E71"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6 9.
Nge2 h5 10.f3 Nh7 11.Qd2 Qh4+ 12.Bf2 Qf6 13.Bg2 h4 14.O-O Qe7 15.Rae1 Nc5 
16.f4 exf4 17.Nxf4 Nd7 18.Nd3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Nb5 a4 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Nf3
Bf6 23.Bd4 Bxd4+ 24.Qxd4 Rae8 25.e5 Ng5 26.Nxg5 Qxg5 27.exd6 cxd6 28.Rxe8 
Bxe8 29.Qf4 Qxf4 30.Rxf4 f6 31.Re4 Bd7 32.Re7 Rd8 33.Be4 Re8 34.Rxd7 Rxe4 
35.Rxd6 Rxc4 36.Rxf6 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 Rc2+ 38.Rf2 Rc5 39.Rd2 Kf7 40.Kf3 Rc4 41.
d6 Ke8 42.Re2+ Kd7 43.Re7+ Kxd6 44.Rxb7 a3 45.Rb6+ Ke5 46.Rb5+ Ke6 47.Rb3 
axb2 48.Rxb2 Ra4 49.Rb3 Rxa2 50.Kf4 Ra5 51.Rb7 g5+ 52.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Black "El-Taher, Fouad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bb5+ Kf8 8.dxe6 
fxe6 9.Bf4 Ke7 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 a6 12.Be2 Qd4 13.Qc1 Nd5 14.Bg5+ Ke8 15.
Nf3 Qb4 16.O-O Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qxc3 18.Rb1 Nc6 19.Rb3 Qa5 20.Bh6 Qc7 21.Re1 
b5 22.Qg5 c4 23.Re3 Rf8 24.Bxg7 Qxg7 25.Qc5 Nd8 26.Ng5 Rf5 27.Nxe6 Bxe6 
28.Rxe6+ Nxe6 29.Qc6+ Kf7 30.Qxa8 Qd4 31.Bf3 Re5 32.Qb7+ Kf6 33.Rf1 h5 34.
h3 Qd2 35.Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "El-Taher, Fouad"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Black "El-Taher, Fouad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nd7 3.Be3 Ngf6 4.Nc3 e5 5.h3 Be7 6.Nge2 c6 7.a4 O-O 8.g4 d5 
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bg2 Nc4 13.Bd4 Bb4+ 14.c3 Be7 15.
b3 Na5 16.Ng3 Nc6 17.O-O Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Bf6 19.Qd3 Be6 20.Rfd1 Rc8 21.Ne2 
Qb6 22.b4 Rfd8 23.a5 Qc7 24.Rac1 h6 25.f4 Qe7 26.Nd4 Rc4 27.f5 Bc8 28.Nb3 
Qc7 29.Bxd5 Rf4 30.Rc2 h5 31.Rg2 hxg4 32.hxg4 b6 33.c4 Rxc4 34.g5 Rc3 35.
Qe4 Bxg5 36.Rxg5 Rg3+ 37.Rxg3 Qxg3+ 38.Qg2 Qxg2+ 39.Kxg2 Rxd5 40.Rxd5 Bb7 
41.Kg3 Bxd5 42.Nd4 bxa5 43.bxa5 Kf8 44.Kf4 Ke7 45.Ke5 Bb7 46.Ne2 f6+ 47.
Kd4 Bc8 48.Ng3 Kd6 49.Ke4 Kc5 50.Nh5 Kb5 51.Nxg7 Kxa5 52.Ne8 Kb4 53.Nxf6 
Bxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "El-Taher, Fouad"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 a6 
9.Ba4 Nd7 10.Nf1 Nc5 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Be3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.d4 e4 15.d5 exf3
16.dxc6 fxg2 17.Ng3 f4 18.Qh5 Ng5 19.h4 h6 20.hxg5 Qxg5 21.Bd2 bxc6 22.
Qxg5 hxg5 23.Nh5 Be5 24.Kxg2 Kf7 25.Rh1 Rh8 26.f3 Be6 27.Kf2 Rab8 28.b3 
Rbg8 29.Rag1 Ke7 30.Rg2 Bf7 31.Rgh2 Rh6 32.Bf5 a5 33.Rh3 a4 34.Nxf4 Rf6 
35.Be4 gxf4 36.bxa4 d5 37.Bc2 Bd6 38.R1h2 Kd7 39.Rh7 Bc5+ 40.Ke2 Re6+ 41.
Kd3 Re7 42.Bxf4 Bg6+ 43.Kd2 Rxh7 44.Rxh7+ Bxh7 45.Bxh7 Rf8 46.Be3 Kd6 47.
f4 Rh8 48.Bd3 Bxe3+ 49.Kxe3 Rh3+ 50.Kd2 Rf3 51.f5 Rf2+ 52.Be2 Rxf5 53.a5 
Rf8 54.a6 Ra8 55.Kc2 c5 56.c4 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D79"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 g6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.d4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Rfd1 Nxf4 12.gxf4 b6 13.Rac1 Bb7 14.Qa4 Qe7 15.e3 
Rfc8 16.Ne5 Na5 17.Nb5 f6 18.Nf3 Bc6 19.Qa3 Qd7 20.Nc3 Bf8 21.b4 Qd6 22.
Rb1 Bd7 23.Qb2 Nc4 24.Qb3 a5 25.b5 Na3 26.Rbc1 Ra7 27.Nd2 Rac7 28.Bf1 Qb4 
29.Nxd5 Qxb3 30.Nxf6+ Kf7 31.Nxb3 Kxf6 32.Rxc7 Rxc7 33.e4 Nxb5 34.e5+ Kf7 
35.d5 exd5 36.e6+ Bxe6 37.Bxb5 Bh6 38.Nd4 Bg4 39.f3 Bh3 40.Bc6 Bxf4 41.
Bxd5+ Kf6 42.Re1 Rc1 43.Rxc1 Be3+ 44.Kh1 Bxc1 45.Ne2 Be3 46.Bc6 Ke5 47.Nc3
Bd4 48.Ne2 Be3 49.Nc3 g5 50.a4 h5 51.Ne4 h4 52.Nc3 Bf1 53.Ne4 h3 54.f4+ 
gxf4 55.Ng5 Kd6 56.Bf3 Kc5 57.Ne6+ Kb4 58.Bc6 b5 59.axb5 Bxb5 60.Nd4 Bf1 
61.Nc2+ Kc3 62.Ne1 Bf2 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nb3 Bb6 7.Nb5 Qh4 8.Nd6+
Ke7 9.g3 Qf6 10.f4 h5 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Be3 b6 13.Qd2 Qg6 14.Bg2 Nf6 15.e5 Nd5
16.O-O-O Ba6 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Qxd5 Qxc2+ 19.Kxc2 Nb4+ 20.Kc3 Nxd5+ 21.Rxd5 
Rac8 22.Rhd1 h4 23.Kb4 hxg3 24.hxg3 Ke6 25.Nd6 Bxd6+ 26.Rxd6+ Kf5 27.Rxd7 
Rc4+ 28.Ka3 b5 29.Nc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "E52"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 a6 11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.a4 Re8 13.Ba3 Qe7 14.b5 a5 15.Bxd6 
cxd6 16.Rac1 Nf8 17.Bf5 Ne6 18.Rc2 Rac8 19.Rfc1 Rc7 20.Bh3 h6 21.g3 Ng5 
22.Nxg5 hxg5 23.Ne4 Rxc2 24.Nxf6+ gxf6 25.Qxc2 Kf8 26.Qh7 Qd8 27.Rc3 Ke7 
28.Bg4 Qb8 29.Qc2 Kf8 30.Rc7 Re7 31.Qh7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "B99"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Qh5
Qe7 16.Nxe6 Bxe6 17.fxe6 g6 18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.Qh3 Kg7 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Qc3 Ra7
22.Qa3 Rf8 23.Bxb5 Rf3 24.Qa4 Qc8 25.h4 Bh6 26.Be2 Rf2 27.Qd4 Qc5 28.Nc3 
Qxd4 29.Rxd4 Nf7 30.Ra4 a5 31.Bc4 Ne5 32.Bd5 Bd2 33.Nb5 Ra6 34.Nd4 Be3 35.
Ne6+ Kh6 36.Ra3 Bd2 37.Rg3 Ra7 38.h5 g5 39.Nd4 g4 40.Nf5+ Kg5 41.Nxd6 Bf4 
42.Rgg1 Rd7 43.Nb7 g3 44.Nc5 Rd6 45.Ne6+ Kg4 46.Nd4 g2 47.Be6+ Kg5 48.Bh3 
Rxd4 49.Bxg2 Rdd2 50.Bf3+ Kf6 51.Bd1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hakki, Imad"]
[Black "Utut Adianto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.c3 b6 14.Qh4 Bb7 15.Be4 
Be7 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Kg8 18.Bxb7 hxg5 19.Qxh8+ Kxh8 20.Bxa8 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Nf6 22.d5 Qc8 23.Bc6 exd5 24.Rac1 Qa6 25.a3 Qe2 26.Rb1 Qe5 27.g3 Qe6 
28.Rbc1 Ng4 29.f3 Qe3+ 30.Kh1 Nf2+ 31.Kg2 Nd3 32.Rc2 d4 33.Be4 Nc5 34.Rff2
d3 35.Rcd2 g6 36.Bd5 f5 37.b4 Nd7 38.Rd1 Ne5 39.Rfd2 Kg7 40.Rf2 Qd4 41.Ba2
g4 42.f4 Qe4+ 43.Kg1 Nf3+ 44.Kf1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Utut Adianto"]
[Black "Hakki, Imad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "D26"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 a6 6.a3 dxc4 7.dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 
Bxc5 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Ke2 Nc6 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bb2 O-O 14.Rhd1 Rfd8 15.
Ne4 Nd4+ 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Kf3 Nc3 20.Rdc1 Rac8 
21.Ne2 Nxe2 22.Kxe2 Kf8 23.g4 Ke7 24.h4 h6 25.a4 bxa4 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rxa4
Rc6 28.Ra5 Rc4 29.f4 Rxb4 30.Rxa6 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Kf3 gxf4 33.exf4 Rb3+
34.Ke4 Rb4+ 35.Kf3 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Labib, Ibrahim Hasan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ne5 9.f4 Ng6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.g3 h5 12.h4 O-O 13.Bg2 d6 14.O-O Bg4 15.
Qd2 Rae8 16.e4 Re7 17.Nc2 c6 18.Ne3 Rfe8 19.Qd4 Nf8 20.c5 Qxd4 21.cxd4 
dxc5 22.dxc5 Ne6 23.Rfc1 Rd8 24.Rc3 Red7 25.Bf1 Nd4 26.Nc4 Nf3+ 27.Kf2 Nd2
28.Ke3 Nxe4 29.Kxe4 Re8+ 30.Ne5 f6 31.Rd3 fxe5 32.Rxd7 exf4+ 33.Kxf4 Bxd7 
34.Bc4+ Be6 35.Bxe6+ Rxe6 36.Rb1 Re7 37.Kg5 Kh7 38.Kxh5 Re5+ 39.Kg4 Rxc5 
40.Rxb7 Ra5 41.Rc7 Rxa2 42.Rxc6 Ra4+ 43.Kh5 Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Labib, Ibrahim Hasan"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 e5 8.d4 Be7 
9.O-O O-O 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Re1 c4 13.Nf1 Nc5 14.Ne3 Bb7 15.Nf5 
Nfxe4 16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 Bf6 18.Qg4 Rfd8 19.Bh6 Bc8 20.Re3 g6 21.Bg5 Bxf5
22.Bxf5 gxf5 23.Qxf5 Bg7 24.Rh3 Rd6 25.Qxh7+ Kf8 26.Bh6 Rxh6 27.Rxh6 Nd3 
28.a4 bxa4 29.Rh4 Qb6 30.Qf5 Qxb2 31.Rf1 Qxc3 32.Qe4 Rd8 33.g3 a3 34.Qxc4 
Qxc4 35.Rxc4 e4 36.Ra4 Bb2 37.Rxa6 Nc5 38.Ra7 Rd4 39.Re1 Na4 40.Ra8+ Kg7 
41.Rb8 a2 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 g6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 b6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.Re1 Qc7
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.a3 d5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.e4 e6 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nf1 Rfe8 15.Rxe8+
Rxe8 16.Be3 d4 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.N1d2 Nd5 20.Qa4 Rd8 21.Re1 Nf4
22.Re8+ Rxe8 23.Qxe8+ Bf8 24.Bc4 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Qe7 26.Qxe7 Bxe7 27.Kf1 d3 
28.Ne4 Kg7 29.Ke1 f5 30.Nc3 Bc5 31.Nd1 Kf6 32.Kd2 Bd6 33.Ne3 Nh3 34.Bxd3 
Nxf2 35.Bf1 Bxh2 36.Ke2 Nh1 37.Bg2 Ng3+ 38.Kf2 Nh5 39.Nd5+ Ke6 40.Nb4 Bd6 
41.Nd3 Nf4 42.Nxf4+ Bxf4 43.b4 Bc1 44.a4 Bd2 45.b5 Ke5 46.Bf1 Kf4 47.Bc4 
g5 48.Ke2 Ba5 49.Bf7 g4 50.fxg4 fxg4 51.Kd3 Bb6 52.Kc4 Ke3 53.Kb4 g3 54.
Bd5 Kf2 55.a5 Bd8 56.b6 Bxb6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9.Nc3 c6 10.O-O-O Na6 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Nc5 13.Bxe7 Kxe7 14.Rd4
Ne6 15.Rd2 Nf4 16.Bf1 Bg4 17.Nd4 Rad8 18.h3 Bc8 19.g3 Ng6 20.f4 Nf8 21.Bg2
g6 22.Rhd1 Ne6 23.Nb3 Ng7 24.Na5 h5 25.Nc4 Ne8 26.Rd4 f6 27.R4d3 Be6 28.
Ne3 f5 29.h4 Nf6 30.exf5 gxf5 31.Ra3 Rhg8 32.Re1 Kf7 33.Rxa7 Rd7 34.Nf1 d5
35.Ra3 d4 36.Nd2 d3 37.Re3 dxc2 38.Nf3 Ng4 39.Ng5+ Rxg5 40.hxg5 Rd1+ 41.
Kxc2 Rg1 42.Re2 Bc4 43.Rd2 Re1 44.Ra7 Ke6 45.b3 Ba6 46.Bxc6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "E13"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 b6 
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nd5 13.cxd5 Qxh4 14.Kb1 Nf6 
15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Qxc7 Qxf2 17.Rhg1 Rf7 18.Qxd6 Qxe3 19.Bc4 Kh8 20.Bxe6 Rb7 
21.f4 Re8 22.f5 Ne4 23.Qc6 Rbe7 24.Rge1 Nd2+ 25.Ka1 Qf4 26.Qc1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Nd2 d6 8.c4 g6 
9.b3 Bg7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Rac1 b6 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.Nf1 Rfe8 15.Ng3 
Rad8 16.h4 Ne5 17.Bb1 h5 18.f4 Neg4 19.Nf3 Bh6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Ng5 Ng4 22.
b4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4 
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 f5 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.dxe5 Ngxe5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Qd2 Be6 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16.Ne4 Nd4 17.Bd3 Qc6 18.Rfe1 Bf5 19.b3 Ne6 20.Rad1 Nxg5 21.Qxg5
Rad8 22.Qe3 Rd4 23.Nc3 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[ECO "E48"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Qe2 b6 8.Nf3 Bb7 
9.O-O Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b3 Ne4 12.Bb2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Bd6 14.b4 a6 15.a4 
Qe7 16.Rfc1 Nf6 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 Ne4 19.Bb2 f6 20.g3 Qe6 21.Qc2 g6 22.
Bf1 Kg7 23.Bg2 h5 24.Nd2 Nxd2 25.Qxd2 h4 26.Qc3 hxg3 27.hxg3 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 
Ra8 29.Rc1 Qe8 30.Qb3 Ra5 31.Bf1 Qa8 32.Bc3 Ra3 33.Qb1 Qa4 34.Bb4 Rb3 35.
Qxb3 Qxb3 36.Bxd6 cxd6 37.Rc7+ Kh6 38.Rxb7 Qb4 39.Rxb6 f5 40.Rb8 Qa5 41.
Rc8 Qb4 42.Rc6 g5 43.b6 f4 44.gxf4 gxf4 45.exf4 Kh5 46.Be2+ Kh4 47.Rc8 
Qe1+ 48.Bf1 Qb1 49.Rg8 Qxb6 50.Be2 Qb1+ 51.Kh2 Qb8 52.Rg5 Qe8 53.Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Black "Utnasunov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "291"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4 g6 15.
Bg5 Rad8 16.Nb3 b4 17.Na4 h6 18.Bh4 Ned7 19.Na5 Ba8 20.Nc4 Bb8 21.f3 c5 
22.b3 g5 23.Bf2 Nh5 24.Ne3 Ng7 25.Rac1 Rc8 26.Ba6 Rc6 27.Bb5 Rd6 28.Nc4 
Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rd8 30.Qd2 Ne6 31.Bxd7 Bc6 32.Bxc6 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 Qf6 34.Rd1 
Nf4 35.Bd7 Ne2+ 36.Kf1 Nc3 37.Nxc3 bxc3 38.Rc1 Qd8 39.Bf5 Qd3+ 40.Ke1 c2 
41.g3 a5 42.Bh3 a4 43.Bf1 Qxf3 44.Rxc2 Qxe4+ 45.Ne3 axb3 46.axb3 Be5 47.
Bc4 Bd4 48.Ke2 g4 49.Bd5 Qe5 50.Rd2 Kg7 51.b4 Bc3 52.bxc5 Bxd2 53.Kxd2 
Qd4+ 54.Ke2 Kf8 55.c6 Qc5 56.Kf1 h5 57.Be4 Qe5 58.Bf5 Qb5+ 59.Kg1 Qxc6 60.
h4 Qf3 61.Bd3 Ke7 62.Bf1 Qe4 63.Bg2 Qb1+ 64.Kh2 f5 65.Nd5+ Kf7 66.Nf4 Qb2 
67.Bc5 Qh8 68.Bg1 Ke8 69.Bf2 Kf7 70.Bf1 Qb2 71.Kg1 Qh8 72.Bc4+ Ke8 73.Kg2 
Qc3 74.Bd3 Qc6+ 75.Kh2 Qf3 76.Kg1 Qd1+ 77.Bf1 Kf7 78.Nxh5 Kg6 79.Nf4+ Kh6 
80.Ng2 Kg6 81.Be3 Qf3 82.Bf4 Qc3 83.Ne3 Qe1 84.Kh2 Qf2+ 85.Bg2 Qe2 86.Bg5 
Qf2 87.Nd5 Kg7 88.Be3 Qe2 89.Bd4+ Kh6 90.Nf4 Qd2 91.Bc5 Kg7 92.Bg1 Kh6 93.
Nd5 Kg6 94.Be3 Qc2 95.Nf4+ Kh7 96.Kg1 Qd1+ 97.Kf2 Qc2+ 98.Ne2 Qd3 99.Bc6 
Qc2 100.Bg2 Kg6 101.Bf1 Kh7 102.Kg1 Qd3 103.Bf2 Qd1 104.Nf4 Kh6 105.Ng2 
Kg6 106.Ne3 Qb1 107.Ng2 Qd1 108.Be3 Kh7 109.Bf4 Kg6 110.Ne3 Qb1 111.Kh2 
Qe1 112.Bb5 Qf2+ 113.Ng2 Kf7 114.Bd3 Kg6 115.Be3 Qf3 116.Nf4+ Kh6 117.Bg1 
Qd1 118.Bxf5 Qd2+ 119.Ng2 Qe2 120.Bd7 Kh7 121.Be3 Kg6 122.Be8+ Kg7 123.Bc6
Qc2 124.Bb5 Kg6 125.Bf1 Qd1 126.Nf4+ Kf6 127.Be2 Qc2 128.Kg1 Qe4 129.Kf2 
Qc2 130.Ng2 Kf5 131.Bf4 Kg6 132.Ne3 Qa2 133.Nxg4 Qa7+ 134.Ne3 Qd4 135.Kf3 
Qc3 136.Bc4 Qe1 137.h5+ Kg7 138.h6+ Kh8 139.Bf1 Qb1 140.g4 Qb7+ 141.Kg3 
Qe4 142.Bg2 Qd3 143.g5 Kh7 144.Bh3 Qe2 145.Bf5+ Kg8 146.h7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Utnasunov, Alexander"]
[Black "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "E25"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5
Qa5 9.e4 Nf6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Nfd7 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Qb5 b6 14.Nh3 Nxc5 15.
Bxc5 bxc5 16.Qa4 Nd7 17.Bb5 Nb6 18.Qa5 c4 19.Rd4 e5 20.Rxc4 Qe7 21.Qb4 
Qh4+ 22.Nf2 Nxc4 23.Bxc4 Qh6 24.O-O Ba6 25.Ng4 Qb6+ 26.Qxb6 axb6 27.Nxe5 
Bxc4 28.Nxc4 b5 29.Nd6 Rxa3 30.Nxb5 Rb3 31.c4 Rd8 32.Kf2 Rb2+ 33.Kg3 Rc2 
34.Nc7 Rxc4 35.Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viorel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 
b6 9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 O-O 11.O-O-O Re8 12.g4 Nf8 13.Ne2 a5 14.Rdg1 Bf6 15.Bg5
Ne6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Rg3 Rd8 18.g5 Qg7 19.Nh2 Nf8 20.Qc3 Be6 21.Ng4 Bxg4 
22.Rxg4 a4 23.a3 Ne6 24.h4 Nd4 25.Nxd4 Rxd4 26.h5 Ra7 27.Rgh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 c5 15.d5 c4 
16.Bg5 Qc7 17.Nf5 Kh8 18.g4 Ng8 19.Qd2 Nc5 20.Be3 Bc8 21.Ng3 Rb8 22.Kg2 a5
23.a3 Ne7 24.Rh1 Ng6 25.g5 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.cxb4 Na6 28.Ra4 Nf4+ 29.Bxf4
exf4 30.Nh5 Qb6 31.Qxf4 Nxb4 32.Bb1 Rb7 33.Ra3 Rc7 34.Rd1 Na6 35.Nd4 Qxb2 
36.Rg3 c3 37.Nf6 Re5 38.g6 fxg6 39.Nd7 Be7 40.Nxe5 dxe5 41.Qf7 h6 42.Qe8+ 
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.e5 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 
9.Be3 g6 10.Bd3 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Bh6 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Nc3 Ne7 14.g4 Bg7 15.O-O 
Rc8 16.a4 O-O 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.axb5 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Kg2 Rcf8 21.Qc2 Nc8 
22.h4 Nd6 23.h5 Rc8 24.Qe2 Qd8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rxa7 Qe7 27.Ne5 Rxf1 28.
Qxf1 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Ne4 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Qf6 Qxf6 32.exf6 Rc7 33.g5 Kf7 34.
Kg3 e5 35.b6 Rd7 36.Kg4 Ke6 37.Ra8 Kd6 38.Rg8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 e6 8.Bd2 Be7 
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nd3 Nc6 12.Bf3 Bd6 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Rfd1 e5 15.dxe5 
Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Qd3 b4 18.Ne2 a5 19.Qb3 Ba6 20.Nd4 Qb8 21.g3 Bc4 22.
Qa4 Ne4 23.Be1 Nc5 24.Qc2 b3 25.axb3 Nxb3 26.Rab1 Nxd4 27.exd4 Bb3 28.Qd3 
Bf6 29.Rdc1 Ba2 30.Ra1 Bc4 31.Qd2 Ra6 32.Rcb1 a4 33.Qd1 Qb5 34.Bc3 h6 35.
h4 Be2 36.Bxe2 Rxe2 37.Qf1 Rae6 38.Re1 Rxe1 39.Rxe1 Qxf1+ 40.Kxf1 Rxe1+ 
41.Kxe1 h5 42.Kd2 Kh7 43.Ke3 g5 44.hxg5 Bxg5+ 45.Kd3 Kg6 46.Ba5 f5 47.Kc3 
f4 48.Kb4 fxg3 49.fxg3 Bc1 50.Ka3 Kf5 51.Bd8 Ke4 52.Be7 Kd3 53.Bd8 Kc2 54.
Kxa4 Bxb2 55.Kb5 Kd3 56.Kc5 Ke4 57.Bf6 Ba3+ 58.Kc6 Bb4 59.Bg7 Bc3 60.Kc5 
Be1 61.Be5 Bf2 62.Kd6 Bxd4 63.Bf4 Bf2 64.Ke6 d4 65.Kf6 h4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 
16.Ng3 Nd7 17.Be3 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.b4 Kh8 20.Qb3 c4 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.Qa4 
Qc8 23.Rad1 Nf6 24.Qc2 e4 25.Nd4 Ne5 26.Ndf5 Bd8 27.Bc5 Rg8 28.Rxd5 Nxd5 
29.Qxe4 Qe6 30.Qxe5 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 Nxc3 32.Nd6 h6 33.Nxc4 Bf6 34.Rf5 Rge8 
35.Nh5 Bd4 36.Nd6 Re1+ 37.Kh2 Bxc5 38.Rxc5 Nb5 39.Nxb5 axb5 40.Rxb5 Re2 
41.f4 Re7 42.f5 Rxa3 43.Nf4 Kg8 44.Ng6 Re8 45.Rb7 Raa8 46.Ne7+ Kf8 47.Ng6+
Kg8 48.Ne7+ Kf8 49.Ng6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.a3 d5 8.d4 
exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qh4 Be6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Qxe7+ 
Kxe7 15.Be2 Rhd8 16.e4 Nc7 17.Be3 Ne6 18.Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rae8 12.Be3 Bd8 13.Ne2 d5 14.Ng3 d4 15.Bd2 Kh8 
16.c4 Ng8 17.Rc1 g6 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Rc5 f6 20.Rxb5 Ba6 21.Rd5 Qc8 22.Qc2 
Nce7 23.Rc5 c6 24.Ba5 Bxa5 25.Rxa5 Qb7 26.Bxg8 Rxg8 27.b4 Ra8 28.Qb3 Qd7 
29.a4 Rgb8 30.Rc5 Rb7 31.Rec1 Rab8 32.Ra5 Rb6 33.Qf7 Qd6 34.Rxe5 Ng8 35.
Re6 Qxb4 36.Rexc6 Rxc6 37.Rxc6 Rb7 38.Qd5 Qxa4 39.Kh2 Bxd3 40.Rc8 Rg7 41.
e5 Qa6 42.Rd8 Bc4 43.Qxd4 fxe5 44.Nxe5 Be6 45.Ne4 Qa7 46.Nc5 Qe7 47.f4 Ba2
48.Ne4 Qa7 49.Qc3 Qc7 50.Qd4 Qa7 51.Qd2 Bb3 52.Nd6 Qa2 53.Qc3 Bd5 54.Qg3 
Qa5 55.Qg5 h6 56.Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.a3 d5 8.d4 
exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.c5 b6 12.b4 bxc5 13.bxc5 Qe6 14.Bd3 Ba6 
15.Bc2 Qc6 16.Bb2 Rab8 17.Bc3 Rfe8 18.g4 Rb5 19.g5 Rxc5 20.Ba4 Qb6 21.Bxe8
Nxe8 22.f3 Qc6 23.Bd2 Qb5 24.Kf2 Qe2+ 25.Kg3 Rc2 26.Qe5 Nd6 27.Rab1 Bb5 
28.Rxb5 Qxb5 29.Bc3 d4 30.Bxd4 Nf5+ 31.Kf4 Nxd4 32.exd4 Qxe5+ 33.Kxe5 Kf8 
34.Rb1 Ke7 35.Rb7 Kd7 36.Rxa7 Rxh2 37.Ra8 h6 38.Rg8 hxg5 39.Rxg7 Ke7 40.
Rg8 Re2+ 41.Kd5 Re3 42.a4 Rxf3 43.Kc6 Rc3+ 44.Kb5 Rb3+ 45.Kc4 Ra3 46.Kb4 
Rd3 47.a5 Rxd4+ 48.Kc5 Ra4 49.Kb5 Ra1 50.a6 Kf6 51.Rd8 Rb1+ 52.Kc5 Ra1 53.
Kb5 Rb1+ 54.Kc5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.a3
Ba5 9.Qc2 c6 10.b4 Bb6 11.c5 Bc7 12.d3 a5 13.Rb1 O-O 14.O-O d5 15.cxd6 
Bxd6 16.Qb2 axb4 17.axb4 Bh3 18.Rd1 h6 19.Be3 Rfc8 20.Rdc1 b5 21.Ne4 Nxe4 
22.Bxe4 Qe6 23.Ra1 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Bf5 25.Bxf5 Qxf5 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Bc5 Re8 28.
Bxd6 Qxd6 29.f3 f5 30.Rc5 Re6 31.Qc3 Kh7 32.Kg2 h5 33.Qc1 g6 34.Qc3 Kg8 
35.Kf2 Kf7 36.Ke1 Qd4 37.Qxd4 exd4 38.Rc2 Ke7 39.Ra2 Kd6 40.Ra8 Kd5 41.Kd2
Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D78"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.h3 Nbd7 7.O-O b6 8.c4 Bb7 
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Qd2 e5 12.Bh2 Qe7 13.Rad1 Rfd8 14.Qc1 a5 15.b3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd5 5.d4 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 
Qc7 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Bd3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 N5f6 12.a4 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Nh4 O-O 15.
f4 Bd5 16.Nf3 Bc4 17.Ne5 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Rac8 19.Rf3 Nd5 20.Qb5 Rfd8 21.Raf1 
f5 22.Be1 Nxe5 23.fxe5 Qc4 24.Bh4 Qxb5 25.axb5 Rd7 26.Rc1 Rc4 27.Be1 Nc7 
28.h3 Rdxd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qc8 8.
Qf3 Nbd7 9.Nc4 e6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.d3 O-O 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Nd6 Bxd6 14.Bxd6 Re8 
15.Bg3 a6 16.Rad1 Nbd7 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 b5 19.Rd6 Qb7 20.Qe3 Rac8 21.
Rfd1 Nf8 22.f3 h6 23.Qa3 b4 24.Qxa6 Qe7 25.a4 bxa3 26.Qxa3 Ng6 27.Qe3 Qf6 
28.b3 Qb2 29.Qc1 Qf6 30.Qa1 Qg5 31.Qc1 Qf6 32.Qd2 Ra8 33.h3 Rec8 34.Kh1 c4
35.b4 c3 36.Qd3 Qg5 37.Kh2 h5 38.h4 Nxh4 39.Ra6 Nxg2 40.Rxa8 Rxa8 41.Kxg2 
h4 42.f4 Qxg3+ 43.Qxg3 hxg3 44.Rd3 Ra4 45.Rxc3 Rxb4 46.Re3 Rc4 47.c3 f5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D26"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 cxd4 8.Rd1 
Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 Qe8 12.Nb5 Qd8 13.Nc3 Qe8 14.Nb5 Qd8 
15.Bf4 Bd7 16.Nc7 Rc8 17.d5 Rxc7 18.d6 Rc6 19.dxe7 Qxe7 20.Bb5 Rb6 21.Bxd7
Nxd7 22.Qd2 e5 23.Be3 Nc5 24.b4 Ne4 25.Qc2 Rxb4 26.a3 Rd4 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.
Re1 d3 29.Qc4 Nd6 30.Qxd3 Qf6 31.Rad1 Nf5 32.Qd7 g6 33.Qxb7 a6 34.Rc1 Nd4 
35.Rc8 Rxc8 36.Qxc8+ Kg7 37.Qc5 Nc6 38.h3 h5 39.Rd1 Ne5 40.Rd5 Nc6 41.Rd6 
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Bd3 
Nxf4 9.exf4 b6 10.b4 a5 11.a3 c6 12.O-O Qc7 13.g3 Ba6 14.Qc2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 
Rfb8 16.Rfc1 Qb7 17.Kg2 g6 18.Qc2 b5 19.Rcb1 axb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Ra8
22.Qb2 Ra6 23.Rxa6 Qxa6 24.Ne5 Nb8 25.g4 Bf6 26.Kg3 Bg7 27.g5 h6 28.gxh6 
Bxh6 29.Qa2 Qxa2 30.Nxa2 Bf8 31.Nc1 Kg7 32.Nb3 f6 33.Nd3 Be7 34.Na5 Kf7 
35.h4 Kg7 36.Nb7 Kh6 37.Nd6 Nd7 38.Kh3 Nb8 39.Nc8 Bd8 40.Nd6 Be7 41.Nc8 
Bd8 42.f5 e5 43.dxe5 fxe5 44.Nxe5 Bf6 45.Ng4+ Kg7 46.fxg6 Kxg6 47.h5+ Kg7 
48.h6+ Kg6 49.Nxf6 Kxf6 50.Ne7 d4 51.Kg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D49"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Bxb5+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qa5+ 15.
Bd2 Qxb5 16.Nxf8 Rxf8 17.a4 Qc4 18.Qf3 Rc8 19.b3 Qc2 20.Bb4 Rg8 21.O-O Nd5
22.Ba3 Qc3 23.Qh5 Qc6 24.Rad1 g5 25.Qxh7 Nf6 26.Qd3 Rd8 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.Rfe1
Rh8 29.Qf5 Nd5 30.Qxg5 Ne7 31.Qe5 Rg8 32.g3 Rd5 33.Qf4 Rd7 34.Bxe7 Kxe7 
35.Red1 Qd5 36.Qh4+ Qg5 37.Qxg5+ Rxg5 38.f4 Rgd5 39.Kf2 f6 40.Kf3 e5 41.
fxe5 fxe5 42.Ke4 Ke6 43.Rc6+ R7d6 44.Rdc1 d3 45.Rxd6+ Rxd6 46.Rd1 d2 47.a5
Rd5 48.a6 Rd4+ 49.Ke3 Rd6 50.Rxd2 Rxa6 51.b4 Ra3+ 52.Rd3 Ra2 53.Rb3 Rxh2 
54.b5 Kd7 55.b6 Kc8 56.Ke4 Rh5 57.g4 Rg5 58.b7+ Kb8 59.Kf3 Rg7 60.Kg3 Rg8 
61.Rb1 Rg7 62.Rb6 Re7 63.Rb3 Rg7 64.Rb1 Rg8 65.Rb2 Rg7 66.Kh4 Re7 67.Kg5 
Re8 68.Rb3 Rf8 69.Kg6 e4 70.Re3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Bg3 c6 
9.Bd3 g6 10.b4 b6 11.O-O bxc5 12.bxc5 Nxg3 13.hxg3 e5 14.Qa4 Qc7 15.Be2 
exd4 16.exd4 Bf6 17.Rac1 Rb8 18.Bd3 Kg7 19.Rfe1 h5 20.Ne2 Rh8 21.Rb1 Rxb1 
22.Rxb1 Nf8 23.Ba6 Ne6 24.Bxc8 Rxc8 25.Qa6 Nd8 26.Nf4 Rb8 27.Qd3 Rxb1+ 28.
Qxb1 h4 29.Kh2 hxg3+ 30.fxg3 Qc8 31.Qe1 Ne6 32.Qe3 Nxf4 33.Qxf4 Qh8+ 34.
Kg1 Qe8 35.Kf2 Qe4 36.Qxe4 dxe4 37.Ne5 Bxe5 38.dxe5 f5 39.Ke3 Kf7 40.g4 
Ke6 41.Kd4 e3 42.Kxe3 Kxe5 43.gxf5 Kxf5 44.Kf3 a5 45.a4 Ke5 46.Kg4 Kd5 47.
Kg5 Kxc5 48.Kxg6 Kd4 49.g4 c5 50.g5 c4 51.Kf6 c3 52.g6 c2 53.g7 c1=Q 54.
g8=Q Qf4+ 55.Ke6 Kc5 56.Qg1+ Kb4 57.Qd1 Qe3+ 58.Kd5 Qc5+ 59.Ke4 Qc6+ 60.
Ke3 Qe6+ 61.Kd2 Qa2+ 62.Ke3 Qa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Bb7 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.e4 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.e5 Nd7 14.Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D73"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 c6 5.d4 Bg7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.O-O Bd7 13.Rfc1 Qb6 14.b3 Rfc8 15.
Rab1 Ng4 16.Rd1 f6 17.Na4 Qd8 18.Bf4 g5 19.Be3 b6 20.Nb2 Qe7 21.Nd3 Qd6 
22.h3 Nxe3 23.Qxe3 h6 24.h4 Rc3 25.Rbc1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.
Bh3 Bd7 29.f4 gxh4 30.gxh4 f5 31.Ne5 Be8 32.Bg2 Bf6 33.Qg3+ Kh7 34.Kh2 Qb4
35.Qe3 Qe7 36.Nf3 Bh5 37.Bh3 Bxf3 38.Qxf3 Bxd4 39.e3 Bc5 40.Qg3 Qg7 41.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 42.h5 Bxe3 43.Kg3 Kf6 44.Kf3 Bc1 45.Bf1 a5 46.Bb5 e5 47.fxe5+ 
Kxe5 48.Be8 Kd4 49.Bf7 Kc5 50.a4 d4 51.Ke2 Be3 52.Kd3 f4 53.Be6 f3 54.Bc4 
f2 55.Kc2 Kd6 56.Kd1 Ke5 57.Ke2 Kf4 58.Bd3 Kg3 59.Be4 Bd2 60.Bd3 Bb4 61.
Be4 d3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O c5 11.Rad1 c4 12.Bf5 g6 13.Bh3 a6 14.a4 Nh5 15.Bh6 
Re8 16.Ne5 Nf8 17.f4 Ng7 18.f5 g5 19.f6 Bxf6 20.Qf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd2 f5 6.g4 fxg4 7.Qxg4 Qe7 8.O-O-O 
Nf6 9.Qg2 O-O 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Rg1 Kh8 12.Bd3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 e5 14.Bd3 Re8 15.
Ng5 Nf8 16.Bc4 g6 17.Nf7+ Kg7 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.e4 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 Be6 21.Nd6 
Red8 22.Qg5 Rd7 23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Nf5+ Kf7 25.Nh6+ Ke8 26.Qxf6 Qxa2 27.Rxd7 
Nxd7 28.Qh8+ Nf8 29.Qe5+ Ne6 30.Rd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D17"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 
Bb4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.h3 f4 12.O-O fxe3 13.fxe3 c5 14.Be1 Rc8 15.
Bb3 Qe7 16.Qf3 Rce8 17.Bf2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Ne4 19.Be1 Ndf6 20.Ra2 Ng5 21.Qf4 
h6 22.h4 Nge4 23.g4 c4 24.Bxc4 Rc8 25.Bb3 Nxc3 26.Rh2 Rfe8 27.g5 Nfd5 28.
Qf3 Qxe3+ 29.Qxe3 Rxe3 30.Bxc3 Nxc3 31.Bxf7+ Kh8 32.Rc2 Rd8 33.g6 Rxd4 34.
Be6 Rd8 35.Rcf2 Rg3+ 36.Kh2 Rxg6 37.Rf8+ Rxf8 38.Rxf8+ Kh7 39.Bg8+ Kh8 40.
Bb3+ Kh7 41.Bc2 h5 42.Rd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D17"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.Bg5 
Bb4 9.e3 Qa5 10.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxc3+ 12.Ke2 gxf6 13.g3 Na6 14.Kf3 f4 
15.Rc1 Qa5 16.Bxc4 fxe3 17.fxe3 Nb4 18.Kg2 Nd5 19.Re1 O-O-O 20.e4 Nb6 21.
Bxf7 Kb8 22.Qd3 Rd7 23.Be6 Rd6 24.Bb3 Rhd8 25.Qc3 Qxc3 26.Rxc3 Rxd4 27.a5 
Nd7 28.a6 Ne5 29.axb7 Kxb7 30.Be6 Rb4 31.Re2 Rd6 32.Bg8 h6 33.Ra3 Rd8 34.
Be6 Rd6 35.Bg8 a6 36.Rea2 Rb6 37.Kh3 Rd4 38.Rf2 Rd6 39.Rfa2 Ka7 40.Ra4 Rd8
41.Be6 Rd6 42.Bg8 Rd8 43.Be6 Re8 44.Bg4 Nxg4 45.Kxg4 Re5 46.Rd2 a5 47.Rd6 
Kb7 48.Rxf6 Rb4 49.Ra3 h5+ 50.Kf3 a4 51.Rc3 c5 52.Re3 Rb3 53.Kf4 Rxe3 54.
Kxe3 a3 55.Rf2 Re8 56.Ra2 Ra8 57.Kd3 Kc6 58.Kc4 Kd6 59.h3 Ra5 60.g4 h4 61.
Kb3 Rb5+ 62.Kc3 Ra5 63.Kb3 Rb5+ 64.Kc3 Rb4 65.Rxa3 Rxe4 66.Kd3 Kd5 67.Ra8 
Rd4+ 68.Ke3 Kc4 69.g5 Rd3+ 70.Kf4 Rxh3 71.Rh8 Kb3 72.Kg4 Rg3+ 73.Kxh4 Rg1 
74.Rb8+ Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 b4 8.Na3 d6 
9.Nc4 Qd8 10.Bd3 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Ne2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.O-O Be7 15.Qc2 
Nc6 16.Be4 Rc8 17.Rfd1 Nd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Qa4+ Bd7 20.Qb3 Be6 21.Qa4+ Bd7
22.Qa6 Nc7 23.Nd6+ Kf8 24.Qb6 Rb8 25.Nb7 Ne6 26.Qa6 Ra8 27.Qc4 Qb6 28.Nc5 
Bxc5 29.Bxa8 Ke7 30.Be4 Bb5 31.Qb3 Be2 32.Rdc1 d3+ 33.Kh1 Rd8 34.a3 bxa3 
35.Rxa3 Qd6 36.Ra5 Rb8 37.Rb5 Nd4 38.Rb7+ Rxb7 39.Qxb7+ Kf6 40.b4 Bb6 41.
Bd5 Ne6 42.Bxe6 fxe6 43.Rc6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 
cxd4 9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bc3 O-O 11.Nf3 Qc5 12.Rc1 Nd5 13.Bd2 Qxc2 14.Rxc2 Rd8 
15.a3 e5 16.Bb5 Nde7 17.Bc3 Bf5 18.Rc1 f6 19.O-O Bd3 20.Bxd3 Rxd3 21.Rfd1 
Rad8 22.Rxd3 Rxd3 23.Kf1 Kf7 24.Ke2 Rd7 25.Nd2 Nd5 26.Ne4 b6 27.Bd2 Nce7 
28.f3 h5 29.Ng3 g6 30.Ne4 Ke6 31.Rc2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Bf4 Na5 15.
cxd5 Qxd5 16.Ne5 c5 17.Bg4 Bxg4 18.Nxg4 Qd8 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Be5 Qc6 21.
dxc5 Rfe8 22.Qg4 f6 23.Bd6 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.h3 Nc6 27.
Kh2 g6 28.Qc4+ Kg7 29.Qb5 Qd7 30.f3 Kf7 31.Qb3+ Kg7 32.Qb5 Kf7 33.h4 Kg7 
34.Qe2 Kf7 35.Qd2 Kg8 36.Qh6 Qf7 37.Qf4 Kg7 38.Qe4 Qd7 39.Kg3 Qf7 40.Qg4 
Qe8 41.Kf2 Kf7 42.Qf4 Kg7 43.Qc4 Qd7 44.g4 Qe8 45.Qd5 Qf7 46.c4 Na5 47.Bf4
Qe7 48.Bd2 Nc6 49.Bc3 Kf8 50.g5 fxg5 51.hxg5 Qc7 52.Kg2 Qe7 53.Kf1 Qe3 54.
Bf6 a6 55.Qd6+ Ke8 56.Qd5 Kf8 57.Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 Be4 8.Qb3 
Bxd2+ 9.Bxd2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Rfd1 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Re8 13.Bh3 Qe7 14.Be3 a5 
15.Nd2 Bb7 16.Qc2 c5 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.f3 h6 19.Bf2 Ne5 20.Bg2 Nc6 21.Nb1 e5
22.Nc3 Nd4 23.Qd2 Bc6 24.Qe1 a4 25.Rd2 Qb7 26.Qd1 Ra6 27.Nb5 Nxb5 28.cxb5 
Bxb5 29.e4 Qb8 30.g4 Nh7 31.h4 Nf8 32.g5 hxg5 33.hxg5 Ne6 34.Be3 g6 35.Bh3
Nd4 36.Rf2 Bc6 37.Bg4 Rb6 38.Qd2 Kg7 39.Kg2 Rh8 40.Kg3 Rb4 41.Rg1 d5 42.
Rc1 Qd6 43.Rh2 Rbb8 44.Rch1 dxe4 45.f4 Rbd8 46.Rxh8 Rxh8 47.Rxh8 Kxh8 48.
fxe5 Qxe5+ 49.Bf4 Qd5 50.Qh2+ Kg8 51.Kh3 Bd7 52.Qd2 Bxg4+ 53.Kxg4 Qf5+ 54.
Kg3 Ne6 55.Be3 Qf3+ 56.Kh2 Nd4 57.Bxd4 cxd4 58.Qxd4 Qh5+ 59.Kg3 Qxg5+ 60.
Kf2 Qf4+ 61.Ke2 Qf3+ 62.Kd2 a3 63.b4 Qg2+ 64.Kc1 Qxa2 65.b5 Qb3 66.b6 a2 
67.Qb2 Qe3+ 68.Kc2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O d5 8.c4 
d4 9.e5 Ne7 10.Nd2 Ng6 11.Nf3 c5 12.Be4 Ra7 13.b4 cxb4 14.Nxd4 Nxe5 15.Bf4
Ng6 16.Be3 Rd7 17.Bc6 Be7 18.a3 bxa3 19.c5 O-O 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.Nb3 Qc7 22.
Rxa3 Bb7 23.Qe2 Bf6 24.Rxa6 Be5 25.g3 Bd5 26.Nd2 Ne7 27.Nf3 Bf6 28.Rb6 Nf5
29.Rd1 h5 30.Rxd5 exd5 31.Qd3 Nxe3 32.Qxe3 Rd8 33.Rb5 d4 34.Qd3 Qc6 35.h4 
Ra8 36.Kh2 g6 37.Rb6 Qxc5 38.Rxf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.
e4 e5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bc4 h5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.O-O-O Qxh4 13.Nxh4 Rf8 14.Rd2 
O-O-O 15.Rhd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Nb8 13.a4 Nbd7 14.Bd3 c6 15.Nf1 d5 
16.Bg5 dxe4 17.Rxe4 Be7 18.Re2 exd4 19.Nxd4 g6 20.axb5 cxb5 21.Bc2 Nd5 22.
Qd2 Bxg5 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qxg5 Qe5 25.Qxe5 Nxe5 26.Nd2 Rd8 27.Be4 b4 28.
cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Nb8 13.b3 Nbd7 14.d5 c6 15.c4 Rc8 
16.a4 b4 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Nf1 a5 19.Ng3 Nc5 20.Nh2 g6 21.Ra2 h5 22.Nf3 Qc7 
23.Bb1 Qb7 24.Rae2 Be7 25.Bc2 Nh7 26.Nf1 Nf8 27.Ng5 Bxg5 28.Bxg5 Nfe6 29.
Bc1 Nd4 30.Re3 Nce6 31.Bb2 Rcd8 32.f3 h4 33.Rd3 Qe7 34.Qd2 Nxc2 35.Qxc2 
Rd7 36.Ne3 Qg5 37.Kh1 Red8 38.Bc1 Qh5 39.Ng4 Kg7 40.Bh6+ Kh8 41.Be3 Kg7 
42.Bb6 Rb8 43.Bxa5 f5 44.exf5 gxf5 45.Nxe5 dxe5 46.Rxe5 Qg6 47.Rxd7+ Bxd7 
48.Qd2 Rb7 49.Bxb4 Kh7 50.Bc3 Bc8 51.b4 Rg7 52.Ra5 Rd7 53.Rd5 Rf7 54.Be5 
f4 55.Qd3 Rf5 56.b5 Ng5 57.Rd8 Nf7 58.Rxc8 Nxe5 59.Qd8 Nf7 60.Qxh4+ Nh6 
61.Rc6 Qg7 62.b6 Rf7 63.a5 Re7 64.Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A23"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Qb6 6.Nc2 d5 7.Bg2 dxc4 8.O-O Be6
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nd7 11.Ne3 Nf6 12.Bf5 Bxf5 13.Nxf5 Qb5 14.Qc2 O-O-O 
15.Ne3 Re8 16.Re1 Re4 17.b3 Qh5 18.Bb2 Ng4 19.Nxg4 Rxg4 20.bxc4 Bd6 21.e4 
Re8 22.d4 Re6 23.e5 Bb4 24.f3 Rf4 25.Rf1 Rxf3 26.Qe4 Rh6 27.Qh4 Rxf1+ 28.
Rxf1 Qe2 29.Rf2 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Volkov, Sergei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D80"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 
O-O 9.cxd5 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Bf5 13.Qa4 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Nxa5
15.Rfc1 Rfc8 16.Kf1 Nc6 17.Ke1 Bf8 18.a3 Na5 19.Nd2 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "C14"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 
c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Bd3 f5 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.g3 Nxc5 13.O-O Bd7 14.Qd2 Rad8 15.
Rae1 Be8 16.a3 Bh5 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 Bg4 19.Qg2 Rc8 20.h3 Nxd3 21.cxd3 
Bf5 22.Rf3 d4 23.Nb5 Rc1+ 24.Kh2 Rd8 25.Qd2 Ra1 26.g4 Bxg4 27.hxg4 Qh4+ 
28.Rh3 Rh1+ 29.Kxh1 Qxh3+ 30.Kg1 Qxg4+ 31.Qg2 Qxf4 32.Qg5 Qf8 33.Rxe6 Rc8 
34.Nd6 h6 35.Qd5 Kh8 36.Nxc8 Qxc8 37.Qe4 Qc1+ 38.Kh2 Qc2+ 39.Kg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.h3 h6 14.Ng3 Be6 15.d4 cxd4 
16.cxd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Rc8 19.Bb3 d5 20.e5 Nd7 21.Nh5 Bc5 22.
Qf4 Qg5 23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.Bxg5 Bd4 25.Re2 Bxe5 26.Nf4 Bxf4 27.Bxf4 Nc5 28.
Bc2 d4 29.Rd2 Red8 30.f3 d3 31.Bd1 Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O 
Qb8 9.Re1 Nge7 10.Be3 d6 11.Qd2 Ng6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Ne5 14.f4 Nc6 15.
Bf2 Be7 16.Nd5 exd5 17.exd5 Ne5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Qe2 O-O 20.Bd4 exd4 21.
Qxe7 g6 22.Qf6 Bb7 23.d6 Bd5 24.Qxd4 Be6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.c4 bxc4 27.Bxc4 
h5 28.Rc1 Ra7 29.Bxe6+ Kh7 30.h4 Rb7 31.d7 Rxb2 32.Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D34"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Rc1 Bb6 
15.Nc4 Bg4 16.Re1 Bc5 17.a3 a6 18.b4 Ba7 19.Nf4 Rc8 20.Qb3 Bb8 21.Nd5 Bxe2
22.Ncb6 d3 23.Qa2 Rc7 24.Nxc7 Bxc7 25.Nd5 Bb8 26.Qd2 Nd4 27.Rc3 Ba7 28.Nf4
Nb3 29.Rxd3 Bxd3 30.Rxe8+ Qxe8 31.Qxd3 Qe1+ 32.Qf1 Bxf2+ 33.Kh1 Qxf1+ 34.
Bxf1 Kf8 35.Bg2 b6 36.Bb7 a5 37.Bd5 Nd2 38.bxa5 bxa5 39.Kg2 Bd4 40.a4 Ke7 
41.Nd3 f5 42.Bg8 h6 43.Ba2 g5 44.Bg8 Kd6 45.Ba2 Be3 46.Bf7 f4 47.gxf4 gxf4
48.h4 Ke7 49.Bd5 Kd6 50.Bf7 Ke7 51.Bd5 Kf6 52.Kh3 Kf5 53.Bc6 Nb1 54.Bf3 
Nc3 55.Bc6 Ne2 56.Bb7 Nd4 57.Bd5 Nc2 58.Bb3 Nb4 59.Nxb4 axb4 60.Bc2+ Ke5 
61.Kg4 h5+ 62.Kf3 Bb6 63.Bg6 b3 64.Bxh5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 d6 8.g4 a6
9.g5 Nd7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.O-O-O b5 12.h4 Nb6 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.f4 Nec4 15.f5 b4 
16.Nb1 e5 17.Nb3 a5 18.N3d2 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Bd7 20.b3 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Qe4 
Bc6 23.Bg2 O-O-O 24.Nc4 f6 25.Ne3 Nxe3 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.Qxe3 Bd7 28.Qe4 
Bc5 29.Nd2 Ke7 30.Nc4 Bb5 31.Rd1 Bxc4 32.bxc4 Qb6 33.gxf6+ gxf6 34.Qg4 
Be3+ 35.Kb1 Bh6 36.Qh5 Qe3 37.Bd5 Kd6 38.Qf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.
Qb3 a6 9.a4 Nb6 10.Bc4 Nxc4 11.Qxc4 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Nc6 Qc7 
15.d3 Rfc8 16.Be3 Bxc6 17.dxc6 Qd6 18.Ne4 Qxc6 19.Rac1 Qd7 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 
21.Qb3 Bd4 22.Rc4 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Qe6 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Rf4 Rc1+ 
27.Rf1 Rc5 28.Rf4 Rc1+ 29.Rf1 Rc6 30.Rf4 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.Bd3 b6 
9.b4 a5 10.a3 Ba6 11.O-O Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Qc8 13.h3 Qb7 14.Rab1 axb4 15.axb4 
Ra3 16.Qc2 Rfa8 17.Rfc1 Bd8 18.b5 R3a5 19.bxc6 Qxc6 20.cxb6 Nxb6 21.Ne5 
Qe8 22.Bg5 Nc8 23.e4 dxe4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Bxd8 Rd5 26.Nc6 Ned6 27.Ra1 Rxa1
28.Rxa1 Nf5 29.Ra8 Nb6 30.Rb8 Nd7 31.Rc8 Nb6 32.Rb8 Nd7 33.Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A12"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Bg4 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Bd6 
9.Nc3 O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nd4 c5 13.Nf3 Re8 14.d4 a6 15.Kg2 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Rc8 17.Rc1 Bb8 18.Bd3 Ne4 19.Nce2 Rxc1 20.Bxc1 Ndc5 21.Bc2 Qd6 22.
f4 Nf6 23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Ba7 25.g5 Nfe4 26.Nd4 g6 27.Bg4 Nc3 28.Qc2 N5e4
29.Ne2 Nxe2 30.Qxe2 f5 31.gxf6 Nxf6 32.Bf3 Kg7 33.Qd3 Qc5 34.Re1 Rc8 35.
Bb2 Qc2+ 36.Qe2 Kf7 37.Bxf6 Kxf6 38.Bxd5 Bxe3 39.Bxb7 Rc3 40.Qxc2 Rxc2+ 
41.Kf3 Bc5 42.Bxa6 Rf2+ 43.Ke4 Rxa2 44.Bc4 Rh2 45.Bf1 Bb4 46.Rc1 Bd6 47.
Kf3 Rb2 48.Rc6 Ke7 49.Rb6 Rf2+ 50.Kxf2 Bc5+ 51.Kf3 Bxb6 52.Ke4 Kd6 53.Bc4 
h6 54.Bf7 g5 55.f5 Ke7 56.Bh5 Ba5 57.Kd5 Kf6 58.Bg6 h5 59.Ke4 g4 60.hxg4 
hxg4 61.Kf4 Bb4 62.Kxg4 Bd6 63.Be8 Ke7 64.Bb5 Kf6 65.Bc4 Bc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 c6 8.e3 
Nbd7 9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.Kb1 Rac8 
15.g4 c5 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Nd4 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qb3 Qc4 20.Qxc4 Rxc4 21.
Ndb5 Bxb5 22.Nxb5 Rb4 23.Nd6 Re6 24.Rd2 h5 25.Rc1 hxg4 26.hxg4 Ng6 27.Rc8+
Nf8 28.Ra8 a6 29.a3 Rb6 30.Nc4 Rbc6 31.Na5 Rcd6 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Nxb7 Rc6 
34.b4 f5 35.gxf5 Rf6 36.Nc5 Rxf5 37.Nxe4 Kh7 38.Rxa6 Nd7 39.f4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5+ 7.Nbd2 Bb4 8.a3 
Ne4 9.Bf4 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 dxc4 11.Rd1 Bxd2+ 12.Rxd2 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 
Qxe5 15.Bxc4 O-O 16.O-O Bf5 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Rae8 19.Rfd1 Re7 20.Qc4 h5
21.Rd4 g6 22.h4 Kg7 23.R1d2 Rfe8 24.g3 Rc7 25.Kg2 b5 26.Qc2 Re6 27.Rd8 a5 
28.R2d4 a4 29.Qd2 c5 30.Rf4 Rcc6 31.Qe2 c4 32.Rfd4 Rcd6 33.Qd2 Rxd8 34.
Rxd8 Qe4+ 35.Kh2 Rf6 36.Rd4 Qe5 37.Kg2 Rf5 38.Qc3 Rf6 39.e4 Re6 40.f4 Qf6 
41.Kf3 Kh7 42.Rd7 Kg7 43.Ke3 Rb6 44.Kd2 Qxc3+ 45.Kxc3 Kf6 46.Kb4 Ke6 47.
Rd5 f5 48.Re5+ Kf6 49.exf5 gxf5 50.Rxb5 Re6 51.Kxa4 Re3 52.Kb4 Rxg3 53.a4 
Rg4 54.a5 Rxf4 55.a6 c3+ 56.Kxc3 Ra4 57.Rb6+ Ke5 58.b4 f4 59.Rb5+ Kd6 60.
Ra5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A12"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Bg4 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be2 e6 8.Nc3 Bd6 
9.O-O O-O 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nb5 Be7 12.Nbd4 h6 13.Qb1 Qa5 14.Bd3 Bxf3 15.
Nxf3 Ba3 16.Nd4 Ne5 17.Bc2 Rac8 18.f4 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qd1
Rfc8 22.Bd3 Kf8 23.f5 e5 24.e4 Rc1 25.Qe2 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Ke7 27.exd5 Qxd5 
28.Re1 Rd8 29.Be4 Qxd2 30.Qf1 Bb4 31.Re2 Qd1 32.Bxb7 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Baklan, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.h3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Bd3 a6 8.a4 Nbd7 9.
O-O Rb8 10.Qe2 Ne8 11.Bf4 Nc7 12.Rad1 f6 13.Bg3 Qe8 14.Rb1 b6 15.Nd2 Ne5 
16.Bxe5 fxe5 17.b4 cxb4 18.Rxb4 a5 19.Rb3 Bd7 20.Nc4 Na8 21.Nb2 Rc8 22.Ba6
Rc5 23.Nd3 Rc7 24.Nb5 Bxb5 25.Bxb5 Qc8 26.Bc6 Rxc6 27.dxc6 Qxc6 28.Nb2 Rc8
29.Rd1 Bf6 30.Rdd3 Kg7 31.Kh2 d5 32.exd5 Qxc2 33.Qxc2 Rxc2 34.Rdc3 Rxc3 
35.Rxc3 e4 36.Rc2 Nc7 37.d6 Be5+ 38.Kg1 Bxd6 39.Nc4 Bc5 40.Nxa5 e3 41.fxe3
Bxe3+ 42.Kf1 Nd5 43.Nc6 Kf6 44.Ke2 Ke6 45.Rc4 Bc5 46.Nd4+ Kd6 47.Nb5+ Kc6 
48.Nc3 Nf6 49.Kd3 Nd7 50.Ke4 Kd6 51.Nb5+ Ke6 52.Nd4+ Kd6 53.Nb3 Ba3 54.
Rd4+ Ke6 55.Rd1 Bb2 56.Kd3 Ne5+ 57.Kc2 Ba3 58.Nd4+ Kf7 59.Kb3 Bc5 60.Nf3 
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Baklan, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C60"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.O-O Qb4 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9.c3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 Bg4 11.h3 Rd8 12.Qe2 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qe7 14.e5 
Nh6 15.g4 O-O 16.Qg3 Kh8 17.Rae1 Rfe8 18.Re2 Ng8 19.Rfe1 Qc5 20.Kh2 Rd4 
21.f4 Qc4 22.f5 Rd3 23.Qf2 gxf5 24.Qxf5 Re6 25.Re4 Rd2+ 26.Kg3 Qd3+ 27.
R1e3 Qd8 28.Rf4 Qe7 29.Qxf7 Rxe5 30.Qxe7 Rxe7 31.Rxe7 Nxe7 32.Rf7 Rd3+ 33.
Kg2 Nd5 34.Ne4 Kg8 35.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Bg5 
Nbd7 9.e3 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Qe2 Be7 12.Nc3 Qc8 13.Rad1 e4 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.
f3 Bb4 16.Ndb5 a6 17.a3 Bc5 18.Nd4 Bxa3 19.fxe4 Bxb2 20.e5 Bxc3 21.exf6 g6
22.Bxd5 O-O 23.Qd3 Kh7 24.Rf4 Rb8 25.Rh4 b5 26.Qe4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O a5 
9.Re1 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Nb1 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Nc3 Qb6 14.Qg4 O-O 15.
Bh6 g6 16.Nb5 Nc5 17.Qd4 Bd7 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.a4 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Qe3 
Bxb2 22.Ra2 Bf6 23.Rc1 d4 24.Qg3 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Bc6 26.Re2 e5 27.Nd6 Qb4 28.
Ne4 Be7 29.Qh3 Bd5 30.Ree1 Qxa4 31.Nc5 Qa2 32.Qg3 Bxc5 33.Rxc5 d3 34.Rc7 
d2 35.Rf1 Qb2 36.Qh4 Rf7 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Rd7 Rxd7 39.Qxd7+ Bf7 40.Rd1 Qc1 
41.Qxd2 Qxd2 42.Rxd2 a4 43.Rd7 a3 44.Rxb7 a2 45.Ra7 h5 46.Kf1 Kf6 47.Ke2 
Bd5 48.g3 Kg5 49.Ra4 Bb3 50.Ra5 Kg4 51.h4 Kh3 52.Ke3 Kg2 53.Ra3 Bd5 54.Ra6
Bc4 55.Ra5 Bd5 56.Ra3 Kh2 57.Ra6 Kg2 58.Ra5 Kh2 59.Ke2 Kg2 60.Ra3 Bc4+ 61.
Ke3 Bd5 62.Ra5 Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 Bg7 
16.Bd3 c6 17.Bg5 Qb6 18.b4 Qc7 19.Qd2 bxa4 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Rxa4 a5 22.Be3 
axb4 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.cxb4 Qd6 25.Qc3 Bf8 26.Rb1 Ba6 27.Ra1 Bb7 28.Rxa8 
Bxa8 29.Bd2 Ne8 30.Bc4 Qe7 31.Qa1 Bb7 32.Qa7 Nd6 33.Bb3 Qe8 34.Bc3 h6 35.
h4 Ba8 36.h5 g5 37.Qa1 c5 38.Nxe5 Nxe5 39.Bxe5 Nxe4 40.Nxe4 Bxe4 41.bxc5 
Bxc5 42.Qc3 Bf8 43.Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.Qb3 g5
9.Bg3 Qb6 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.e3 Nh5 12.Be2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Bg7 14.Rc1 O-O 15.Na4 
Qa5 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.Rxc5 Qb6 18.g4 Qxb3 19.Nxb3 Bd7 20.Rc2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 Nbd7 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 c5 11.O-O a6 12.Ne5 cxd4 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qxd4 h6 15.Bh4
Bc5 16.Qd1 g5 17.Bg3 Qe6 18.b4 Be7 19.Qd4 Rac8 20.Na4 Nd7 21.h3 f5 22.Bf3 
Bf6 23.Qd2 Be5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Qd4 g4 26.hxg4 fxg4 27.Be2 Nf3+ 28.gxf3 
gxf3 29.Bxf3 Rxf3 30.Rxc8+ Qxc8 31.Nxb6 Qf5 32.Rc1 Rh3 33.Rc7 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.Qc2 Qc7 10.Re1 h6 11.a4 Na5 12.Nc4 Be6 13.Nxa5 Qxa5 14.Bf4 Rfd8 15.
Nd2 g5 16.Bg3 Qb6 17.Nc4 Qc6 18.e5 Nd7 19.Bf3 Qc7 20.Qe4 Nf8 21.h4 Ng6 22.
hxg5 hxg5 23.b3 Rd7 24.Bg4 Nf8 25.Ne3 Qb6 26.Bxe6 Nxe6 27.Qc4 Rad8 28.Nf5 
Kf8 29.Rab1 Qc6 30.Qg4 Kg8 31.Rbd1 Kf8 32.Qh5 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 
Ke8 35.Qe2 c4 36.b4 a6 37.a5 Bf8 38.Ne3 Nc7 39.Nxc4 Nd5 40.Qd3 e6 41.f3 
Qa4 42.Be1 Qa2 43.Ne3 Nf4 44.Qd2 Qb1 45.Ng4 Be7 46.Kh2 Qh7+ 47.Kg1 Qb1 48.
Kh2 Nd5 49.Bf2 Qb3 50.Bd4 Qb1 51.Ne3 Qh7+ 52.Kg1 Nf4 53.Ng4 Qb1+ 54.Kh2 
Qf5 55.Bc5 Qh7+ 56.Kg1 Bxc5+ 57.bxc5 Qd3 58.Nf6+ Kf8 59.Qxd3 Nxd3 60.c6 
bxc6 61.Nh7+ Ke7 62.Nxg5 Nxe5 63.Ne4 Nd3 64.g4 f5 65.gxf5 exf5 66.Nd2 Kd6 
67.Kf1 Kc5 68.Ke2 Ne5 69.Ke3 Nc4+ 70.Nxc4 Kxc4 71.Kf4 Kxc3 72.Kxf5 c5 73.
f4 c4 74.Ke6 Kd4 75.f5 c3 76.f6 c2 77.f7 c1=Q 78.f8=Q Qc4+ 79.Kd7 Qb5+ 80.
Kc8 Kc4 81.Qd8 Qc6+ 82.Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Xu Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 
9.O-O f6 10.h3 e5 11.Bh2 e4 12.g4 exd3 13.gxh5 Nf8 14.e4 Bxh3 15.Re1 Kf7 
16.exd5 cxd5 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Nxd5 Be6 19.Rxe6 Nxe6 20.Nc7 Rac8 21.Nxe6 Qxe6 
22.Qxb7+ Qe7 23.Qb3+ Qe6 24.Qb7+ Qe7 25.Qxa6 Rhd8 26.Re1 Qd7 27.Qc4+ Qd5 
28.hxg6+ hxg6 29.Qxd5+ Rxd5 30.Rd1 g5 31.Rxd3 g4 32.Ne1 f5 33.b4 Bxd4 34.
Kg2 Ke6 35.a4 Ra8 36.a5 Bxc5 37.bxc5 Rxc5 38.Rd6+ Ke7 39.Rh6 Rcxa5 40.Nd3 
R8a6 41.Rh7+ Ke8 42.Bc7 Rb5 43.Nf4 Rf6 44.Rh8+ Kf7 45.Ra8 Rc6 46.Bd8 Rbc5 
47.Ra7+ Ke8 48.Be7 Re5 49.Bg5 Kf8 50.Kg3 Rb5 51.Re7 Rb3+ 52.Kg2 g3 53.f3 
Kg8 54.Nd5 f4 55.Bxf4 Rb2+ 56.Kxg3 Rg6+ 57.Kh4 Rf2 58.Re3 Kf7 59.Re7+ Kf8 
60.Re3 Rf1 61.Kh5 Rc6 62.Bg5 Kf7 63.f4 Re6 64.Ra3 Re4 65.Kg4 Ke6 66.Ne3 
Rf2 67.Ra6+ Kd7 68.Nd5 Re6 69.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.O-O Nc6 
9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nb3 d3 13.Be3 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6
16.Nfd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 a5 18.a4 Rc8 19.f4 Rxc4 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.f5 d2 22.Kh1 
Bg5 23.Qe2 Rb4 24.Nc5 Re8 25.Qd3 Qxd3 26.Nxd3 Rd4 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Nf2 Rc8 
29.Rad1 f5 30.Bxb7 Rc1 31.Kg2 Rxa4 32.Bd5+ Kh7 33.Be6 Be3 34.Nd3 Raa1 35.
Bb3 a4 36.Nxc1 dxc1=Q 37.Rxc1 Bxc1 38.Bc2 Bxb2 39.Rxa1 Bxa1 40.Bxa4 Kh6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 a6 6.e3 b5 7.Nge2 bxc4 8.dxc4 Bb7
9.O-O Nf6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Nf4 d6 13.Qe2 Nb4 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.Rfd1 
Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 g6 6.h4 h6 7.O-O Bg7 8.c3 e5 9.
Be3 d6 10.Qd2 Bg4 11.Na3 h5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 
16.Bg5 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 g6 6.h4 h6 7.c3 Bg7 8.O-O e5 9.
Be3 d6 10.a3 O-O 11.b4 b6 12.b5 Na5 13.c4 Be6 14.Nc3 f5 15.Nh2 Rc8 16.Bd2 
Qd7 17.Rb1 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Nb7 19.Qc1 Nf5 20.Nd5 Nd4 21.Re1 Bf5 22.Bxh6 Nd8 
23.Bg5 Rf7 24.Rb2 N8e6 25.Be3 Rcf8 26.Qd1 Bh8 27.Nc3 Nf4 28.gxf4 exf4 29.
Bxd4 Bxd4 30.Rc2 Bxe4 31.Nxe4 f3 32.Ng5 Rf4 33.Re4 d5 34.cxd5 Qxd5 35.Qf1 
R4f5 36.Rg4 Kg7 37.Rc1 Re8 38.Re1 Re2 39.Ne4 Qe6 40.Rg3 Bxf2+ 41.Qxf2 Rxf2
42.Kxf2 Qa2+ 43.Ke3 Qxh2 44.Rxf3 Rxf3+ 45.Kxf3 Qxh4 46.Rg1 Qd8 47.Ke2 Qd4 
48.Rc1 Qb2+ 49.Kd1 Qxb5 50.Rc3 Qb1+ 51.Kd2 Qb2+ 52.Ke3 Qa1 53.Kf4 Kf7 54.
Ke5 Kg7 55.Kd5 g5 56.Kc6 g4 57.Kb7 g3 58.Rc2 Qh1 59.Kxa7 g2 60.Rxg2+ Qxg2 
61.Kxb6 c4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 h5 7.h3 Nh6 8.d3 Nf5 9.
b3 Bd7 10.Bb2 a6 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.Ne4 e5 13.N4c3 b5 14.Nd5 Nfe7 15.Nec3 O-O 
16.O-O h4 17.g4 f5 18.gxf5 Bxf5 19.e4 Bd7 20.Qg5 b4 21.Ne2 Nxd5 22.Qxd8 
Nxd8 23.exd5 Nf7 24.a3 Ng5 25.axb4 Nxh3+ 26.Bxh3 Bxh3 27.Rfe1 Rxb4 28.Rxa6
Rxb3 29.Bc1 Rxd3 30.Rxd6 Bf5 31.Be3 Be4 32.Rc6 Rf3 33.Kh2 Rdxe3 34.fxe3 g5
35.Nc3 Rf2+ 36.Kg1 Rg2+ 37.Kf1 Bf3 38.Re2 Rg3 39.Rc8+ Kf7 40.Rh2 e4 41.Ne2
Rg4 42.Rc7+ Kf6 43.d6 Bf8 44.d7 Be7 45.Rc8 h3 46.d8=Q Bxd8 47.Rxd8 Rg2 48.
Rxg2 hxg2+ 49.Kg1 Bxe2 50.Kxg2 Bxc4 51.Rc8 Be2 52.Rxc5 Bf3+ 53.Kg3 Kg6 54.
Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.O-O g6 6.Re1 Bg7 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 
dxc6 9.Ne4 Ne6 10.d3 O-O 11.Be3 b6 12.Qd2 f5 13.exf6 exf6 14.Bh6 a5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qc3 Ra7 17.a3 a4 18.b4 axb3 19.Qxb3 Nf4 20.Rab1 Ra6 21.a4 Be6
22.Qb2 Bd5 23.Nfd2 Kg8 24.Nf3 f5 25.Ned2 g5 26.Qe5 Rxa4 27.Qe7 Qxe7 28.
Rxe7 Ng6 29.Rc7 g4 30.Ne1 b5 31.c4 bxc4 32.dxc4 Bf7 33.Rxc6 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 
d6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.Qb3 d5 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Qd1 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bc4 16.O-O h6 17.Bh4 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Ne5 19.Qe2 Ng6 20.Bg3 Nd5 21.Rad1 
Qe7 22.Qd2 Rfd8 23.e4 Nf6 24.Bf2 Qd7 25.Be3 Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 
g5 9.b4 g4 10.Ne1 Nxb4 11.Nc2 Nc6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.d4 f6 14.dxe5 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 fxe5 16.Ba3 a5 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Ne1 Ba6 19.Nd3 Bxd3 20.exd3 Rhd8 21.
Ne4 Nd5 22.Rbc1 Ra6 23.a3 h5 24.Re1 Rb6 25.Nd2 Kf6 26.Nc4 Rb3 27.Rxe5 Rxd3
28.Rxh5 Rc3 29.Rxc3 Nxc3 30.Ne3 Rd4 31.Rc5 Nb5 32.Rxc6+ Kf7 33.Rc5 c6 34.
Nc4 Ke6 35.Kg2 a4 36.h3 gxh3+ 37.Kxh3 Nd6 38.Nb6 Nb5 39.Rxc6+ Kf7 40.Rc4 
Rd2 41.Rf4+ Kg7 42.Nxa4 Nxa3 43.Nc5 Nc2 44.Ne4 Rd5 45.Rg4+ Kf7 46.Rg5 Rd4 
47.Rc5 Ne1 48.Ng5+ Kf6 49.g4 Nd3 50.Rf5+ Kg6 51.f3 Nf4+ 52.Kg3 Nh5+ 53.Kh4
Rd1 54.Nh3 Ng7 55.Nf4+ Kh7 56.Rd5 Rf1 57.Rd3 Ra1 58.Rd7 Kg8 59.Nd5 Ne6 60.
Re7 Nd4 61.f4 Kf8 62.Re4 Nf3+ 63.Kg3 Nd2 64.Re2 Ra3+ 65.Ne3 Ne4+ 66.Kf3 
Nd6 67.Rc2 Kf7 68.Rc7+ Ke8 69.f5 Nf7 70.Kf4 Nd6 71.Nd5 Ra4+ 72.Kg5 Nf7+ 
73.Kf6 Nd6 74.g5 Ra5 75.Ke6 Ra6 76.Nf6+ Kf8 77.Nd7+ Kg8 78.Nb8 Rb6 79.Rc6 
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 
a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.c3 Nxd5 14.exd5 f5 15.
Nc2 O-O 16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 a5 18.O-O Bd7 19.Ra3 Qg5 20.f4 exf4 21.Qf3 Rab8
22.b4 axb4 23.cxb4 Be5 24.Kh1 Rfc8 25.Rb1 Qg4 26.b5 Rb6 27.Ra6 Rcb8 28.
Rxb6 Rxb6 29.Qf2 f3 30.gxf3 Qf4 31.Rb4 Qc1+ 32.Qg1+ Qxg1+ 33.Kxg1 Kg7 34.
Kg2 Kf6 35.f4 Bc3 36.Rb3 Ba5 37.Nd4 Rb8 38.Nc6 Rg8+ 39.Kf3 Bb6 40.Ra3 Re8 
41.Bf1 Bc5 42.Rb3 Bb6 43.h3 Ra8 44.Be2 Bc8 45.Bd3 Bb7 46.Rb2 Ra3 47.Ke2 
Ra4 48.Rb4 Ra2+ 49.Kd1 Rh2 50.Bf1 Rh1 51.Ke2 Rh2+ 52.Kd3 Rf2 53.Be2 Rh2 
54.Bf1 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Ne5 
Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.f4 Nbd7 14.Qf3 Qc7 
15.c4 c5 16.d5 Rae8 17.Rhe1 exd5 18.cxd5 Bd6 19.Bc3 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Rxe5 21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Nf5 Rd8 23.d6 Bxd6 24.Rxd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 g6 10.Qd1 Bh6 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rc8 13.Rb1 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.b4 Qc7 
16.bxc5 Nxc5 17.d4 Bxc1 18.Rxc1 Ne6 19.Ne3 Rfd8 20.g3 Qa5 21.Bg2 Rd7 22.
Qb3 Qd8 23.f4 Na5 24.Qb1 Ng7 25.f5 e6 26.f6 Ne8 27.Bf1 Nc7 28.Qb2 Na8 29.
h4 Nb6 30.h5 Na4 31.Qd2 Rdc7 32.hxg6 fxg6 33.Bh3 Qd7 34.Rf1 Kh8 35.Ng4 Rf8
36.Nh6 Nc6 37.f7 Nd8 38.Rf3 Qe7 39.Rcf1 b5 40.R1f2 a5 41.Bf1 b4 42.cxb4 
Qxb4 43.Qf4 Qe7 44.Bd3 Kg7 45.Ng8 Qxf7 46.Nf6 Kh8 47.Rh2 Qg7 48.Nxh7 Rxf4 
49.Nf6+ Qh7 50.Rxh7+ Rxh7 51.Rxf4 g5 52.Rf2 Rb7 53.Rh2+ Kg7 54.Rh7+ Kf8 
55.Rh8+ Ke7 56.Re8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6 
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Be2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Ne4 O-O 14.d4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 
cxd4 16.cxd4 Rc8 17.a3 Nc7 18.Be3 Nb5 19.Nc5 Nbxd4 20.Nxb7 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 
Qc7 22.Nc5 Ne5 23.Qg3 Bxc5 24.Bxc5 Qxc5 25.Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.h3 d6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.a3 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Qc7 
9.a4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Qe7 12.Bc4 Nbd7 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Bxe6 
Nxe6 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Qe3 Nxg5 18.Qxg5 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Re8 20.Qe3 b6 21.Ne1 
Nd7 22.Nd3 Nf8 23.b4 Ne6 24.b5 Qa3 25.Qd2 Nd4 26.Kh2 cxb5 27.axb5 Qa5 28.
Nd5 Qxd2 29.Rxd2 Nxb5 30.N3b4 Nd4 31.c3 Nb3 32.Ra2 Na5 33.Nc7 Rc8 34.Nbd5 
Bf8 35.Nb5 Nc6 36.Ra6 Bc5 37.f3 Kg7 38.g4 h6 39.Kg3 Rd8 40.h4 Rd7 41.Kg2 
Be7 42.Kg3 Bd8 43.Kh3 Kf8 44.Kg3 Be7 45.Kh3 Ke8 46.h5 Kf8 47.Kg3 Kg7 48.
Kh3 Bd6 49.Nxb6 axb6 50.Rxb6 Be7 51.Rxc6 Rd2 52.Nc7 Bg5 53.hxg6 Bf4 54.g5 
Rh2+ 55.Kg4 Rg2+ 56.Kh3 Rh2+ 57.Kg4 Rg2+ 58.Kh3 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 g6 10.Qd1 Bh6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Na3 b5 14.Nc2 Qb6 15.Ne3 e6 
16.a4 Bg7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nc2 d5 19.e5 Nd7 20.d4 Ra8 21.b4 cxb4 22.Nxb4 
Na5 23.Bc1 Rfc8 24.Qf3 Ra7 25.Bb2 Rca8 26.h4 Nb8 27.g3 Nc4 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 
29.Bc1 Bf8 30.Nd3 Nc6 31.h5 b4 32.Nxb4 Nxb4 33.cxb4 Qxb4 34.Rd1 Ra1 35.Bg5
Rxd1 36.Qxd1 Qc3 37.Bh3 Nb2 38.Qg4 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Nd3 40.Be3 Nc1 41.hxg6 hxg6
42.Qh4 Ne2 43.Bg4 Qg1+ 44.Kf3 Qf1 45.Qg5 Ng1+ 46.Kf4 Qd3 47.Qd8 Ne2+ 48.
Bxe2 Qf5# 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.h3 d6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.a3 Nf6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nf3 Qc7 
9.O-O Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.Rad1 Rad8 13.Rfe1 c5 14.d5 a6 15.Bc4 Nh5
16.Qd3 Qc8 17.g4 Nhf6 18.Kg2 Ne8 19.Bf4 Ne5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Bg3 Nd6 22.b3 
Kh8 23.f3 f6 24.Qe2 Bh6 25.Rh1 Nf7 26.h4 Bf4 27.h5 Kg7 28.Bf2 Ng5 29.Rh4 
f5 30.hxg6 fxg4 31.Rxg4 h5 32.Rh4 Rf6 33.Rdh1 Rxg6 34.Kf1 Rh8 35.Qd3 Nf7 
36.Ne2 Bg5 37.Rxh5 Rxh5 38.Rxh5 Nd6 39.Nc3 Qf8 40.Ke2 Qf4 41.Be3 Qg3 42.
Rxg5 Rxg5 43.Bxg5 Qxg5 44.Qe3 Qh5 45.Bd3 Nf7 46.a5 bxa5 47.Qxc5 Qh2+ 48.
Qf2 Qh1 49.Nd1 Ng5 50.Ne3 Bc8 51.Qg3 Kf6 52.f4 Qh5+ 53.Kd2 Nf3+ 54.Kc3 Qh1
55.Kb2 a4 56.fxe5+ Kf7 57.e6+ Kf8 58.Qf4+ Ke8 59.Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Be3 e6 8.f4 b5
9.Bf3 Bb7 10.e5 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Ng4 12.Bd4 dxe5 13.fxe5 Qc7 14.Qe2 Bc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16.O-O-O Qe3+ 17.Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O 
9.Nc3 d6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Re8 12.Nb5 Bxd2 13.Nxd2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 e5 15.
Nf1 Nf8 16.e4 exd4 17.Rxd4 Ne6 18.Rd2 Nc5 19.f3 g5 20.h3 h5 21.g4 Ne6 22.
Ng3 Nf4+ 23.Kh2 Nd7 24.Nxh5 Nxh5 25.gxh5 Qf6 26.Rg1 Ne5 27.Rf2 Qf4+ 28.Rg3
Rac8 29.Kg2 Kh7 30.Nc3 c6 31.Ne2 Qh4 32.Qd2 Qxh5 33.Qxd6 Re6 34.Qd2 Rg8 
35.f4 gxf4 36.Qxf4 Rxg3+ 37.Nxg3 Rg6 38.Kh2 Qg5 39.Qxg5 Rxg5 40.Rf5 Rxf5 
41.Nxf5 Nd3 42.Ne7 Nc1 43.Nxc6 Nxa2 44.Kg3 Nc1 45.Nd4 Nd3 46.Kf3 Kg6 47.
Ke3 Nc5 48.Kf4 f6 49.h4 Kh5 50.Kf5 Kxh4 51.Kxf6 Nxe4+ 52.Ke5 Nd2 53.Kd5 
Kg4 54.Kc6 a4 55.bxa4 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E16"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 b6 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d6 
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rad1 Re8 11.Bc1 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 a4 13.Rfe1 h6 14.b3 Qb8 15.b4 
b5 16.cxb5 Be4 17.a3 Qxb5 18.Bf1 Ra6 19.Qa1 Qh5 20.Nh4 g5 21.Nf3 Bc2 22.
Rd2 Rc6 23.d5 Rc4 24.Nd4 Bh7 25.dxe6 fxe6 26.e4 Ne5 27.Bxc4 Nxc4 28.Rde2 
Ne5 29.Qc3 g4 30.h4 gxh3 31.Bf4 c5 32.bxc5 dxc5 33.Bxe5 cxd4 34.Bxd4 e5 
35.Bb6 Rb8 36.Ba7 Rb3 37.Qc8+ Kg7 38.Bc5 h2+ 39.Kh1 Bxe4+ 40.Rxe4 Nxe4 41.
Qd7+ Kh8 42.Qd8+ Kh7 43.Qe7+ Kh8 44.Qf8+ Kh7 45.Qe7+ Kh8 46.Qd8+ Kh7 47.
Qd7+ Kh8 48.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.h3 h6 11.b3 b6 12.Bb2 Kc8 13.Rad1 a5 14.a4 Bb4 15.
Ne2 Re8 16.Nf4 g5 17.Nh5 Be6 18.g4 Ne7 19.Ng7 Rg8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Nd4 Rg6 
22.f4 gxf4 23.Rxf4 Nd5 24.Rf7 Kb7 25.c4 Ne7 26.Ne2 Rgg8 27.Nf4 Rad8 28.Rd3
b5 29.axb5 cxb5 30.cxb5 Kb6 31.Kf1 Rxd3 32.Nxd3 Nd5 33.Rh7 Bd2 34.Ke2 Bg5 
35.h4 Bxh4 36.Rxh6 Rxg4 37.Rxe6+ Kxb5 38.Rh6 Rg2+ 39.Kf3 Rg3+ 40.Ke4 Bg5 
41.Rh8 Kc6 42.Rh2 Nb4 43.Nxb4+ axb4 44.Kf5 Rg1 45.Bd4 Rd1 46.Rc2+ Kd5 47.
Rxc7 Rxd4 48.Kxg5 Kxe5 49.Rb7 Kd6 50.Kf5 Rh4 51.Kg5 Rd4 52.Kf5 Kc6 53.Rb8 
Rh4 54.Kg5 Rd4 55.Kf5 Kc7 56.Ke5 Rh4 57.Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.O-O Qc7
9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bf8 13.Nb3 b6 14.a5 bxa5 15.e5 dxe5 
16.fxe5 Rd8 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Bxa8 Qxe5 19.Bf4 Qc5 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 f5 22.
Bf3 e5 23.Be3 Qc7 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Bd5+ Kh8 26.Qf3 g6 27.Rad1 Rf4 28.Qe2 
Rb4 29.b3 Kg7 30.Bc4 a4 31.Bxa6 Be6 32.bxa4 Rxa4 33.Rb1 Bd5 34.Rfd1 Bc6 
35.Bb5 Re4 36.Qf1 Bb4 37.Bxc6 Qxc6 38.Qd3 h5 39.Qd8 Re2 40.Qd7+ Qxd7 41.
Rxd7+ Kh6 42.c4 Rc2 43.Rb7 Bc5 44.Rc7 Bd4 45.Rd1 h4 46.h3 Bf2 47.c5 e4 48.
c6 e3 49.Re7 Rxc6 50.g4 hxg3 51.Kg2 Kg5 52.Kf3 Rc2 53.Rd6 e2 54.Rxe2 Rxe2 
55.Kxe2 Bc5 56.Rd3 Kh4 57.Kf3 Kxh3 58.Rd7 Kh4 59.Rh7+ Kg5 60.Kxg3 Bd6+ 61.
Kf3 Kf6 62.Ra7 g5 63.Ra4 Be5 64.Rc4 Kg6 65.Ra4 Bb8 66.Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O Ngf6 14.Ne4 O-O-O 
15.g3 Nc5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Qe2 Bd6 18.c4 c5 19.Bc3 cxd4 20.Nxd4 a6 21.Kb1 
Kb8 22.Nf3 Ka8 23.Ne5 Bc5 24.g4 Rd6 25.Rxd6 Bxd6 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.f3 Bxe5 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Bxe5 Ne8 30.b3 f6 31.Bc3 e5 32.Kc2 Nc7 33.Qd3 Qe7 34.a4 Ne6 
35.Qd5 Nd4+ 36.Kb2 Nc6 37.a5 Kb8 38.Bd2 Qd8 39.Qxd8+ Nxd8 40.Be3 Kc8 41.
Kc3 Kd7 42.b4 Kc6 43.Kd3 Nf7 44.Kc3 Nd8 45.Kc2 Kd7 46.Kd3 Nc6 47.Bc5 Ke6 
48.Ke4 Nd8 49.b5 Nf7 50.Bf8 Ng5+ 51.Ke3 Kf7 52.Bb4 Ne6 53.Ke4 Ke8 54.Bd2 
Nc7 55.bxa6 bxa6 56.f4 exf4 57.Bxf4 Ne6 58.Bd6 Kd7 59.Kd5 Nd8 60.c5 Nc6 
61.Bf8 Ne5 62.g5 hxg5 63.Bxg7 g4 64.Bxf6 Nf7 65.Bh4 Nh6 66.c6+ Kc8 67.Bg3 
Nf5 68.Ke5 Nh6 69.Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nd7 5.Qxc4 a6 6.Qb3 Ne7 7.Nc3 c5 8.d3 
Nf5 9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Ra7 12.Rfc1 b6 13.Qa4 Bb7 14.e4 Nd6 15.h4 
h6 16.h5 Qe8 17.Qd1 Nb5 18.Ne2 Bd6 19.a4 Bxf4 20.gxf4 Nd6 21.Ng3 Ba8 22.a5
bxa5 23.Ne5 Qb8 24.Ne2 Rd8 25.Qc2 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Nb5 27.f4 Rad7 28.Qxc5 Rxd3
29.Rxa5 Bb7 30.Raa1 Rd2 31.Rc2 Rxc2 32.Qxc2 Qa7+ 33.Kh2 Qe3 34.Rd1 Rxd1 
35.Qxd1 Bxe4 36.Bxe4 Qxe4 37.Ng3 Qd4 38.Qc2 Qxf4 39.Qc8+ Kh7 40.Qc2+ Kg8 
41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Qc2+ g6 43.hxg6+ fxg6 44.Qc5 h5 45.Kh3 Kh6 46.Qc8 Qxe5 47.
Qxa6 g5 48.Qc8 g4+ 49.Kg2 Qxb2+ 50.Kh1 Qf6 51.Qe8 Qh4+ 52.Kg2 Qh3+ 53.Kf2 
Qh2+ 54.Kf1 Qh3+ 55.Kf2 Qh2+ 56.Kf1 Qxg3 57.Qxe6+ Kg5 58.Qe7+ Kf4 59.Qf7+ 
Ke4 60.Qc4+ Ke3 61.Qb3+ Kf4 62.Qf7+ Ke5 63.Qxh5+ Ke4 64.Qxb5 Qc7 65.Qe2+ 
Kf5 66.Qd3+ Kg5 67.Qd5+ Kh4 68.Qh1+ Kg5 69.Qd5+ Kf4 70.Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E45"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 d5 8.b3 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.a4 Qd7 11.O-O Rfd8 12.Nb5 Na5 13.Bb2 dxc4 14.bxc4 c6 15.Na3 
c5 16.dxc5 Qe7 17.Qc2 Qxc5 18.Rfd1 Bb7 19.Bf1 Qh5 20.f3 Qg5 21.Kf2 h5 22.
Nb5 h4 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rd1 Ra8 25.c5 h3 26.g3 bxc5 27.Bc3 Nc4 28.Bxc4 
Bxf3 29.Kxf3 Qg4+ 30.Kf2 Qxc4 31.Kg1 Nd5 32.e4 Nb6 33.Nd6 Qxa4 34.Qe2 Qb3 
35.Rc1 Rd8 36.e5 Nd5 37.Be1 Rb8 38.Bf2 Qa3 39.Rf1 g6 40.Nxf7 Rf8 41.Qe4 
Ne7 42.Ng5 Qb4 43.Rb1 Qd2 44.Nxh3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 c6 5.Be3 b5 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.Nge2 Bg7 8.Nf4 O-O
9.Be2 Qc7 10.O-O Rb8 11.b3 a6 12.Rac1 Bb7 13.a4 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 e5 15.dxe5 
dxe5 16.Nd3 Nf8 17.Qe1 Ne6 18.Nc5 Nd4 19.Nxb7 Rxb7 20.Bf1 Bf8 21.Bg5 Be7 
22.Qh4 Nh5 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.Kf2 Nf4 26.g3 Nfe6 27.Bh3 Kf8 28.
axb5 axb5 29.Bxe6 Rxe6 30.Ne2 Red6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.bxa3 Bd6 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Nc4 Be7 15.
O-O O-O 16.Rb1 Nf6 17.Bf3 Ba6 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.e4 Nd7 20.Be2 c5 21.d5 exd5 
22.exd5 Bxc4 23.Bxc4 Nb6 24.Rb3 Bf6 25.Be3 Be5 26.g3 Rcd8 27.Bd3 c4 28.
Bxh7+ Kh8 29.Rxb6 axb6 30.Qf5 g5 31.Qh3 Kg7 32.Bxg5 Rd6 33.Be4 Rh8 34.Qf5 
Rd7 35.Re1 c3 36.Bc2 Rxd5 37.Bf6+ Bxf6 38.Qxd5 Qd8 39.Qe4 Qd7 40.h4 Rh5 
41.Rd1 Qh3 42.Rd6 Re5 43.Qh7+ Kf8 44.Qh6+ Ke8 45.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 
Nc6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 Na5 12.Bc2 b5 13.Qf4 Bb7 14.Rad1 g6 15.Bh6
Nh5 16.Qg4 f5 17.Qh3 Rc8 18.d5 b4 19.dxe6 Bd6 20.Rfe1 Re8 21.Ba4 Re7 22.
Bd7 bxc3 23.Rxd6 cxb2 24.Bg5 Rc4 25.Rdd1 Qc7 26.Rb1 Kf8 27.Ne5 Be4 28.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 29.Nxc4 Nxc4 30.Rxb2 Qa5 31.Rbe2 Ne5 32.Qe3 Nd3 33.Qg5+ Nf6 34.
Rf1 Qe5 35.f3 Nf4 36.Rxe4 Qc5+ 37.Kh1 Nd3 38.Ree1 Qb4 39.Qe3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D28"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O 
b5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Nxa4 Bd6 14.Bd2 O-O 15.
Rdc1 Rfd8 16.Rc2 Qb8 17.Nb6 Ra7 18.Nc4 Nb4 19.Bxb4 Bxb4 20.Nfe5 a5 21.Rac1
g6 22.f4 Ba8 23.Na3 Bxa3 24.bxa3 Qd6 25.a4 Qe7 26.Bb5 Be4 27.Rc3 Qd6 28.
Nc6 Bxc6 29.Rxc6 Qb4 30.R6c4 Qe7 31.e4 e5 32.Qf3 Kg7 33.h3 Nh5 34.f5 Nf6 
35.g4 h6 36.fxg6 fxg6 37.Qe3 Rb7 38.g5 hxg5 39.Qxg5 Nh5 40.Qxe7+ Rxe7 41.
h4 Nf6 42.R1c2 Kh6 43.Rg2 Nh5 44.Rgc2 Rd1+ 45.Kh2 Rf7 46.Rc5 Rf4 47.Rxe5 
Rxh4+ 48.Kg2 Rdh1 49.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Utut Adianto"]
[Black "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D79"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.d4 O-O 8.Nc3 
Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.Bf4 Nf6 12.Qa4 Bf5 13.Rfd1 Nd5 14.Qb3 Nb6 
15.f3 Be6 16.Qc2 g5 17.Be3 f6 18.Ng4 Qc8 19.Qxc8 Raxc8 20.Bh3 f5 21.Ne5 
exf3 22.exf3 h6 23.Bf1 Nd5 24.Bf2 Rc2 25.Rab1 Rfc8 26.Bd3 R2c7 27.a3 Bf6 
28.Re1 Kg7 29.Kg2 Nb6 30.Ng4 fxg4 31.Rxe6 gxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Rd8 33.Re4 Nc4 34.
Bxc4 Rxc4 35.Rbe1 Kf7 36.R1e2 Rd5 37.h4 gxh4 38.gxh4 h5 39.Rf4 Rb5 40.Ke4 
Re5+ 41.Kd3 Rxe2 42.Kxc4 Rxb2 43.d5 Rc2+ 44.Kb5 Rd2 45.Kc4 b6 46.Rf3 Kg6 
47.a4 Re2 48.Kb5 Re5 49.Kc6 Re4 50.Ra3 Bxh4 51.Bg1 Rg4 52.Bh2 Bf2 53.Bb8 
a5 54.Ra2 Bc5 55.Bc7 Rb4 56.Kd7 h4 57.Bd8 Rd4 58.Kc6 h3 59.Rh2 Rh4 60.Bxb6
Bxb6 61.Kxb6 Kf5 62.Kxa5 Kg4 63.Kb5 Kg3 64.Rh1 Rd4 65.a5 Rxd5+ 66.Kb6 h2 
67.a6 Rd6+ 68.Kb5 Kg2 69.a7 Rd8 70.Rd1 Ra8 71.Rd2+ Kg3 72.Rd3+ Kg4 73.Rd4+
Kg5 74.Rd5+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Black "Utut Adianto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 Nd7 8.Re1 
c5 9.c4 N5f6 10.d5 b5 11.a4 bxc4 12.a5 Ba6 13.Nc3 Rb8 14.h3 Ne8 15.Bf1 Nd6
16.Ra2 Nf5 17.Ne4 Nd4 18.Be3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Bd4 20.Qd1 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Rb4 22.
Qd2 Qb8 23.d6 e6 24.h4 Qb7 25.h5 Rb8 26.Qc3 e5 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Ng5 Qd5 29.
Re1 Rb3 30.Qc2 Kg7 31.Rd1 Rd3 32.Raa1 Qxd6 33.Bxd3 cxd3 34.Qc3 Qd5 35.Nh3 
Rb3 36.Qd2 Bb7 37.f3 Qd4+ 38.Kh1 c4 39.Rab1 Nf6 40.Qf2 Qd5 41.Ng5 Qxa5 42.
Qh4 Qc5 43.Rbc1 Bd5 44.Rc3 Rb8 45.Nh3 Qd4 46.Qf2 Be6 47.Rd2 Bxh3 48.Qxd4 
exd4 49.Rxc4 Bd7 50.Kg1 Bb5 51.Rxd4 Rc8 52.Kf2 Rc1 53.b4 a6 54.Ke3 Bc4 55.
Rb2 Nd5+ 56.Kd2 Rg1 57.Rxc4 Rxg2+ 58.Kc1 Rxb2 59.Kxb2 d2 60.Rd4 Ne3 61.
Rxd2 Nc4+ 62.Kc3 Nxd2 63.Kxd2 Kf6 64.Kd3 Ke5 65.Kc4 Kd6 66.Kd4 g5 67.Ke4 
Ke6 68.Kd4 f5 69.Kc5 g4 70.fxg4 fxg4 71.Kd4 g3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Black "Utut Adianto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bd2 e6 12.O-O-O Bd6 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.g3 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 O-O-O 16.Qe2 Rhe8 17.Kb1 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nd4 Qd7 20.Bc1 Qg4 21.f3 
Qd7 22.f4 Ng4 23.Qf3 f5 24.Rd3 c5 25.Nb3 Qc6 26.Qxc6+ bxc6 27.Rc3 Nf2 28.
Rg1 Ne4 29.Rc4 Bf8 30.Ra4 Rd7 31.Na5 Re6 32.Nc4 Kb7 33.Ne3 Rf7 34.Ra3 c4 
35.Ra4 c3 36.Nc4 Rd7 37.Ne5 Rd5 38.Be3 c5 39.Ra3 Bd6 40.Nc4 Be7 41.bxc3 
Bf6 42.Kb2 a6 43.Rb3+ Kc7 44.Rb1 Rd7 45.Ka3 Nxc3 46.Rb7+ Kd8 47.Rb8+ Kc7 
48.R1b7+ Kc6 49.Na5+ Kd6 50.Bxc5+ Kxc5 51.Rxd7 Nb5+ 52.Ka4 Nd6 53.Rc7+ Kd5
54.c4+ Ke4 55.Rc6 Kf3 56.Rb3+ Kg4 57.Rxa6 Be7 58.Nc6 Bf8 59.Ne5+ Kxh5 60.
Rb1 Rxe5 61.fxe5 Nxc4 62.e6 Nd2 63.Rb7 Ne4 64.Rc6 Nc5+ 65.Rxc5 Bxc5 66.e7 
Bxe7 67.Rxe7 g5 68.Kb3 Kg4 69.a4 Kxg3 70.a5 f4 71.a6 f3 72.a7 f2 73.Rf7 
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Utut Adianto"]
[Black "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D78"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 
9.Bb2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.e3 a4 12.b4 Nxd2 13.Nxd2 Bd3 14.cxd5 Bxf1 15.Qxf1 
cxd5 16.Bxd5 Rb8 17.Qb5 Nf6 18.Bf3 Qd7 19.Qd3 Rfc8 20.e4 Ne8 21.Re1 Qc7 
22.Bd1 e5 23.Bxa4 exd4 24.Bb3 b5 25.Nf3 Nd6 26.e5 Nc4 27.Bxd4 Rd8 28.Qe4 
Qb7 29.Qf4 Nxa3 30.e6 Nc4 31.Ng5 fxe6 32.Bxg7 Qxg7 33.Rxe6 Rbc8 34.Ne4 Kh8
35.Nf6 Rf8 36.g4 g5 37.Qf5 Qg6 38.Bc2 Qxf5 39.Bxf5 Rc7 40.Ne4 Rg7 41.Kg2 
Rb8 42.Nf6 Nb6 43.Rd6 Nc4 44.Rd5 Rf7 45.Ne4 h6 46.Rc5 Kg7 47.Ng3 Nd6 48.
Nh5+ Kh8 49.Bg6 Re7 50.Rc6 Rd8 51.Ng3 Rg7 52.Bd3 Rf7 53.Nf5 Rf6 54.Bxb5 
Rxf5 55.gxf5 Nxb5 56.Rxh6+ Kg7 57.Rg6+ Kf7 58.Kg3 Rd4 59.Rxg5 Rxb4 60.Rg6 
Nd4 61.Ra6 Nxf5+ 62.Kf3 Nh4+ 63.Ke2 Ng6 64.Ke3 Rh4 65.f4 Nxf4 66.Ke4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 
Nf6 9.a3 Be6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Ne7 12.Qf3 O-O 13.h5 Nd7 14.b4 f5 15.h6 
g6 16.Bg5 Nf6 17.O-O Qc7 18.Rfb1 cxb4 19.axb4 f4 20.c3 Nf5 21.Ra3 Nd7 22.
Rba1 a6 23.Qe4 Rae8 24.Re1 Qb6 25.Bb3 Ng3 26.Qf3 Rf5 27.Bxf4 Rxf4 28.Qxg3 
Ref8 29.Ra2 Nf6 30.Bd1 Qc7 31.Ra3 Qd7 32.Bf3 Qf5 33.c4 Nh5 34.Bxh5 Qxh5 
35.f3 Qxh6 36.c5 Rh4 37.Raa1 Rh1+ 38.Kf2 Rxe1 39.Rxe1 Qd2+ 40.Re2 Qxb4 41.
cxd6 Qd4+ 42.Kf1 Rf5 43.Qf2 Qxd5 44.Qb6 Rf6 45.Qd8+ Kg7 46.Qc7+ Rf7 47.Qc3
Qd4 48.Qa3 Rd7 49.Rc2 Rxd6 50.Rc7+ Rd7 51.Rc8 Kh6 52.Ke2 Qg1 53.Qf8+ Kg5 
54.Rc4 Qxg2+ 55.Ke3 Qg1+ 56.Ke2 Qh2+ 57.Ke3 h5 58.Qe8 Qh3 59.Qxe5+ Qf5 60.
f4+ Kg4 61.Re4 Qxe5 62.Rxe5 Rd6 63.d4 b5 64.d5 a5 65.Rg5+ Kh3 66.Kf3 h4 
67.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Bf4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bd2 Bb4 10.Rc1 Rb8 11.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Qc2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 d6 7.e4 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9.c5 O-O 10.h3 a5 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Bc4 Bc6 13.O-O Na6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 
15.Rfe1 a4 16.Qc3 Nd7 17.Re3 Rfa8 18.Ne1 Bb5 19.Qb4 c6 20.Qa3 Nf8 21.Nc4 
Bxc4 22.Rxc4 Ne6 23.Rd3 Ra5 24.Rd6 Nd4 25.Qb4 Rb5 26.Qa3 Rba5 27.Qb4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 Qc7 8.Qe2 g5 
9.Nxg5 Qxe5 10.d4 cxd3 11.Bxd3 Qxe2+ 12.Bxe2 Bg7 13.Na3 O-O 14.O-O d5 15.
Nf3 e5 16.Rd1 e4 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Be6 19.Be3 Rfc8 20.Rac1 Na4 21.Rxc8+ 
Rxc8 22.Rb1 Bf8 23.Bd1 Bd7 24.Bxa4 Bxa4 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 f5 27.Nb1 Bg7
28.Nc3 Bc6 29.Ne2 Bb5 30.Nc3 Bc4 31.b3 Bxd4 32.Bd2 Bd3 33.Nxd5 Kf7 34.Be3 
Be5 35.Bxa7 Bb1 36.Nb4 Ke6 37.g3 Bc3 38.Bc5 Bxb4 39.Bxb4 Bxa2 40.Kf1 Bxb3 
41.Ke2 Kd5 42.Bc3 Kc4 43.Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nb5 Nf6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Bg5 Qd6 
15.Re1 Rfe8 16.Qd2 Bg6 17.Qf4 Qxf4 18.Nxf4 Bxd3 19.Nxd3 Nd7 20.Bf4 f6 21.
Kf1 Kf7 22.Bd6 Re6 23.Rxe6 Kxe6 24.Bg3 Rc8 25.Re1+ Kf7 26.Ke2 Nce5 27.Kd2 
Nc4+ 28.Kc1 Nf8 29.Rd1 Ne6 30.Nf4 Rd8 31.Nxe6 Kxe6 32.a4 Rd5 33.b3 Na5 34.
Kd2 Nc6 35.Re1+ Kd7 36.Re4 h5 37.h4 Nd8 38.f3 Ne6 39.Bf2 f5 40.Re1 f4 41.
Re4 g5 42.b4 gxh4 43.Bxh4 a5 44.c4 Rf5 45.b5 Kd6 46.Bf2 Rg5 47.Bxd4 Rxg2+ 
48.Kd3 h4 49.c5+ Nxc5+ 50.Bxc5+ Kxc5 51.Rxf4 h3 52.Rh4 h2 53.Kc3 Rf2 54.
Rh5+ Kd6 55.Kd4 Rd2+ 56.Kc3 Ra2 57.Kb3 Rf2 58.Kc4 b6 59.Kd4 Rd2+ 60.Kc3 
Ra2 61.Kb3 Rf2 62.Kc4 Ke6 63.Kd4 Kf6 64.Kd5 Kg6 65.Rh8 Rc2 66.Ke4 Kg5 67.
Rh3 Rc4+ 68.Ke5 Rh4 69.f4+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d5 7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 
exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Rd1+ Bd7 12.Nd6 Rb8 13.Nxf7+ Ke8 14.Nd6+
Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Rxb2 16.Rd2 Rxd2 17.Kxd2 Ke7 18.g3 Bf5 19.Bg2 Rd8+ 20.Kc1 Nd5
21.Nxd5+ cxd5 22.gxf4 Rc8+ 23.Kd2 Rc2+ 24.Ke3 d4+ 25.Kxd4 Rxe2 26.Bd5 Kd6 
27.Bb3 Re4+ 28.Kc3 Rxf4 29.Rd1+ Kc5 30.Rd5+ Kc6 31.Rd2 a5 32.Bd5+ Kc5 33.
f3 g5 34.a3 h6 35.Rd1 Bg6 36.Rd2 Bh5 37.Rd3 Bg6 38.Rd2 Rf6 39.Ba8 Bh5 40.
Rd5+ Kb6 41.Rd3 Be8 42.Kd4 Rd6+ 43.Ke3 Rxd3+ 44.Kxd3 Kc5 45.Be4 Bd7 46.Kc3
Bh3 47.Bd3 Bd7 48.Bc2 Bc6 49.Bd1 Bb5 50.Bc2 Kd5 51.Bd3 Bd7 52.Be4+ Ke5 53.
Bb7 Bb5 54.Ba8 h5 55.Bb7 h4 56.Ba8 Bf1 57.Kd2 Kd4 58.Ke1 Bb5 59.Kd2 Kc4 
60.Ke3 Kb3 61.f4 gxf4+ 62.Kxf4 Kxa3 63.Kg4 a4 64.Kxh4 Kb2 65.Bd5 a3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Qg4 Qf6 8.
Bd2 e5 9.Qg3 Ne7 10.Bc4 h6 11.a3 Bd6 12.h4 Ng6 13.Ne2 Nf4 14.Bc3 Nxe2 15.
Bxe2 O-O 16.O-O-O Bc7 17.Kb1 Be6 18.Bg4 Rad8 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.h5 f6 21.Rhf1
Bb6 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.f4 exf4 24.Qxf4 Rd7 25.g4 Bc7 26.Qf5 Re7 27.Re1 Be5 
28.Kc1 Qxf5 29.Bxe5 Rxe5 30.gxf5 Kf7 31.Kd2 Ke8 32.Ke3 Kd7 33.Kf4 Kc7 34.
Rd1 a5 35.a4 b5 36.Ra1 Kb6 37.axb5 cxb5 38.Rg1 Re7 39.Rd1 a4 40.c3 Kc5 41.
Rd4 Rb7 42.Ke3 b4 43.cxb4+ Rxb4 44.Rd7 Rb3+ 45.Kf4 Rxb2 46.Rxg7 Rb5 47.e5 
fxe5+ 48.Kxe5 a3 49.Rg1 a2 50.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 O-O 9.e4 d6 10.Bd3 Re8 11.b4 e5 12.d5 a5 13.a3 axb4 14.axb4 Rxa1+ 15.
Qxa1 Na6 16.Qb2 Bg4 17.Nd2 c5 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.c5 Nc7 20.f3 Be6 21.Qc3 Rb8 
22.O-O Nb5 23.Bxb5 Rxb5 24.Ra1 f6 25.cxd6 Qxd6 26.Ra6 Qxb4 27.Qxb4 Rxb4 
28.Rxc6 Kf7 29.Rc7+ Kg6 30.Nf1 h5 31.h4 Rb1 32.Kf2 Rb2+ 33.Kg3 Rb3 34.Re7 
Bf7 35.Kh2 Rb6 36.Ne3 Be6 37.g4 hxg4 38.fxg4 Rb3 39.Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 b6 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 d6
9.e4 e5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Nbd7 12.Rae1 c5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nh4 g6 15.g3 
Rae8 16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4 Ng4 18.Nf3 f6 19.Qg2 Nh6 20.Qh3 Nf7 21.Rf2 Qd6 22.
Nh4 Nh8 23.Rg2 Qxf4 24.Qxd7 Bc8 25.Qd5+ Be6 26.Qh5 Re7 27.Nf3 Rg7 28.Qh4 
Qxf3 29.Rg3 Qh5 30.Bxf6 Qxh4 31.Bxh4 Rd7 32.b3 Rf4 33.Bg5 Rg4 34.Rxg4 Bxg4
35.Re3 Nf7 36.Bf6 Be6 37.Kg2 Nd8 38.Kg3 Nc6 39.Kf4 Kf7 40.Bc3 Nd4 41.h4 h5
42.Bf1 Bg4 43.Rd3 Be2 44.Bh3 Bxd3 45.Bxd7 Ne2+ 46.Ke3 Nxc3 47.Kxd3 Nxa2 
48.e5 Ke7 49.Ba4 Ke6 50.Ke4 Nc3+ 51.Kf4 Ne2+ 52.Kg5 Kxe5 53.Be8 Nf4 54.
Bxg6 Nxg6 55.Kxg6 a6 56.Kxh5 Kf5 57.Kh6 Kf6 58.h5 b5 59.cxb5 axb5 60.Kh7 
c4 61.bxc4 bxc4 62.h6 Kf7 63.Kh8 c3 64.h7 c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nb5 Nf6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne4 Bf5 13.Bg5 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 h6
15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Re1 Rad8 17.Qf3 Qxf3 18.Bxf3 Rfe8 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Kf1 Re5
21.Re1 Rb5 22.Re8+ Kh7 23.b3 f5 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Ke2 f4 26.Re4 Rc5 27.Kd3 
Rh5 28.Rxf4 Rxh2 29.g3 g5 30.Rf3 h5 31.Kxd4 h4 32.gxh4 gxh4 33.Ke3 h3 34.
Kf4 Rh1 35.Kg3 h2 36.Rf7+ Kg8 37.Rxa7 Rf1 38.Kxh2 Rxf2+ 39.Kg3 Rxc2 40.Kf4
c5 41.Rb7 Ra2 42.Ke4 Rxa3 43.Kd5 Ra5 44.Kc4 Kf8 45.Rb5 Ra1 46.Kxc5 Ke7 47.
Kc6 Rc1+ 48.Rc5 Rb1 49.Rc3 Kd8 50.Kb7 Kd7 51.Rd3+ Ke6 52.Kc6 Rc1+ 53.Kb7 
Rb1 54.Kb6 Rb2 55.Kb5 Rc2 56.b4 Rc8 57.Ka6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6 
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Nb4 11.Be2 a5 12.Be3 c5 13.Kh1 Kh8 14.Rg1 Ng8 15.a3 Na6 
16.Rb1 Nc7 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 b6 19.Ne1 Bd7 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.g4 Bh6 22.g5 
Bg7 23.Nd3 f5 24.f3 Rf7 25.Ra1 Rf8 26.Rxa8 Qxa8 27.Qa1 Rb8 28.Qxa8 Rxa8 
29.Rb1 Bc8 30.h4 h6 31.Rb6 Ne8 32.Nxc5 dxc5 33.Bxc5 Kh7 34.Kg2 Nc7 35.Bd6 
Ne8 36.Bb4 Nc7 37.Kf2 Ne8 38.Bd3 f4 39.Bc2 Ngf6 40.gxf6 Bxf6 41.Rxf6 Nxf6 
42.Bd6 Nd7 43.Ba4 g5 44.c5 gxh4 45.Bxd7 Bxd7 46.c6 Be8 47.Bxe5 Ra6 48.Kg2 
Bxc6 49.dxc6 Rxc6 50.Kh3 Rc5 51.Nd5 Rc1 52.Kxh4 Rh1+ 53.Kg4 h5+ 54.Kxf4 
Rg1 55.Bd4 Rg2 56.Ne3 Rd2 57.Bf6 Kg6 58.Bh4 Rd3 59.Nc4 Rc3 60.Ne5+ Kh6 61.
Kf5 Ra3 62.Bg5+ Kh7 63.Bf6 Ra5 64.Kg5 Ra6 65.Ng6 Ra3 66.Nh4 Kg8 67.e5 Kf7 
68.Kxh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Qe1 
Nb4 9.Nd4 Bg6 10.f4 c5 11.f5 Nxd3 12.cxd3 cxd4 13.fxg6 hxg6 14.Nxe4 dxe4 
15.Qxe4 Qb6 16.b3 O-O 17.Bb2 Rad8 18.Rac1 Bg5 19.Rc4 Be3+ 20.Kh1 Rfe8 21.
Ba3 f5 22.Qf3 Rxe5 23.Bb2 Re6 24.Qd1 Rc6 25.Ba3 Rdc8 26.Qf3 Qb5 27.h3 Qe5 
28.Re1 Rxc4 29.bxc4 Qa5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 
c5 9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be3 Qb6 13.b3 Rfe8 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.
h3 Qa5 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Rxd3 Nd7 18.Bg5 Rc8 19.Qb5 Qxb5 20.Nxb5 Bf8 21.a3 
Nc7 22.Nxa7 Ra8 23.d6 Ne6 24.Nb5 Nxg5 25.Nxg5 Ra5 26.a4 c4 27.bxc4 Rxa4 
28.Rc3 Rc8 29.Rfc1 Rb4 30.f4 Bg7 31.R3c2 Bb2 32.Re1 Rxb5 33.Re7 Bd4+ 34.
Kh2 Rxg5 35.fxg5 Rd8 36.Rd2 Bc5 37.Rd5 b6 38.g3 Kf8 39.Re2 Nb8 40.Red2 Rd7
41.Ra2 Nc6 42.Ra8+ Rd8 43.Rxd8+ Nxd8 44.Kg2 Nb7 45.d7 Ke7 46.Re5+ Kxd7 47.
Re4 Nd6 48.Rh4 Be3 49.Rxh7 Bxg5 50.h4 Bf6 51.g4 Ke6 52.g5 Be5 53.Kf3 Nxc4 
54.h5 gxh5 55.Rxh5 Kf5 56.Rh7 Nd6 57.Rh5 Bg7 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Be2 e5 8.d5 Ng4 9.
Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 c5 11.O-O h5 12.h3 Nh6 13.Ne1 Na6 14.Nd3 Nb4 15.Ne1 Nf7 16.
a3 Na6 17.Nd3 Qe8 18.b4 Bd7 19.Re1 b6 20.b5 Nc7 21.a4 Qe7 22.a5 Bh6 23.Ra3
Ng5 24.Kh1 Qg7 25.Bf1 Nh7 26.Bg3 Rfe8 27.f4 h4 28.Bh2 Red8 29.Re2 exf4 30.
Nxf4 Ng5 31.Rea2 Rac8 32.axb6 axb6 33.Nd3 Nf7 34.Ra7 f5 35.Na4 Na8 36.exf5
Bxf5 37.Qa1 Re8 38.Nab2 Qf8 39.Nf4 Ne5 40.Ne6 Bxe6 41.dxe6 Nc7 42.Na4 Bg7 
43.Qb1 Rxe6 44.Nxb6 Rce8 45.Rxc7 Ng4 46.Bg1 Re1 47.Qxg6 Rxf1 48.Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.d4 e4 8.Bg2 
Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 h6 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.f3 b6 12.O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Nge7 8.d5 Nb8 
9.Bxb4 axb4 10.Ne1 O-O 11.Nd2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "A19"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 d6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
a6 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bf4 Qa5 13.Qc2 e5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.
Qxf5 Nc6 16.Be3 Bc5 17.Bg5 Nd4 18.Qd3 e4 19.Qd1 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Bxf2+ 21.
Rxf2 Qxg5 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Qc5 24.Re1 b5 25.cxb5 axb5 26.a3 Rad8 27.
Qe3 Qxe3 28.Rxe3 Rd1+ 29.Rf1 Rd2 30.Rb3 Rd5 31.h3 Re8 32.Rbf3 f6 33.Rf5 
Rd2 34.R1f2 Re1+ 35.Kh2 Rxf2 36.Rxf2 b4 37.a4 b3 38.Rf3 Ra1 39.Rxb3 Rxa4 
40.Rb7 h5 41.Kg3 Kh7 42.Kf3 Kg6 43.g3 h4 44.g4 Rc4 45.Re7 Rb4 46.Re2 Rb3+ 
47.Kg2 Kg5 48.Rf2 g6 49.Kh2 f5 50.gxf5 gxf5 51.Rc2 Rb4 52.Kg2 Kf4 53.Rf2+ 
Kg5 54.Rd2 Rb3 55.Rc2 Rb5 56.Kf3 Rb3+ 57.Kg2 Kg6 58.Kh2 f4 59.Kg2 Rg3+ 60.
Kh2 Rb3 61.Kg2 Kf5 62.Rc3 Rxb2+ 63.Kf3 Rb5 64.Ra3 Re5 65.Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 g6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.h3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nh5 
9.Be3 Nf4 10.Bxf4 exf4 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 h5 13.Bc4 Na5 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Bxd7
Qxd7 16.Qd2 Nc4 17.Qc2 c5 18.Rad1 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Rac8 20.Nf3 b5 21.a3 Qc6 
22.N1d2 Nb6 23.Nb3 Nc4 24.Nbd2 Nb6 25.Nb3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 Nc6 5.d5 Ne7 6.c4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Nge2 Nd7 
9.Be3 f5 10.f3 O-O 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.Bc2 a5 13.O-O-O b6 14.g3 Kh8 15.Bg5 fxe4 
16.fxe4 Bh3 17.Ng1 Bg4 18.Re1 Qe8 19.h3 Bd7 20.g4 Ng8 21.Be3 Nf6 22.Nge2 
Rf7 23.Ng3 Qe7 24.Bd1 Raf8 25.g5 Ng8 26.h4 Rf4 27.h5 Qxg5 28.hxg6 Qxg6 29.
Reg1 Qe8 30.Nh5 R4f7 31.Nxg7 Rxg7 32.Rxg7 Kxg7 33.Qh2 Nf6 34.Bh6+ Kh8 35.
Bxf8 Qxf8 36.Qg3 Qg7 37.Qxg7+ Kxg7 38.Rg1+ Kf7 39.Bf3 h5 40.Kd2 Bg4 41.
Bxg4 hxg4 42.Ke3 Kg6 43.Rf1 Kg5 44.Nb5 Ncxe4 45.Nxc7 g3 46.Ne8 Nxe8 47.
Kxe4 Nf6+ 48.Kf3 Nh5 49.Re1 Kf5 50.b3 Kg5 51.a3 Kf5 52.b4 axb4 53.axb4 Nf4
54.Kxg3 Nd3 55.Rh1 e4 56.Rh6 Ke5 57.Re6+ Kd4 58.Rxd6 Kxc4 59.Rd8 Nxb4 60.
d6 Kd5 61.d7 Kd6 62.Rb8 Kxd7 63.Rxb6 Nd5 64.Rh6 Ke7 65.Kg4 e3 66.Kf3 Nf6 
67.Rg6 Ke6 68.Rg5 Nd5 69.Rh5 Kd6 70.Rf5 Ke6 71.Rg5 Kd6 72.Ke4 e2 73.Rg1 
Kc5 74.Kd3 Nf4+ 75.Ke3 e1=Q+ 76.Rxe1 Ng2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "E29"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Ne2 e5
9.O-O h6 10.Ng3 O-O 11.d5 Ne7 12.f4 exf4 13.exf4 Re8 14.f5 Kh8 15.Bf4 Neg8
16.h3 Qc7 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Rae1 a6 19.Kh2 b5 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Re1 Rxe1 22.Qxe1
bxc4 23.Bxc4 Bb5 24.Ba2 c4 25.Ne4 Nxd5 26.Bxd6 Qd7 27.Bg3 Qxf5 28.a4 Bxa4 
29.Bxc4 Bc6 30.Nd6 Qe6 31.Qf2 Ngf6 32.Qc5 Bd7 33.Bxa6 Ne3 34.Nxf7+ Qxf7 
35.Qxe3 Bc6 36.Qc5 Qe8 37.Qe5 Qg6 38.Be2 Ne4 39.Bh5 Qxg3+ 40.Qxg3 Nxg3 41.
Kxg3 Kg8 42.c4 Kf8 43.Bf3 Bd7 44.Kf4 Ke7 45.Ke5 Ba4 46.h4 Bd7 47.g3 Ba4 
48.c5 Kd7 49.Kf5 Ke7 50.Be4 Be8 51.Ke5 Bh5 52.c6 Be2 53.Bf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.d5 c5 6.Nd2 Bg7 7.e4 Bd7 8.Be2 O-O 
9.O-O Na6 10.f4 Ne8 11.Nf3 Nac7 12.e5 Rb8 13.a4 b6 14.Qe1 e6 15.Be3 Qe7 
16.Bf2 f6 17.Bh4 Rd8 18.Rd1 Bc8 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Nd5 Rd7 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 23.Ng5 Qe8 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Qc3 Qf8 26.Bg4 d5 27.Bxd7 Bxd7 28.
Qe5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c6 6.Qc2 d5 7.b3 d4 8.d3 c5 9.
b4 cxb4 10.a3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 bxa3 12.Bxa3 Qc7 13.Rfb1 Rd8 14.Nb3 e5 15.Nfd2 
Rb8 16.Nc5 b6 17.Qa4 bxc5 18.Qxc6 Rxb1+ 19.Rxb1 Qa5 20.Rb8 Qxa3 21.Rxc8 
Rxc8 22.Qxc8+ Bf8 23.Nf3 Qa1+ 24.Bf1 Qa4 25.Nxe5 Qe8 26.Qc7 a5 27.Bg2 Kg7 
28.f4 Qe6 29.Bh3 Bd6 30.Qd8 Qe7 31.Qxe7 Bxe7 32.Nf3 a4 33.Ne1 a3 34.Nc2 a2
35.g4 Bd8 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nf6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Na5 12.Qd2 Qd6 13.Bg3 Qc6 14.Qf4 Re7 
15.Bh4 Kf8 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Nf4 Rd7 19.g4 Rd6 20.f3 Bd7 21.Kf2
Rc8 22.Rg1 c5 23.h4 cxd4 24.cxd4 Nc6 25.Ne2 Ne7 26.Rab1 Rc7 27.c3 Nc8 28.
g5 fxg5 29.hxg5 Ne7 30.gxh6 Rxh6 31.Rh1 Rxh1 32.Rxh1 Kg8 33.Rg1+ Kf8 34.
Rh1 Nc8 35.Rh5 Nb6 36.Ke3 Ke7 37.Kd2 Be6 38.Nf4 Kd6 39.Rh6 Ke7 40.Bf1 Rc6 
41.Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.f4 d6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 
9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qd2 Bg4 11.Rf2 Qd7 12.Raf1 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Bxf3 
15.Rxf3 b5 16.Bh6 b4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nd1 f6 19.Ne3 Qe6 20.a3 a5 21.Rf4 Rf7
22.Qg2 Raf8 23.g4 Kh8 24.Kh1 Nc6 25.Nd5 Ne7 26.Ne3 Nc6 27.Nc4 Ne5 28.Nxa5 
bxa3 29.bxa3 Ra8 30.Nb3 Rxa3 31.d4 cxd4 32.Nxd4 Qc4 33.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 bxc6 7.Nc3 Nh6 8.
h3 O-O 9.Bd3 d6 10.O-O Qg6 11.Qg5 a5 12.Na4 Bd4 13.c3 Ba7 14.b3 f5 15.Qxg6
hxg6 16.Bb2 fxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.Bd3 Bf5 19.Rad1 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Nf5 21.Ba3 Nd6
22.Bc5 Rfe8 23.Bxa7 Rxa7 24.Rd2 Raa8 25.f3 Re3 26.Kf2 Rae8 27.Rc1 Kf7 28.
Nc5 g5 29.a4 Kg6 30.Rdc2 R3e7 31.Rd1 Rb8 32.Re2 Rxe2+ 33.Kxe2 Nb7 34.Na6 
Ra8 35.Nxc7 Rc8 36.Na6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 e5 4.Nd5 Nf6 5.Nec3 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Be7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9.a4 Be6 10.d3 Rb8 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Bg5 13.Qh5 h6 14.Ba2 Bxf4 15.
Rxf4 Qg5 16.Qxg5 hxg5 17.Rf2 Kh7 18.h3 Kg6 19.c3 Rh8 20.Ne3 Bxa2 21.Rxa2 
Rbe8 22.Ra1 Re6 23.Rd1 f6 24.Kf1 Rh4 25.Ke2 Ne7 26.Kd2 Re5 27.Nc4 Re6 28.
Rdf1 d5 29.exd5 Nxd5 30.Rf3 Nb6 31.b3 Nxc4+ 32.bxc4 Ra6 33.Ra1 b5 34.cxb5 
Rhxa4 35.Rxa4 Rxa4 36.g4 Ra2+ 37.Ke3 a6 38.bxa6 Rxa6 39.Rf5 Re6+ 40.Kd2 
Re5 41.Rxe5 fxe5 42.Ke3 Kf6 43.Kf3 Kf7 44.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qh4 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9.Nc3 O-O 10.a3 Nc6 11.O-O-O d6 12.g3 Qh6+ 13.Kb1 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 
15.Rxd6 Bxb3 16.cxb3 Nd4 17.Qg2 Qe3 18.Bc4 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rd7 
21.Rd3 Qe1+ 22.Ka2 h6 23.f4 b5 24.Nxb5 Ne2 25.Rxd7 Nc1+ 26.Kb1 Nxb3+ 27.
Ka2 Nc1+ 28.Kb1 Nb3+ 29.Ka2 Nc1+ 30.Kb1 Nb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe7 Nxf2 9.Bxd8 Nxd1 10.Bxc7 Nxb2 11.Be2 Na4 12.Kd2 Kd7 13.Bg3 Ke7 14.c4 
Rd8 15.Ke3 Nb6 16.Rhc1 f6 17.Rab1 Nd7 18.Bc7 Re8 19.Nd2 e5 20.d5 Nd4 21.c5
Nxe2 22.Kxe2 Nf8 23.Nc4 b6 24.c6 Ba6 25.Kf2 Rac8 26.Bd6+ Kf7 27.Ne3 Ng6 
28.Ba3 Nf4 29.d6 Nd3+ 30.Kg1 Nxc1 31.Rxc1 Red8 32.d7 Rc7 33.Nd5 Rdxd7 34.
cxd7 Rxd7 35.Nb4 Bb7 36.Rc2 Ke6 37.Kf2 g5 38.Nc6 a5 39.Na7 Be4 40.Re2 f5 
41.Nb5 Bd3 42.Rb2 Bxb5 43.Rxb5 Rd2+ 44.Ke3 Rxa2 45.Rxb6+ Kd5 46.Rb5+ Ke6 
47.Bb2 e4 48.g4 fxg4 49.Kxe4 a4 50.Rb6+ Kd7 51.Be5 h5 52.Kf5 Re2 53.Rd6+ 
Kc8 54.Ra6 h4 55.Rxa4 g3 56.hxg3 hxg3 57.Bxg3 Kd7 58.Rc4 g4 59.Rc7+ Kd8 
60.Rg7 Kc8 61.Be5 g3 62.Bxg3 Rd2 63.Ke6 Rd7 64.Rg8+ Rd8 65.Rg7 Rd7 66.Rg5 
Rh7 67.Bd6 Rh6+ 68.Kd5 Kd7 69.Rg7+ Ke8 70.Kc6 Re6 71.Kd5 Rh6 72.Re7+ Kd8 
73.Kc6 Rh1 74.Rf7 Re1 75.Rf8+ Re8 76.Rf2 Re1 77.Bb4 Re6+ 78.Kd5 Re3 79.
Rf8+ Kd7 80.Rf7+ Ke8 81.Ra7 Re2 82.Bc3 Re7 83.Ra8+ Kf7 84.Be5 Rb7 85.Ke4 
Rb1 86.Kf5 Rf1+ 87.Bf4 Ke7 88.Ra7+ Kd8 89.Ke5 Kc8 90.Rf7 Rd1 91.Ke6 Rd7 
92.Rf5 Rd1 93.Rb5 Re1+ 94.Be5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd3 a6 13.Bd2 Rfc8 14.b3 Rab8 
15.Rac1 b5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "193"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nbd7 7.e3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9.b4 Qe7 10.Qc3 b6 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.c5 bxc5 14.Bb5 O-O 
15.O-O Ng5 16.Nxg5 Qxg5 17.f4 Qe7 18.bxc5 Qxc5 19.Qxc5 Nxc5 20.Rac1 c6 21.
Bxc6 Bxc6 22.Rxc5 Rfc8 23.Rfc1 Bb7 24.Rc7 Rxc7 25.Rxc7 Be4 26.Bxe5 a6 27.
Kf2 Rd8 28.Bd4 h6 29.g4 Rb8 30.Re7 Bc6 31.Ra7 Ra8 32.Rc7 Be4 33.h4 Re8 34.
h5 Bd5 35.g5 hxg5 36.fxg5 Be6 37.g6 Ra8 38.Kg3 Ba2 39.Kf4 Be6 40.Kg5 Rd8 
41.Ra7 Bc4 42.h6 gxh6+ 43.Kxh6 Rc8 44.gxf7+ Bxf7 45.Rxa6 Bd5 46.Ra5 Rc6+ 
47.Kg5 Bc4 48.Ra7 Bd3 49.Rb7 Kf8 50.Kf4 Re6 51.Rc7 Ke8 52.a4 Ra6 53.Rc3 
Be2 54.Ra3 Kd7 55.a5 Re6 56.Rb3 Ba6 57.Bb6 Rf6+ 58.Ke5 Re6+ 59.Kf5 Bc4 60.
Ra3 Ba6 61.Ra1 Bd3+ 62.Kf4 Re4+ 63.Kf3 Re6 64.Bd4 Ba6 65.Rb1 Kc7 66.Kf4 
Kd7 67.Rb2 Rc6 68.Rb8 Rc8 69.Rb6 Rc6 70.Rb2 Re6 71.e4 Bd3 72.e5 Ba6 73.Ke4
Rc6 74.Rh2 Bc4 75.Bb6 Ke6 76.Kd4 Bb5 77.Bc5 Ba6 78.Rh7 Bb5 79.Re7+ Kf5 80.
Kd5 Ra6 81.Bb6 Ra8 82.Rf7+ Kg6 83.Rf2 Rc8 84.e6 Rc1 85.e7 Be8 86.a6 Bf7+ 
87.Kd6 Rd1+ 88.Kc7 Rc1+ 89.Kb8 Rb1 90.Kb7 Re1 91.Bc5 Rb1+ 92.Kc6 Be8+ 93.
Kc7 Rc1 94.a7 Rxc5+ 95.Kd8 Ra5 96.Kxe8 Rxa7 97.Kf8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 b6 8.Nc3 Bb7 
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 g6 11.Qd2 Bg7 12.Rfe1 O-O 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Bb1 Rad8 15.Nf3 
Nc5 16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.b4 Ncd7 18.h3 d5 19.e5 Nh5 20.Qe3 d4 21.Rxd4 Bxf3 22.
Rxd7 Rxd7 23.Qxf3 Bxe5 24.g4 Ng7 25.Kg2 f6 26.Rxe5 fxe5 27.Ne4 Rf8 28.Nf6+
Rxf6 29.Qxf6 Qxc4 30.Qxe5 Qd5+ 31.Be4 Qxe5 32.Bxe5 Rd2 33.a4 Kf7 34.Bb7 
Ra2 35.Bxa6 Rxa4 36.b5 Ne8 37.Kg3 Ke7 38.Bf4 Nd6 39.Be3 Ne4+ 40.Kh4 Nc5 
41.Kg5 Nxa6 42.bxa6 Rxa6 43.Kh6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O e5 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bg5 h6 
9.Bh4 b6 10.a4 a6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Qc2 Qe8 13.Rad1 Nh5 14.Nc4 Nf4 15.Bf1 f5 
16.dxe5 Bxe4 17.Qd2 Nxe5 18.Qxf4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 g5 20.Qe3 f4 21.Qe4 Qxa4 22.
Qd5+ Nf7 23.Re7 Rac8 24.Bh3 Qb5 25.Rxf7 Qxd5 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Rxd5 gxh4 
28.Rh5 b5 29.Na5 Re8 30.Kf1 Rb8 31.Ke2 b4 32.Nc6 Re8+ 33.Kd2 bxc3+ 34.bxc3
Bf6 35.Ra5 Ra8 36.Bf1 Kf7 37.Rxa6 Rxa6 38.Bxa6 Ke6 39.Kd3 d5 40.Bb7 Kd6 
41.Nb4 Ke5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 a6 9.Qe2 b5 10.Bd5 Rb8 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Bc6 Rb6 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxd5 c6 
15.Bb3 c5 16.Bd5 Qc7 17.Rhe1 Bd8 18.Qe3 c4 19.Nfg5 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Nf6 21.g3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Rb1 a5 
9.a3 Re8 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.e3 Ne6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 c6 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Qc2 Qc7 
16.Bb2 h5 17.Ra1 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 d5 19.Nxe5 d4 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Nd1 dxe3 22.
Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O b6 10.Bc4 Bb7 11.Qf4 Be7 12.d5 exd5 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 
Qc8 15.Nd4 Nf6 16.Re5 Nxe4 17.Rxe7 Nd6 18.Rhe1 Qa6 19.Rxc7 Ne8 20.Rc3 Qxa2
21.Ra3 Qc4 22.Ne6 Qxf4+ 23.Nxf4 Nf6 24.Ra6 Rfd8 25.Re7 Nd7 26.Nd3 Kf8 27.
Re4 Nb8 28.Ra3 Nc6 29.Rc3 Ne7 30.Rc7 Nd5 31.Rb7 Rdb8 32.Rxb8+ Rxb8 33.Ne5 
Rc8 34.Nd7+ Kg8 35.Rd4 Ne7 36.Ne5 Ng6 37.Nd3 Nf8 38.Kd2 g6 39.b4 Kg7 40.b5
Rc7 41.Nf4 Nd7 42.c4 Nc5 43.Kc3 Re7 44.Nd3 Nxd3 45.Kxd3 Re1 46.g3 Ra1 47.
Ke3 Kf6 48.Rd6+ Ke7 49.Rc6 Ra2 50.h4 h5 51.f3 Kd7 52.Rf6 Ke7 53.Rc6 Kd7 
54.Kf4 Ra3 55.g4 Rc3 56.gxh5 gxh5 57.Ke4 Ke7 58.f4 Kd7 59.Kf5 a5 60.Kf6 a4
61.f5 a3 62.Rxb6 Rxc4 63.Ra6 Rxh4 64.Rxa3 Kd6 65.Rb3 Kc7 66.b6+ Kb7 67.
Kxf7 Rg4 68.f6 h4 69.Rh3 Kxb6 70.Ke6 Rf4 71.f7 Kb5 72.Ke7 Re4+ 73.Kf6 Rf4+
74.Kg7 Rg4+ 75.Kf6 Rf4+ 76.Ke6 Ka4 77.Re3 Kb5 78.Ke7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Rb1 a5 8.d3 e5 
9.h3 h6 10.e4 Nd7 11.Be3 Nc5 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.Ndb5 Ne5 15.Qe2 Bc6
16.Rbd1 Ned7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Re8 19.Qc2 h5 20.Rfe1 a4 21.f4 Ra5 22.Na3
h4 23.g4 b5 24.Bd2 Qa8 25.Bxa5 Qxa5 26.Kh1 b4 27.Nc4 b3 28.axb3 axb3 29.
Qe2 Qb4 30.e5 Nb6 31.Nxb6 cxb6 32.Qd2 Qxd2 33.Rxd2 g5 34.e6 gxf4 35.exf7+ 
Kxf7 36.Rxe8 Kxe8 37.Bf1 Kf7 38.Kg2 Ne4 39.Rd3 Nc5 40.Rf3 Bxb2 41.Rxf4+ 
Kg6 42.Rb4 Be5 43.Bc4 b2 44.Ba2 Kg5 45.Bb1 Nd7 46.Kf3 Nf6 47.Rb5 Bd4 48.
Bc2 Nd7 49.Ke4 Be5 50.Ke3 Bf4+ 51.Ke2 Be5 52.Bf5 Nc5 53.Rb4 Kf6 54.Kf3 Bc3
55.Rxb6 Ke5 56.Bb1 Kxd5 57.g5 Nd7 58.Rb7 Ne5+ 59.Kf4 Nc4 60.g6 Kc6 61.g7 
Be5+ 62.Kf5 Ne3+ 63.Ke4 Nd5 64.Rf7 Nc3+ 65.Kd3 Bxg7 66.Rxg7 Nxb1 67.Kc2 
Nd2 68.Kxb2 Kd5 69.Kc2 Nf3 70.Kd3 Ke5 71.Rg4 Kf5 72.Ke3 Ng5 73.Rxh4 d5 74.
Rf4+ Kg6 75.Rh4 d4+ 76.Kd3 Kf5 77.Rh8 Ne6 78.Kc4 Ke4 79.h4 Kf5 80.Rg8 Ke4 
81.h5 d3 82.Kc3 Kf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C14"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.f4 
Nb6 9.Nf3 Bd7 10.Bd3 a6 11.O-O f6 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Qe3 O-O-O 14.a4 Be8 15.
a5 Nd7 16.f5 exf5 17.Nxd5 Qd6 18.c4 Bg6 19.Nh4 f4 20.Rxf4 Rhe8 21.Be4 Kb8 
22.Nxg6 hxg6 23.Qf2 g5 24.Rg4 Nf6 25.Nxf6 gxf6 26.Bxc6 Qxc6 27.d5 Qd7 28.
h3 Qd6 29.Rf1 Rf8 30.Re4 f5 31.Re6 Qb4 32.Qd4 g4 33.h4 Qxa5 34.h5 Qb4 35.
h6 a5 36.Rf4 Rf7 37.Kh2 b6 38.Qe5 a4 39.Re8 Rf8 40.Rxd8+ Rxd8 41.Rxf5 Qxc4
42.h7 g3+ 43.Kxg3 Qd3+ 44.Kh2 Kb7 45.Rf7 Qg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d3 e5 8.Rb1 a5 
9.h3 Nd4 10.Nd2 c6 11.e3 Ne6 12.Nf3 Re8 13.e4 Bd7 14.Be3 b5 15.cxb5 cxb5 
16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qxd5 Be6 
22.Qd4+ Qf6 23.Qxf6+ Kxf6 24.e5+ dxe5 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.Ra1 Bxh3 27.Rfc1 Be6
28.Rc5 h5 29.Rb5 e4 30.a3 bxa3 31.Rxa3 Rd8 32.Re3 Rd1+ 33.Kg2 a4 34.Kh2 
Kg7 35.g4 hxg4 36.Rxe4 Rd2 37.Kg3 Bb3 38.Rxg4 Rxb2 39.Rxa4 Bxa4 40.Rxb2 
Bd7 41.Kf4 Kf6 42.Rb6+ Be6 43.Ra6 Kg7 44.Kg5 Bf5 45.Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 Na6 12.Rc1 c5 13.Nd3 Re8 14.Nf4 cxd4 15.Nf3
Nb4 16.a3 Na2 17.Rc2 Nc3 18.Qc1 Bc5 19.Nxd4 Nce4 20.Nd3 Bf8 21.Rd1 Rc8 22.
Bh3 Rxc2 23.Qxc2 Nc5 24.Nf4 g6 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Nce4 27.Qa4 Qd6 28.Nd3 
Ra8 29.Qb3 Ba6 30.b5 Bb7 31.Nc6 Ng5 32.Bg2 Bxc6 33.Be5 Qe6 34.Bxf6 Qxf6 
35.bxc6 Qxc6 36.Bxd5 Qa4 37.Rb1 Qxb3 38.Rxb3 Ra5 39.Nf4 Bd6 40.Bc6 Rc5 41.
Bd7 Rc1+ 42.Kg2 Bc5 43.Nd3 Rc2 44.Nxc5 bxc5 45.Re3 Rd2 46.Bb5 Kg7 47.h4 
Ne6 48.Bc4 Kf6 49.Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B65"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5 12.Bc4 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qd3 Bg4 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rdf1 Rac8 17.Kb1 Bh4 18.Bb3 Qc5 19.g3 Bg5 20.h3 Be6 21.h4 Be7
22.Nd5 Kh8 23.Qe2 a5 24.g4 b5 25.Nxe7 Qxe7 26.Qxb5 Rc5 27.Qb6 Bc4 28.Rf2 
Rb5 29.Qc6 Rc5 30.Qb6 Rb5 31.Qe3 Rfb8 32.Ka1 Be6 33.Rb1 Qxh4 34.Bxe6 fxe6 
35.Rg2 Qf6 36.c4 Rb4 37.g5 Qf4 38.Qh3 Rxc4 39.gxh6 g5 40.Rgg1 Qf6 41.Qe3 
a4 42.Rbf1 Qe7 43.h7 Rc2 44.Rb1 a3 45.Qxa3 Qxa3 46.bxa3 Rxb1+ 47.Kxb1 Rc4 
48.Rxg5 Kxh7 49.Rg4 Kh6 50.Kb2 Kh5 51.Kb3 Rd4 52.Rg2 Rxe4 53.a4 Rd4 54.a5 
e4 55.a3 e5 56.a4 e3 57.Re2 Kg4 58.Rxe3 Kf4 59.Rh3 e4 60.Rh8 Rd6 61.Re8 e3
62.Kc4 Kf3 63.Kb5 Rd5+ 64.Kb6 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bg5 Nc6 14.Qe3 Qd5 15.
Rad1 Qe6 16.Bh6 Bc2 17.Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O 
Be7 9.a4 O-O 10.Be3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rfd1 Nd7 14.Qe2 Bf8 15.
h3 b6 16.a5 Qc7 17.Nb5 Qb7 18.Bc3 Bxb5 19.Qxb5 a6 20.Qe2 b5 21.Bb4 Qc7 22.
Qd2 Nc5 23.Ra3 Rac8 24.Re3 Red8 25.f4 Be7 26.Kh2 Bf6 27.b3 e5 28.Re2 Be7 
29.f5 h6 30.h4 Nd7 31.Kh3 Nf6 32.Qe1 h5 33.Rd3 Qb8 34.Bf3 Rc6 35.g4 hxg4+ 
36.Bxg4 Qc7 37.c3 d5 38.Bxe7 Qxe7 39.exd5 e4 40.Rg3 Rxd5 41.Reg2 Qd7 42.c4
bxc4 43.bxc4 Rd3 44.Kh2 Qd6 45.Be2 Rxg3 46.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 47.Kxg3 Rc5 48.Kf4 
Rxa5 49.Rg1 Kf8 50.Rb1 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Kh1 Rc8 11.f4 Na5 12.f5 Bc4 13.Bd3 b5 14.Qf3 b4 15.Nd5 
Bxd5 16.exd5 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qd3 Qc7 19.Na5 Rxc2 20.Nc6 Rc5 21.Bxf6 
Bxf6 22.Rae1 Rxc6 23.dxc6 Qxc6 24.Rc1 Qa4 25.Qb3 Qb5 26.a4 Qb7 27.Rc4 a5 
28.Qc2 Kg7 29.b3 Qd5 30.Rc7 Re8 31.Qc4 Qe5 32.Qd3 Rb8 33.g3 h5 34.fxg6 
fxg6 35.Rc4 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bg5 a6
9.N5c3 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Nc4 Nd4 13.Ne3 Qa5 14.h4 Rc8 15.Bd3 
Qb4 16.a3 Qa5 17.g3 Rxc3 18.bxc3 Qxc3+ 19.Kf1 O-O 20.Kg2 Rc8 21.Qe1 Qc5 
22.Qb4 b5 23.Qxc5 dxc5 24.Rhd1 c4 25.Bf1 Be7 26.c3 Nb3 27.Ra2 Nc5 28.Nd5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Be2 Qc7 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Nd4 8.h3 Bd6 
9.d3 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Bh2+ 11.Kh1 Be5 12.Bd2 b6 13.g3 h5 14.Bg2 h4 15.g4 g5 
16.Rc1 Rg8 17.Ne2 Bb7 18.f4 gxf4 19.Bxf4 O-O-O 20.Qd2 d5 21.exd5 exd5 22.
Bxe5 Qxe5 23.Rf5 Qe7 24.Rcf1 Rd6 25.Nf4 dxc4 26.Re1 Ne4 27.Qe3 cxd3 28.
Nxd3 Re6 29.Kh2 Ng5 30.Re5 Rxe5 31.Qxe5 Qxe5+ 32.Rxe5 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 f6 34.
Rf5 Rd8 35.Nf4 Rd2+ 36.Kg1 Rd1+ 37.Kg2 Rd2+ 38.Kg1 Rd6 39.Nd5 Nxh3+ 40.Kh2
Ng5 41.Nxf6 Rd2+ 42.Kh1 Rd1+ 43.Kh2 Rd2+ 44.Kh1 Ne6 45.g5 Rxa2 46.g6 h3 
47.Re5 Ng7 48.Ne8 Rg2 49.Nxg7 Rxg6 50.Nf5 Kc7 51.Kh2 Rg2+ 52.Kxh3 Rb2 53.
Re3 Kc6 54.Ne7+ Kb5 55.Nd5 Rd2 56.Nc7+ Ka5 57.Kg4 Rd7 58.Ne6 Kb4 59.Kf5 a5
60.Ke5 b5 61.Re4+ c4 62.bxc4 bxc4 63.Rh4 a4 64.Nd4 Kc5 65.Ne6+ Kb4 66.Nd4 
a3 67.Nc2+ Kb3 68.Nxa3 c3 69.Rh3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb5 Nb6 15.c4 
Bxf3 16.Qxf3 dxc4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.a4 Rfe8 19.Be3 Rad8 20.Rfb1 Bc7 21.Be4 
Nxa4 22.Rd5 Bd6 23.Rh5 g6 24.Rxb7 Bc7 25.Rd5 Qc8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Bd5 Rd7 
28.Qf6 Qd8 29.Qxd8+ Rxd8 30.Bc6 Bb6 31.Bxa4 Bxd4 32.Bxd4 Rxd4 33.Rxa7 c3 
34.Bb3 Rb4 35.Ra3 Kg7 36.Kf1 f5 37.Bc2 Rc4 38.Ke2 Kf6 39.Kd3 Rf4 40.f3 Kg5
41.Ke3 Rc4 42.Ra4 f4+ 43.Kf2 Rxa4 44.Bxa4 Kh4 45.Bc2 Kg5 46.g3 fxg3+ 47.
Kxg3 Kh5 48.f4 Kh6 49.Kg4 Kg7 50.h4 h6 51.Kf3 Kf7 52.Ke4 Kf6 53.Kd4 g5 54.
hxg5+ hxg5 55.f5 g4 56.Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.g4 Bc8 15.g5 Nd7 
16.Bg2 Bf8 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh3 Nb4 19.Bg1 Nc5 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Rf2 d5 22.Raf1 
Rb8 23.Rd2 Bg7 24.e5 Qa5 25.Nd1 Nc6 26.c3 Ne7 27.Ne3 Bb7 28.Ra1 Bc6 29.Bf3
Rb3 30.Qg2 Reb8 31.Nc4 dxc4 32.Bxc6 Nxc6 33.Qxc6 Bf8 34.Ra2 Rd8 35.Rd7 
Rxd7 36.Qxd7 Rb8 37.Kg2 Rd8 38.Qb7 Rd1 39.Qb8 Rd8 40.Qb7 Rd2+ 41.Bf2 Qd8 
42.Ra1 Qd3 43.a5 Qf5 44.Qf3 Qc2 45.Rf1 Qxb2 46.Kg1 Rd5 47.Be1 Qb1 48.Bf2 
Qc2 49.Be1 h5 50.Rf2 Qc1 51.Qe4 Rd3 52.Re2 Rxc3 53.Kg2 Rd3 54.Bf2 Qd1 55.
h3 c3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 c6 
9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 h5 13.h3 Nh6 14.a3 Nf7 15.Nd3 Bh6 16.
b4 Kg7 17.Qc2 Qe7 18.Qb2 Bf4 19.Bg3 Bxg3 20.fxg3 Rb8 21.bxc5 Nxc5 22.Nxc5 
dxc5 23.Bd3 b6 24.a4 a5 25.Ra3 Rd8 26.Rb3 Rd6 27.Qb1 Ba6 28.Rf2 Qd8 29.
Rfb2 Kf8 30.Be2 Nh6 31.Kh2 Kg7 32.Bd3 Nf7 33.Be2 Nh6 34.Bd3 Kh7 35.Kg1 Kg7
36.Kh2 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 
Bb7 9.O-O Be7 10.e4 b4 11.e5 bxc3 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.
Bf4 Qxf4 16.Rxb7 Nb6 17.g3 Qf5 18.Bd3 Qa5 19.Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 
Nbc6 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Be3 Nce7 12.h4 Bd7 13.a4 f5 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.
O-O c4 16.Bxg6 Nxg6 17.Qg5 e5 18.dxe5 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Rf8 20.Qg3 Qxe5 21.Qxe5
Nxe5 22.Rfd1 Nxf3+ 23.Kf1 Rf5 24.Bxa7 Rh5 25.Ke2 Bg4 26.Rdb1 Nxh4+ 27.Kd2 
Nf3+ 28.Kc1 d4 29.Rb5 Rxb5 30.axb5 dxc3 31.Bc5 Bf5 32.Ra4 Nd2 33.Bd4 Be6 
34.Ra8+ Kf7 35.Rh8 Nf3 36.Bxc3 Ng5 37.f4 Ne4 38.Be5 h6 39.Rb8 Bd5 40.f5 
Nf6 41.Rc8 h5 42.Rc5 Be4 43.Rc7+ Kg8 44.Bxf6 gxf6 45.Kd2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.h3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 
c5 9.Bc2 Nc6 10.d4 Be6 11.Re1 Qc8 12.Bg5 Nd5 13.Na3 h6 14.Qd3 Bf5 15.Qxf5 
Qxf5 16.Bxf5 Bxg5 17.Be4 Nc7 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.dxc5 dxc5 20.Ne5 Rfd8 21.Nac4
Rd5 22.Nxc6 Kf8 23.a4 h5 24.a5 Nb5 25.Nb6 axb6 26.axb6 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Nd6 
28.h4 Ke8 29.hxg5 Kd7 30.Na5 Kc8 31.c4 Rxg5 32.Rd1 Rg6 33.Rd5 Nb7 34.Nxb7 
Kxb7 35.Rxc5 Rxb6 36.Rxh5 Rxb2 37.Rh7 Kc6 38.Rxg7 Rb7 39.Rg5 Kd6 40.Rd5+ 
Ke6 41.Rd1 Rb2 42.Rc1 Kd6 43.c5+ Kc6 44.g3 Rb3 45.Kg2 f5 46.Rc4 Rd3 47.Kh3
Rd2 48.Rf4 Rd5 49.Kh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 
a5 9.d3 Be6 10.Be3 Nd5 11.Bd2 Ndb4 12.Ne4 f5 13.Neg5 Bg8 14.Nh3 Bd5 15.Bc3
Bf6 16.Ne1 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 O-O 18.f4 Qd7 19.Qb3+ Kh8 20.Qc4 Rae8 21.fxe5 Nxe5
22.Qb5 c6 23.Qxa5 Nc2 24.Rab1 Ng4 25.Bxf6 Rxf6 26.Qd2 Qd4+ 27.Kh1 Rh6 28.
Rf4 Rxh3 29.Rxd4 Nxd4 30.Re1 Nxh2 31.Kg1 h6 32.Qb4 Nc2 33.Qa5 Ng4 34.e4 
Rxg3 35.Qc7 Ne5 36.Re2 Nd4 37.Rf2 fxe4 38.dxe4 Ndf3+ 39.Kf1 Rf8 40.Qxb7 
Ng4 41.Qc7 Nd2+ 42.Ke1 Nf3+ 43.Kf1 Nd2+ 44.Ke1 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 a6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Ng5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Rc8 15.b3 
Rc6 16.Rac1 h6 17.Nf3 Qa8 18.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B65"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f4 h6 11.Bh4 Qa5 12.Bc4 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qd3 Bg4 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rdf1 Bh4 17.Kb1 Qc5 18.g3 Bg5 19.h3 Be6 20.Bb3 Rad8 21.Nd5 f5
22.h4 fxe4 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Qf1+ Kg8 25.Nc3 Bxb3 26.axb3 Be3 27.Nxe4 Qc6 
28.Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Bd2 
O-O 9.a3 Be7 10.e5 Nd5 11.O-O-O d6 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.g3 Be5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.
f4 Bf6 16.g4 g6 17.Qf3 a5 18.Be3 d4 19.Bf2 Be6 20.f5 Ne5 21.Bxd4 Qxd4 22.
Nxd4 Nxf3 23.Nxf3 gxf5 24.g5 Bg7 25.Bd3 Rad8 26.Rhf1 f4 27.h4 Bh3 28.Rf2 
Bg4 29.Re1 Rfe8 30.Re4 Rxe4 31.Bxe4 b5 32.c3 b4 33.axb4 axb4 34.cxb4 Rb8 
35.Nd2 Be5 36.Nc4 Bc7 37.Kc2 Rxb4 38.Kc3 Rb8 39.b4 Re8 40.Bf3 Bd7 41.Ra2 
Bb5 42.Ra7 Bb8 43.Rb7 Ba6 44.Rb6 Bxc4 45.Kxc4 Rc8+ 46.Kd5 Rd8+ 47.Ke4 Kg7 
48.Kf5 Ba7 49.Rb7 Be3 50.h5 Kf8 51.h6 Re8 52.Kg4 Re7 53.Rb8+ Re8 54.Rb7 
Re7 55.Rb8+ Re8 56.Rb5 Re6 57.Rf5 f6 58.Rxf6+ Rxf6 59.gxf6 Kf7 60.Kf5 Kf8 
61.Ke6 Bd2 62.b5 Be3 63.Be4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.b4 Bb7 8.Bb2 
d6 9.g3 Nbd7 10.Bg2 Ne5 11.O-O Nxf3+ 12.exf3 c5 13.d4 cxd4 14.Qxd4 e5 15.
Qe3 Re8 16.Rfd1 Qc7 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.c5 bxc5 19.bxc5 Nd5 20.Qb3 dxc5 21.f4 
Qb6 22.Qxb6 axb6 23.fxe5 Ba8 24.Bh3 h5 25.Bf5 Bc6 26.e6 g6 27.exf7+ Kxf7 
28.Bd3 Nc7 29.f4 Bf3 30.Bc4+ Kf8 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Be5 Ne8 33.Kf2 Be4 34.Rc3
Nd6 35.Be2 Ke7 36.Rb3 Rb8 37.a4 Bc6 38.a5 b5 39.Rd3 Rd8 40.Bf3 c4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4
Nb6 9.Nd2 Bb7 10.b3 g6 11.Bb2 Bg7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.f4 c5 14.Nf3 d6 15.
exd6 Qxe2 16.Bxe2 Bxb2+ 17.Kxb2 Rhe8 18.Rde1 Rxd6 19.Bd1 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 f6 
21.Kc1 Kd8 22.Re3 Nd7 23.Ne1 Nf8 24.g3 Re6 25.Kd2 Rxe3 26.Kxe3 Ke7 27.Bg4 
Kd6 28.Nd3 f5 29.Bf3 Bxf3 30.Kxf3 Nd7 31.h3 Ke6 32.g4 h6 33.Kg3 Kf6 34.Kh4
Ke6 35.g5 h5 36.Kg3 Kd6 37.Kf3 Kc6 38.Ke3 Kb6 39.Kd2 a5 40.Kc3 Kb7 41.Ne1 
c6 42.Nd3 Ka6 43.Nb2 Nf8 44.a3 Ne6 45.Nd3 Kb6 46.Kd2 Ka6 47.Ne5 Nxf4 48.h4
a4 49.bxa4 Ka5 50.Ke3 Ne6 51.Nxg6 Kxa4 52.Ne7 f4+ 53.Ke4 Kb3 54.g6 Kxc4 
55.Nf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C93"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Re8 10.d4 h6 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Bd7 13.b3 g6 14.Bb2 Bg7 15.d5 Ne7 16.
c4 c6 17.b4 cxd5 18.cxd5 Nh5 19.Nb3 Nf4 20.Na5 Rc8 21.Bb3 g5 22.Nh2 Neg6 
23.Nc6 Qf6 24.Ng4 Bxg4 25.hxg4 Nh4 26.Re3 Nhxg2 27.Rg3 Nh4 28.a4 Qg6 29.
Bc2 Bf6 30.axb5 axb5 31.Ra5 Kg7 32.Rxb5 h5 33.Rb7 Rh8 34.Rd7 hxg4 35.Qxg4 
Qh7 36.Kf1 Nhg6 37.Rxd6 Qh1+ 38.Rg1 Qh3+ 39.Qxh3 Rxh3 40.Ke1 Ra8 41.Kd2 
Rh2 42.Rf1 g4 43.Kc3 Bh4 44.Bd1 Rg2 45.Kc4 f6 46.Rd7+ Kh6 47.Bc1 Kg5 48.
Be3 Ra2 49.Ra7 Rb2 50.d6 Bxf2 51.Rxf2 Rgxf2 52.d7 g3 53.d8=Q g2 54.Rh7 
Rbe2 55.Bxe2 Rxe2 56.Qd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Re1 d6 8.h3 h6 
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Bd3 Re8 11.Nbd2 a6 12.a3 Ba7 13.Rc1 b5 14.d5 Ne7 15.c4 Bxe3 
16.Rxe3 c6 17.c5 cxd5 18.cxd6 Nc6 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Re1 Nf4 21.Be4 Rc8 22.
Nb3 f5 23.Bxc6 Bxc6 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Nxe5 Nxh3+ 26.Kf1 Qh4 27.gxh3 Qxh3+ 
28.Ke2 Re8 29.Qd4 Qh5+ 30.Kd2 f4 31.Nxc6 Re2+ 32.Kc3 Qf3+ 33.Kb4 Re4 34.d7
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 b6 9.e4 Nc6 10.Bc4 e6 11.Qg3 Bg7 12.h4 Qb8 13.Qg5 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Qe3 Bc6 16.Bb5 Bxb5 17.Rxb5 Qd6 18.h5 O-O-O 19.a4 Qc6 20.O-O f5 21.h6 Bf6 
22.e5 Be7 23.d4 Rd5 24.Ba3 Rhd8 25.Qf3 Qb7 26.Rfb1 cxd4 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.
Rxd5 Rxd5 29.c4 Ra5 30.Rd1 Qd7 31.Qf4 Qc7 32.Qxd4 Rxe5 33.Qh4 Re4 34.Qf6 
Kb7 35.Qg7 Rxc4 36.g3 Qxg7 37.hxg7 Rc8 38.Rd7+ Ka6 39.f4 b5 40.axb5+ Kxb5 
41.Rxa7 Kc6 42.Kf2 Kd6 43.Ke3 Rg8 44.Kd4 h6 45.Ra6+ Ke7 46.Ke5 Rxg7 47.
Rxe6+ Kf7 48.Ra6 Kg8 49.Kf6 Kh7 50.Re6 Ra7 51.Rd6 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A22"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 Bxc3 6.bxc3 c6 7.Qb3 Na6 8.Ba3 
d6 9.d3 b5 10.cxb5 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.b3 Rb8 
9.e3 b5 10.Qe2 bxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.d5 Na5 13.e4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Qd3 Nb4 
9.Qd1 Nc6 10.Bd2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Qa4 h6 14.Rfd1 Qb8 15.Bxf6 
Bxf6 16.Nd2 Bg7 17.Nde4 Qa7 18.Nd5 Rac8 19.b4 Kh8 20.e3 f5 21.Nc5 Bg8 22.
Rac1 e4 23.Nf4 Bf7 24.Nce6 Bxe6 25.Nxe6 Rf7 26.c5 Re8 27.Qb3 Ne5 28.Nxg7 
Kxg7 29.Qc3 Qb8 30.Rd5 Rfe7 31.Rcd1 Qc8 32.Bf1 Qe6 33.Be2 Qf6 34.Kg2 Kh7 
35.Rd8 Kg7 36.Rxe8 Rxe8 37.Rd5 Re7 38.a4 g5 39.b5 axb5 40.axb5 c6 41.bxc6 
bxc6 42.Rd6 Re6 43.Rd4 Kg6 44.Qd2 Qe7 45.Qc2 Nd7 46.Bc4 Rf6 47.Qd1 Ne5 48.
Qc2 Nd7 49.Qd1 Nxc5 50.Rd8 Nd3 51.Rg8+ Kh7 52.Rb8 Rd6 53.Qb3 Ne1+ 54.Kh1 
Nf3 55.Rb7 Rd1+ 56.Qxd1 Qxb7 57.Be6 Kg6 58.Kg2 Qe7 59.Ba2 Ne5 60.Qb3 Qe8 
61.Qc3 Qe7 62.Qb3 Qe8 63.Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Bd4 8.
Bc4 Nh6 9.O-O Ng4 10.Qf4 O-O 11.h3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxc3 13.Rb1 Qxc4 14.hxg4 
Qxa2 15.Bb2 Qe6 16.f3 Qe7 17.Be5 Rd8 18.Bxc7 Rd7 19.Be5 b6 20.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 
21.Rxd1 Be6 22.Rd6 c5 23.Bb2 h6 24.Qe5 Qg5 25.Qc3 b5 26.f4 b4 27.Qe3 Qxg4 
28.f5 Bc4 29.Qxc5 Qxe4 30.Rd4 Qxc2 31.Qxb4 Rc8 32.Kh2 Qe2 33.Qb7 Qe5+ 34.
Kh3 Qxf5+ 35.Kg3 Be6 36.Qxa7 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.Ne4 Qf4 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.g3 Qg4 15.
Rfd1 Bd7 16.a3 Be7 17.Qe3 Be8 18.b4 a6 19.Be2 Qh3 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Qf5 
22.Bd3 Qf6 23.Be4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rc8 25.h4 Kf8 26.g4 Qe7 27.g5 hxg5 28.hxg5
Rd8 29.Re1 Qc7 30.g6 fxg6 31.Ng5 Nd4 32.Qxd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 d5 
9.cxd5 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 exd5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Kg2 Qd7 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.Qe2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Nd8 16.Ne2 Ne6 17.Rhd1 Rfd8 18.Nfg1 c5 19.f4 f5 20.Nf3 Rac8 21.Qd3 g6
22.h3 Rc7 23.Rc2 Qc8 24.Rdc1 Qd7 25.Kh2 Rdc8 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.Nc3 c4 28.
Qxd5 cxb3 29.Qxb3 Rb7 30.Ne2 Rxb3 31.Rxc8+ Kf7 32.axb3 Qd3 33.Neg1 Qxb3 
34.R8c3 Qb6 35.Kg2 a5 36.Ne2 a4 37.R1c2 Qb7 38.Kh2 a3 39.Nc1 h6 40.h4 Qe4 
41.Nd2 Qe1 42.Nf3 Qe4 43.Nd2 Qe1 44.Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 c5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.Bd3 b6 14.Be3 Bb7 15.
Qe2 Nd5 16.Ne4 Nf4 17.Bxf4 Bxf4 18.g3 Bh6 19.h4 Qc6 20.Ra3 Qd5 21.Bb1 Rac8
22.Re1 Rfd8 23.Neg5 Bxg5 24.hxg5 Nf8 25.Re3 Qc4 26.Qxc4 Rxc4 27.b3 Rb4 28.
Bd3 a5 29.Bc4 Bxf3 30.Rxf3 Rxd4 31.Rf4 Rd6 32.Ree4 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Ng6 34.Rd4 
Rxd4 35.Rxd4 Kf8 36.Rd8+ Ke7 37.Rb8 Ne5 38.Rb7+ Kd6 39.Bb5 Rxb3 40.f4 Nf3+
41.Kg2 Nd4 42.Rd7+ Kc5 43.Rc7+ Kd5 44.Bc4+ Kd6 45.Rxf7 Rc3 46.Ba6 Nf5 47.
Kf2 Rc7 48.Rxc7 Kxc7 49.Bd3 g6 50.g4 Nd6 51.Ke3 b5 52.axb5 a4 53.Kd2 Kb6 
54.Kc1 Kc5 55.Kb2 e5 56.Ka3 e4 57.Bf1 Nxb5+ 58.Kxa4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 a6 7.Be3 c6 8.c5 Nbd7 
9.cxd6 exd6 10.Nf4 b5 11.Be2 c5 12.O-O Bb7 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.dxc5
dxc5 16.Nfd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qd6 18.Nc3 Qxd2 19.Rxd2 Bc6 20.Rfd1 Ra7 21.Rd6 
Rc8 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.R6xd5 Rcc7 24.b4 Bf8 25.Bf4 Rcb7 26.Be3 Rc7 27.Bf4 Rcb7
28.Be3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Nc3 Na6 10.Bf4 Ne4 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nd3 Qd7 13.Qb3 Kh8 14.Be3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 c6 16.c4 Nc7 17.c5 Ba6 18.cxb6 Bc4 19.Qb1 axb6 20.a4 b5 21.a5 b4 22.
Nc5 Bxc5 23.dxc5 b3 24.Bf4 Rfe8 25.Qb2 Na6 26.Qa3 Qb7 27.e4 Nb4 28.exd5 
Nc2 29.dxc6 Qf7 30.c7 Nxa3 31.Bxa8 Rxa8 32.Rxa3 g5 33.Bd6 Qd5 34.Ra4 Qd2 
35.Rb1 Qc2 36.Re1 Qd2 37.Rb1 Qc2 38.Re1 Qc3 39.Rd1 Qf3 40.Rd2 Bd5 41.Rxd5 
Qxd5 42.Rb4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.O-O e5 6.e4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Re1 c6 
9.a4 Qc7 10.b3 Re8 11.Ba3 Bf8 12.Qd2 b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bxf8 
Nxf8 16.Qd6 Qe7 17.Qxe7 Rxe7 18.Rd6 Ne8 19.Rd2 Nc7 20.Red1 Na6 21.Ne1 Nb4 
22.Nb1 Ne6 23.c3 Na6 24.b4 Nac7 25.Nd3 a5 26.Nxe5 axb4 27.cxb4 Rxa4 28.Rb2
Nb5 29.Nd7 Ra6 30.Bf1 Ned4 31.Bxb5 Nxb5 32.e5 Kg7 33.f4 Nc7 34.Nf6 Ne8 35.
Nxe8+ Rxe8 36.Nc3 Bc8 37.Rd6 c5 38.bxc5 Ra1+ 39.Rd1 Rxd1+ 40.Nxd1 bxc5 41.
Rc2 Rd8 42.Ne3 Bh3 43.Rxc5 Rd3 44.Kf2 Rd2+ 45.Kf3 h5 46.g4 hxg4+ 47.Nxg4 
Bxg4+ 48.Kxg4 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 
Nxb4 9.O-O Rb8 10.Na3 O-O 11.Qb5 b6 12.Qxc4 a5 13.Qc3 Ba6 14.Nc4 Nd5 15.
Qc1 f5 16.e3 Rc8 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.a3 Na7 19.Nfe5 c5 20.Qd2 cxd4 21.Qxd4 Nb5 
22.Qd3 Kh8 23.Qb3 Rc5 24.a4 Qc7 25.axb5 Rxb5 26.Qa3 Rb4 27.Rac1 Rc8 28.b3 
Bxc4 29.Nxc4 Qb8 30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Nd6 Rc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 a6
9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.bxc3 Bd6 13.c4 O-O 14.c5 Bc7 15.O-O a5 
16.Bg5 Qd5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qb1 Qd7 19.Bd3 Kh8 20.Re1 Ba6 21.Bc2 Rab8 22.
Qc1 Rg8 23.Qh6 f5 24.Bxf5 exf5 25.Qf6+ Rg7 26.Re7 Qd8 27.Rae1 Bc4 28.g3 
Bxa2 29.Qxf5 Rb1 30.Qf6 Rxe1+ 31.Nxe1 Kg8 32.Ng2 Kf8 33.Ne3 Qxe7 34.Qxc6 
Rg6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.f3 Bh5 7.Qb3 b5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 
9.Nge2 f6 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qc2 e5 12.Nc3 Qe6 13.dxe5 Bg6 14.e4 Qxe5 15.a4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Nc3 Nf5
9.Na4 Qa5+ 10.Kf1 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.Nf4 e5 
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.h3 Be6 11.Be2 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Bb2 Ng6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16.Rfd1 Rc8 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.Bf3 Rfd8 19.Rac1 Bb4 20.Qd4 Bc5 21.Qe5
Bd6 22.Qd4 Bc5 23.Qe5 Bd6 24.Qd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Nd7 10.d3 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Nc5 12.Bc2 Bf6 13.Nf1 Ne6 14.Be3 d5 15.exd5 
Qxd5 16.Ng3 Rad8 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.Rad1 Qxa2 19.b3 Qa3 20.Ne4 Qe7 21.b4 Nb8 
22.Bb3 Nd7 23.Qa2 h6 24.Nh2 Ng5 25.Bxg5 Bxg5 26.Ng4 Rf8 27.d4 h5 28.Nxe5 
Bxe4 29.Rxe4 Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Qf6 31.Rde1 h4 32.Qe2 Bf4 33.Re4 Qh6 34.Qf3 Bd6 
35.R1e3 a5 36.bxa5 Ra8 37.Re1 Rxa5 38.Re8 Qf4 39.Rxf8+ Kxf8 40.Qh5 Kg8 41.
Qd5 g6 42.Kf1 Kg7 43.Re3 Qf5 44.Qxf5 gxf5 45.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nf1 h6 13.h3 Re8 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bd7 
16.b3 Rac8 17.Re2 Nc6 18.Bb2 Bf8 19.Rc1 Qb7 20.d5 Ne7 21.Kh2 Ng6 22.g3 Be7
23.Bb1 Rxc1 24.Bxc1 Bd8 25.Ne1 Qc8 26.Rc2 Qb8 27.Qe2 Bb6 28.Nd3 Rc8 29.f3 
Ne7 30.Bb2 Rxc2 31.Bxc2 Qc8 32.g4 Ng6 33.Ng3 Nf4 34.Nxf4 exf4 35.Nh5 Nxh5 
36.gxh5 Bxh3 37.e5 Bf5 38.Be4 dxe5 39.Bxe5 Qd8 40.Qe1 Bxe4 41.fxe4 Qg5 42.
Bd6 Qxh5+ 43.Kg2 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 h6 
9.Bh4 Re8 10.Be2 g5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bg3 Qe7 13.O-O c6 14.a3 a5 15.Rb1 Nh5 
16.Rfd1 e4 17.Nd4 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Nf8 19.Na4 c5 20.Nb5 Ra6 21.Nac3 f5 22.Nd5 
Qe5 23.Ndc7 Re7 24.Nxa6 bxa6 25.Rd5 Qe6 26.Nd6 f4 27.Rbd1 Bd7 28.Nf5 Rf7 
29.Nxg7 Rxg7 30.Qc3 Ng6 31.Rd6 Qe8 32.Bh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1
O-O 9.Bg2 d6 10.d5 Nd8 11.Nd2 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 e5 13.c5 dxc5 14.Qc2 c6 15.Rxc5
Bd7 16.O-O cxd5 17.Bxd5 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 Nbd7 7.a4 e5 8.Bg5 Re8 
9.Re1 Nf8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Na3 Ne6 12.Bc4 Qe7 13.Bh4 Nf4 14.Qb3 h6 15.h3 g5
16.Bg3 N6h5 17.Nh2 Nxg3 18.fxg3 Nh5 19.Nf1 g4 20.h4 Qf6 21.Nc2 Bf8 22.Nce3
Bc5 23.Qc2 a5 24.Qf2 Qxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Nf6 26.Nd2 Be6 27.Bxe6 Rxe6 28.Ke2 Bxe3
29.Kxe3 Nh5 30.Nf1 Rb6 31.Rab1 Rd8 32.Kf2 Rd3 33.Re3 Rd8 34.Kg1 Rc6 35.Re2
Rcd6 36.Kh2 Nf6 37.Ne3 Rd2 38.Rxd2 Rxd2 39.Nc4 Re2 40.Nxa5 b6 41.Nc6 Nxe4 
42.Nxe5 Nxc3 43.Rc1 Nd5 44.Nxg4 Kg7 45.Kh3 f5 46.Nh2 Rxb2 47.a5 bxa5 48.
Rc5 Rd2 49.Rxa5 h5 50.Ra1 Ne3 51.Re1 Nd1 52.Nf3 Nf2+ 53.Kh2 Rd1 54.Rxd1 
Nxd1 55.Kg1 Kf6 56.Kf1 Nc3 57.Ng5 Ke5 58.Nf7+ Ke4 59.Kf2 c5 60.Nd6+ Ke5 
61.Nc4+ Kd4 62.Ne3 Ke4 63.Nc4 Nb5 64.Ke2 Kd4 65.Ne3 Nd6 66.Kf3 Ke5 67.Nc2 
c4 68.Ke3 Nb5 69.Nb4 Nd4 70.Na2 Nc6 71.Kd2 Kd6 72.Ke3 Kc5 73.Nc3 Ne7 74.
Na4+ Kb4 75.Kd4 f4 76.Nb2 Nf5+ 77.Ke4 Nxg3+ 78.Kxf4 c3 79.Nd3+ Kc4 80.Nc1 
Nf1 81.g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.a4 O-O 7.Re1 Be6 8.Nbd2 
Qd7 9.c3 h6 10.a5 a6 11.Nf1 Rfe8 12.Ne3 Bf8 13.Qb3 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Ne7 15.Bd2
Ng6 16.Rad1 c6 17.Qa4 Rad8 18.Nc4 d5 19.Nb6 Qc7 20.Qb3 Bc5 21.exd5 cxd5 
22.d4 exd4 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.cxd4 Bxb6 25.axb6 Qd6 26.g3 Re6 27.Ba5 Nd7 28.
Rc1 Nxb6 29.Bxb6 Qxb6 30.Qxd5 Re8 31.Rc2 Rd8 32.Qe4 Qb5 33.Rc7 Qxb2 34.
Rxb7 Qa2 35.Ra7 Rc8 36.h4 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 Qc4 38.Ra8+ Kh7 39.Nd2 Qc6 40.h5 
Qxe4+ 41.Nxe4 Ne7 42.Ra7 Nd5 43.Rxf7 Rd1 44.Rd7 Re1 45.f3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1
O-O 9.Bg2 d6 10.d5 Nd8 11.Nd2 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 Bd7 13.O-O a5 14.Qc2 Rb8 15.e4 
c5 16.f4 b5 17.b3 exd5 18.cxd5 f6 19.Re3 Nf7 20.Rfe1 Rbe8 21.a3 Qd8 22.b4 
axb4 23.axb4 cxb4 24.Qb2 Qb6 25.Qxb4 Rc8 26.Kh1 Rc2 27.Nb3 Rfc8 28.Qd4 
Qxd4 29.Nxd4 Rd2 30.Ne6 Nd8 31.Nxd8 Rxd8 32.R3e2 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 Ra8 34.Kg1 
Kf7 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.Rb2 Ra4 37.Ke3 Ra3+ 38.Kd4 Ra4+ 39.Kd3 Ra3+ 40.Kd2 Ra4 
41.Bf3 h6 42.Rc2 Kd8 43.Kd3 Ra3+ 44.Rc3 b4 45.Rxa3 bxa3 46.Kc3 Ba4 47.h4 
g5 48.Be2 gxh4 49.gxh4 a2 50.Kb2 Bb3 51.Bf3 Kc7 52.Bg2 Kb6 53.e5 dxe5 54.
fxe5 fxe5 55.d6 Be6 56.Ka1 Kc5 57.d7 Bxd7 58.Kxa2 Kd4 59.Kb2 e4 60.Kc2 Bg4
61.Kd2 e3+ 62.Ke1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B38"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 
d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Bd3 a5 13.Rae1 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 
15.Re3 Qb6 16.Rh3 h5 17.Rxh5 gxh5 18.Qg5+ Kh8 19.Qxh5+ Kg7 20.Qg5+ Kh8 21.
Re1 Ne5 22.Re3 Qxe3 23.Qxe3 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 Rg8 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Kg7 27.
Qxb7 Rgb8 28.Qd5 a4 29.h4 f6 30.h5 Ra7 31.Qf5 Rab7 32.Qg6+ Kh8 33.Qf7 Rxb2
34.Qxe7 Rxa2 35.Qxf6+ Kg8 36.h6 Rb7 37.c5 Rc2 38.cxd6 a3 39.Qg6+ Kf8 40.h7
Rxh7 41.Qxh7 a2 42.Qh8+ Kf7 43.d7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Qxe7 6.e3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Qc2 
Nbd7 9.Bd3 Re8 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Nf8 12.Rab1 Ng6 13.b4 Bg4 14.Nd2 Rac8 
15.Bf5 Bxf5 16.Qxf5 Qe6 17.Qc2 Nh4 18.Ne2 Qg4 19.Ng3 Nh5 20.Rfc1 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Nf5 22.b5 Re6 23.Qd1 Qxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Ne7 25.Rdc1 Kf8 26.Nf3 Ke8 27.Ne1 
cxb5 28.Rxc8+ Nxc8 29.Rxb5 Ra6 30.Rxb7 Rxa2 31.Nd3 Nd6 32.Rb1 Kd7 33.Nb4 
Ra5 34.Rc1 Rb5 35.Nd3 f6 36.Nc5+ Ke7 37.Na6 Ne4 38.g4 Kd6 39.f3 Nd2 40.Rc7
Rb1+ 41.Kf2 Ra1 42.Rxa7 Ra2 43.Kg3 g5 44.Rf7 Ke6 45.Ra7 Kd6 46.Rf7 Ke6 47.
Ra7 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.O-O Nf6 12.Nc2 O-O 13.b3 Qd7 14.Bb2 Bd8 15.Ne4 
Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bb6 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Bc1 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Qf5 21.Qxf5 
Rxf5 22.Be3 Bxe3 23.Nxe3 Rf4 24.Rd5 Rd4 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Nxd1 b5 27.cxb5 
Ne7 28.Rd3 axb5 29.Nc3 b4 30.Nd5 Kf7 31.Nxb4 d5 32.f3 Ke6 33.Kf2 Rb8 34.
Nc2 e4 35.Rc3 Ke5 36.Rc7 Kd6 37.Ra7 Rc8 38.Nd4 Ke5 39.Rxe7+ Kxd4 40.fxe4 
dxe4 41.Rd7+ Ke5 42.Rxg7 Rc2+ 43.Ke3 Rc3+ 44.Kd2 Rd3+ 45.Ke2 h5 46.Rg3 Rd8
47.Rc3 Kd4 48.Rc2 Rg8 49.Rd2+ Ke5 50.Ke3 Rc8 51.b4 h4 52.h3 Rg8 53.Rb2 
Rg3+ 54.Kf2 Kd4 55.b5 Kc3 56.Re2 Kd3 57.b6 e3+ 58.Ke1 Rg6 59.Rb2 Rc6 60.
Rb3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 b5 11.f4 Bb7 12.Bf3 O-O 13.e5 Ne8 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.
f5 f6 16.Bf4 Qc6 17.a4 b4 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Rae1 fxe5 20.Bxe5 exf5 21.Ng3 g6 
22.Bd4 Rf7 23.Qb3 d5 24.Re5 Rd8 25.Rfe1 Bf8 26.Re6 Qc4 27.Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 Kh8 13.Re1 f5 14.a3 Nc6 15.cxd5 
Bxd5 16.Bd3 Bf6 17.Be3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qd7 19.Ng5 Ne7 20.c4 Bg8 21.Rb1 b6 22.
Nf3 Bf7 23.Bg5 Bxg5 24.Nxg5 Bg8 25.Nf3 Nc6 26.d5 Na5 27.Re5 Rae8 28.Rxe8 
Rxe8 29.Qc2 f4 30.Rd1 Qd6 31.Qc3 Re7 32.Bc2 Nb7 33.h3 a5 34.Nd4 Qf6 35.Qf3
Nd6 36.Qc3 Nb7 37.Qf3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e5 7.Qd3 h6 8.Be3 
Be7 9.Bc4 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.a5 Nc5 14.Qe2 Be6 15.Bxe6 
Nxe6 16.Ra4 Qc6 17.Rc4 Qd7 18.Rd1 Bd8 19.Ra4 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Nde4 Nxc3 
22.Nxc3 Qe8 23.b3 Rc8 24.Nd5 Nd4 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.Qd3 Kh8 27.Rxd4 Bxa5 28.
Re4 Qd7 29.Re7 Qc6 30.c4 Rce8 31.g3 Bd8 32.Rxe8 Rxe8 33.Qf3 Kg8 34.Kg2 Bc7
35.Rd4 Re6 36.Re4 Rxe4 37.Qxe4 Bd6 38.h4 Bf8 39.h5 Qd7 40.Qe5 b5 41.Qe4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 
15.Bg5 Qd7 16.Nh4 Na5 17.Ba2 Bg4 18.Qd3 Rae8 19.h3 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Re8 21.
Re3 Rxe3 22.Bxe3 Be6 23.d5 Bxh3 24.gxh3 Qxh3 25.Qf5 Qxh4 26.Qc8+ Bf8 27.
Bc5 Qg5+ 28.Kf1 Qc1+ 29.Kg2 Qg5+ 30.Kf3 Qh5+ 31.Kg2 Qg6+ 32.Kf1 Qd3+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a3 b5 
9.g4 Bb7 10.f3 Nfd7 11.Qd2 Ne5 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.f4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
Rhe1 Nf6 16.Qg2 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Kb1 Bd5 20.b3 Qc7 21.Bc1 Bc5 
22.Bb2 O-O-O 23.f5 Qb6 24.b4 Be7 25.g5 Rd7 26.f6 Bd8 27.Nb3 gxf6 28.gxf6 
Qc6 29.Nc5 Ra7 30.Nxe4 Bc7 31.Qg7 Rd8 32.Nc3 Bf3 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.Qxh7 Rd7
35.Ne4 Rd1+ 36.Rxd1 Bxe4 37.Rxd8+ Kxd8 38.Qg8+ Qe8 39.Qg1 Qc6 40.Qf2 Ke8 
41.Qd2 Qc4 42.Qd1 Bd5 43.Qg1 Kd7 44.Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 
Nbd7 9.f3 Be7 10.g4 O-O 11.g5 Nh5 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Kb1 Rfc8 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nb6 16.Na5 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Bh3 Re8 19.Qxf4 Bf8 20.Rd3 g6 21.Rc3 
Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 
Nc6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Na5 12.d5 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 Nxd5 14.Rad1 Nxf4 
15.Rxd8 Rxd8 16.Rd1 Nd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.h3 b5 19.Rxd5 Be6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 
21.Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 
Nbd7 9.f3 Be7 10.g4 O-O 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.g5 Nh5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nb6 16.Rg1 a5 17.a3 a4 18.Nc5 dxc5 19.d6 Bxd6 20.Qxd6 Nf4 21.Bxf4 
exf4 22.Bb5 g6 23.Rge1 Ra5 24.Re8+ Rxe8 25.Qxc7 Rxb5 26.Qxb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 
Nc6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rad1 Na5 14.Bc2 b5 15.
b3 Bb7 16.Ne4 Rc8 17.Bb1 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nc6 19.Rfe1 Ne7 20.Bb1 Nd5 21.Qd3 g6
22.Rc1 Qd6 23.g3 Ne7 24.Qe3 Kg7 25.Be4 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rd8 27.Rd1 Nc6 28.Bxc6
Qxc6 29.g4 Qd5 30.h4 Rc8 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Be7 33.Kg2 Bd6 34.Rh1 b4 35.
Qe2 Qf5 36.Rh4 Bf4 37.Qxa6 Bxg5 38.Rh3 Rc1 39.Qa8 Bh6 40.Qb8 Qg4+ 41.Rg3 
Qh5 42.Qe5+ Qxe5 43.Nxe5 Bf4 44.Nd3 Bxg3 45.Nxc1 Bd6 46.Nd3 g5 47.Nb2 f5 
48.Nc4 Bc7 49.a4 bxa3 50.Nxa3 Bb6 51.Nc2 Kf6 52.b4 e5 53.d5 e4 54.Na3 e3 
55.fxe3 Bxe3 56.Nc4 Bd4 57.b5 g4 58.b6 f4 59.b7 Ba7 60.Na5 Bb8 61.Nc6 Bc7 
62.Kf2 Bb6+ 63.Kf1 Bc7 64.Na7 Ke5 65.Nb5 Bb8 66.d6 Ke6 67.Ke2 Kd7 68.Kd3 
g3 69.Ke2 g2 70.Kf2 f3 71.Kg1 Kc6 72.Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 Bg4 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.f3 Bh5 8.Bd2 
O-O-O 9.a3 Nxd4 10.Nb5 Qb6 11.Nbxd4 e5 12.g4 Bg6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Nb3 Qc6 15.
Bd3 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Rxd3 17.Rc1 Qxf3 18.Rf1 Qe4 19.Qc2 c6 20.Na5 Be7 21.Qc4 
Rd4 22.Qb3 Rd7 23.Qh3 Rd8 24.Nc4 Nf4 25.Bxf4 exf4 26.Rxf4 Qh1+ 27.Rf1 Qd5 
28.Rf5 Qe6 29.Qf1 h6 30.Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Nge2 g6 8.Nf4 Bf5 9.
Bd3 Bxd3 10.Nxd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Bg7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.a4 Rc8 14.axb5 axb5 15.
Bd2 Ne4 16.Qb2 e6 17.Nxb5 Qb6 18.Ra5 O-O 19.Bb4 Rfe8 20.Rfa1 e5 21.Be1 
exd4 22.Nxd4 Ndc5 23.Nf4 Red8 24.b4 g5 25.Nfe2 Ne6 26.Ra6 Qb5 27.Nxb5 Bxb2
28.Rb1 Bf6 29.Ra2 g4 30.f3 gxf3 31.gxf3 N4g5 32.Kg2 Ng7 33.Nbd4 Re8 34.Bf2
N5e6 35.b5 Nxd4 36.Nxd4 Bxd4 37.exd4 Nf5 38.b6 Kg7 39.Rb5 Red8 40.b7 Rb8 
41.Bg3 Nxg3 42.Kxg3 Rd7 43.Rab2 Kg6 44.Kf4 f6 45.Rb6 Re7 46.h4 h5 47.Rb1 
Rf7 48.Rg1+ Kh7 49.Kf5 Rbxb7 50.Rxb7 Rxb7 51.Kxf6 Rb3 52.f4 Rh3 53.f5 Rxh4
54.Ke5 Rh2 55.Kxd5 h4 56.Rg4 h3 57.Rg3 Kh6 58.f6 Rf2 59.Rxh3+ Kg6 60.Kc5 
Kxf6 61.Re3 Ra2 62.d5 Ra5+ 63.Kc6 Ra6+ 64.Kc7 Ra7+ 65.Kb6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Bb2 e6 8.Bd3 Bd6 
9.Qc2 Qc7 10.O-O Bh5 11.h3 O-O 12.c5 Be7 13.Ne5 Kh8 14.f4 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7
16.Bxh7 g6 17.g4 f5 18.gxh5 Kxh7 19.hxg6+ Kg7 20.Kh2 Nf6 21.Rf4 Ne4 22.
Nxe4 dxe4 23.Rg1 Rh8 24.Qc4 Qa5 25.Rf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.
Be2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Bg7 11.h4 Nbd7 12.Qc2 c5 13.hxg5 cxd4 14.Nxb5 Nxe4 15.Nxc4 
Nxg3 16.Nbd6+ Kf8 17.Nxb7 Qc7 18.fxg3 Qxb7 19.O-O d3 20.Qxd3 Ne5 21.Nxe5 
Qb6+ 22.Rf2 Bxe5 23.Qf3 f5 24.Qxa8+ Ke7 25.Qf3 hxg5 26.Rd1 Kf6 27.Bc4 g4 
28.Qd3 Kg5 29.Re1 Qc5 30.b4 Qd4 31.Rxe5 Qa1+ 32.Rf1 Qxe5 33.Qd2+ Kg6 34.
Re1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.f4 Ngf6 12.Bd2 Be7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Kb1 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16.Qf3 Qc7 17.Bc3 Rac8 18.Bd4 Rfd8 19.c3 Na4 20.Ne2 Qa5 21.b3 
Nc5 22.g4 Ncd7 23.g5 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Qd5 25.Qd3 Ng4 26.Nf4 Qc6 27.Qe2 Ba3 28.
Rh3 Bc5 29.Rhd3 Bxd4 30.cxd4 Qa6 31.Qxg4 Rc2 32.a4 h5 33.Nxh5 Rdc8 34.Nf6+
Kf8 35.Nd7+ Ke7 36.Nc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A65"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5 
9.cxd5 h5 10.Be2 Nh7 11.Be3 a6 12.a4 h4 13.Nf1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bf4 Nd7 
16.Bxd6 Re8 17.Qd2 Ne5 18.Bxc5 h3 19.Kf2 hxg2 20.Kxg2 f4 21.Qxf4 Ng6 22.
Qg3 Nh4+ 23.Kf2 Nf5 24.Qf4 b6 25.Ba3 Be5 26.Qc4 Ng5 27.h4 Bd4+ 28.Ke1 
Nxf3+ 29.Kd1 Ne5 30.Qb3 Kh8 31.Kc2 Bc5 32.Rd1 Nd4+ 33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Kb1 
Bf5+ 35.Ka1 Qf6 36.Ng3 Bh7 37.Nce4 Bxe4 38.Nxe4 Qf4 39.Ng5 Qd2 40.Rd1 Qxe2
41.Rxd4 Rac8 42.Ka2 b5 43.d6 bxa4 44.Qxa4 Qc2 45.Qxc2 Rxc2 46.Re4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.f4 Ngf6 12.Bd2 Be7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Qf3 Qc7 15.c4
a5 16.Kb1 Rad8 17.Bc1 Rfe8 18.Ne2 c5 19.g4 cxd4 20.g5 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Nh7 22.
gxh6 Qxe5 23.hxg7 f5 24.Ng3 Qc7 25.Qe2 Bc5 26.Nh5 e5 27.Ng3 Qf7 28.Qf1 f4 
29.Ne4 Qf5 30.Qd3 Be7 31.Rdg1 Rd6 32.c5 Re6 33.h5 Bg5 34.Ka1 Bh6 35.Qf3 
Ng5 36.Nxg5 Bxg5 37.Qd5 Bh6 38.Rg6 Qf7 39.Qe4 Rc8 40.Rhg1 Rxc5 41.Bd2 Rec6
42.a3 Rc8 43.Rxh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A65"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5 
9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 h5 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Be2 Nh7 14.Bh6 Bd4 15.Be3 Bh8 
16.O-O Nd7 17.f4 Ndf6 18.e5 h4 19.Nge4 dxe5 20.d6 Qa5 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.
fxe5 Rxe5 23.Bf4 Re8 24.Bc4 Qb4 25.b3 Be6 26.Qd3 Bf5 27.Qf3 Bg4 28.Qd3 Bf5
29.Qf3 Bg4 30.Nd5 Bxf3 31.Nxb4 Be2 32.Nd3 Ne4 33.d7 Red8 34.Ne5 Bxe5 35.
Bxe5 Bxf1 36.Rxf1 Rxd7 37.h3 Nd2 38.Rf4 Nxc4 39.bxc4 Re8 40.Bc3 Re3 41.Bf6
Re6 42.a5 b6 43.Bc3 Rd3 44.Bb2 Rb3 45.Bf6 bxa5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E39"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 
Nh5 9.Bd2 Bb7 10.e4 Nc6 11.Be2 Qb8 12.b4 Be7 13.g3 f5 14.O-O f4 15.Kg2 Ne5
16.Nd4 Qe8 17.Qd1 g6 18.Nf3 Bf6 19.Rc1 Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 
e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Bg5 Rc8 12.f3 Bh5 13.Nf4 Bg6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Qe2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 
a5 9.d3 O-O 10.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 f6 12.Nd2 Qd7 13.Nc4 Nd5 14.Rc1 Rfd8 15.Nxd5 
Bxd5 16.Bxd5+ Qxd5 17.Ne3 Qe6 18.Qc2 Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Nxc4 
a4 22.bxa4 Rxa4 23.Nb2 Rxa2 24.Rxc7 Rxb2 25.Rxe7 Kf8 26.Rc7 Re8 27.Re1 b5 
28.Rd7 Rbxe2 29.Rxe2 Rxe2 30.Rxd4 Re7 31.Kf1 Kf7 32.Rb4 Rb7 33.Ke2 Ke6 34.
Kd2 Kd5 35.Kc3 Kc5 36.Rf4 Ra7 37.Rf5+ Kc6 38.Kb3 Rd7 39.Kc3 Rd5 40.Rf4 h5 
41.h4 f5 42.f3 Kc5 43.g4 g6 44.gxh5 gxh5 45.Kc2 b4 46.Kb2 Kb5 47.Kc2 Ka4 
48.Rc4 Re5 49.d4 Re3 50.d5 Kb5 51.Rd4 Rxf3 52.d6 Rc3+ 53.Kb2 Rc8 54.Rd5+ 
Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E33"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 a5 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 
Qe7 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.c5 O-O 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.Nd2 Nbd7 14.Be2 Nc5 15.b4 
axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1+ 17.Bxa1 Na6 18.Qb1 Bg4 19.f3 Bd7 20.O-O Rc8 21.Nc4 Qd8 
22.b5 Nb8 23.Kh1 Ne8 24.Qb4 b6 25.Nxd6 Qe7 26.Bxe5 Rc2 27.Bd3 Qxe5 28.Bxc2
Qxd6 29.Qxd6 Nxd6 30.Ra1 Be8 31.e5 Nxb5 32.Ra8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Nxc6 
Qxc6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Re1 Nf6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Bd4 e5 13.Be3 Bc5 14.Qf3 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 Qc5 16.Qf5 Kf8 17.Rg3 h6 18.h4 d6 19.h5 Rg8 20.Re1 Re8 21.Qf3 Ke7 22.
Nd1 Bc8 23.Ne3 Be6 24.Nf5+ Bxf5 25.Qxf5 Rb8 26.c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 
h6 9.N5f3 a5 10.a4 c5 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Ne5 O-O 13.Ngf3 Nbd5 14.Bg3 Qc7 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16.O-O b6 17.Rfd1 Ba6 18.c4 Rad8 19.Nd4 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Nb4 21.Nb5 
Bxb5 22.cxb5 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rc8 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 27.
Qxf6+ Kg8 28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.Qxh6+ Kg8 30.Qe6+ Kh8 31.h3 Rf8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.
Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qg3 Qc2 35.Rd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.b4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Be2 Rd8 12.O-O dxc4 13.Qxd6 Rxd6 14.Bxc4 Kf8 15.
Nb5 Rd7 16.Rfc1 a5 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Be2 Rd8 19.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "A18"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 e5 8.Bd3 
Na6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Bc2 Bg4 11.d4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxf3 13.gxf3 O-O-O 14.c5 Bf8 
15.c6 exd4 16.cxb7+ Kb8 17.cxd4 Nb4 18.Be4 Nd5 19.Rb1 Nc3 20.Bg5 f6 21.Be3
Nxb1 22.Rxb1 Rd6 23.Bf4 Rb6 24.Bxc7+ Kxc7 25.Rc1+ Bc5 26.Rxc5+ Kb8 27.Bc6 
Rd8 28.d5 Rxb7 29.Bxb7 Kxb7 30.Kg2 a6 31.a4 Rd7 32.Kg3 Kb6 33.Rc6+ Ka5 34.
d6 Kxa4 35.Rc7 Rxd6 36.Rxg7 h5 37.Rh7 Rd5 38.Rh6 Rg5+ 39.Kf4 Rg2 40.Rxh5 
Rxf2 41.h4 a5 42.Rh8 Ka3 43.h5 Rh2 44.h6 a4 45.h7 Rh5 46.Kg4 Rh1 47.f4 Rh2
48.Kf5 Rh4 49.Ke4 Rh5 50.f5 Ka2 51.Ra8 Rxh7 52.Rxa4+ Kb3 53.Ra6 Re7+ 54.
Re6 Rf7 55.Kd5 Kc3 56.Re8 Ra7 57.Ke6 Ra6+ 58.Kf7 Kd4 59.Re6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.d3 Rc8 12.Nbd2 c5 13.Rac1 Qb6 14.Qb1 Rfd8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.Nf4 Nc6 9.
Nxg6 fxg6 10.Ne2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Kd7 12.Bh3 Qb6 13.c3 Nxd4 14.cxd4 hxg4 15.
Qxg4 Ne7 16.O-O Nf5 17.Qxg6 Nxh4 18.Qf7+ Be7 19.Bg5 Rae8 20.Rac1 Rhf8 21.
Bxe6+ Qxe6 22.Rc7+ Kxc7 23.Qxe6 Bxg5 24.Qd6+ Kc8 25.e6 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Nxd4 
27.f4 Be7 28.Rc1+ Nc6 29.Rxc6+ bxc6 30.Qxc6+ Kb8 31.Qb5+ Kc7 32.Qa5+ Kb8 
33.Qb5+ Kc7 34.Qa5+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B81"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.h3 Be7 
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qe2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 Be6 13.O-O-O Rc8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Bd7 16.Be4 Bg5 17.Kb1 a6 18.Rdg1 Qe7 19.h4 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 f5 21.gxf5 
Bxf5 22.Bxf5 Rxf5 23.Qxh6 Rcf8 24.h5 Rxf2 25.Qg6 R8f6 26.Qe4 Qf7 27.b3 
R6f4 28.Qg6 Rf6 29.Qd3 R6f3 30.Qg6 Rf6 31.Qd3 R6f3 32.Qc4 Kh7 33.Kb2 Rf4 
34.Qd3+ Qf5 35.Qxf5+ Rxf5 36.Rg6 Rxh5 37.Rhg1 Rhh2 38.Rxg7+ Kh6 39.Rc7 Rd2
40.Rg8 Rhf2 41.Rc4 Kh7 42.Rg3 Rf6 43.Rc7+ Kh6 44.Rd3 Rxd3 45.cxd3 b5 46.
Kc3 Rf4 47.b4 Rd4 48.Rc6 Rxd5 49.Rxa6 Kg5 50.Ra5 Kf4 51.a4 Ke3 52.axb5 
Rxd3+ 53.Kc2 Kd4 54.Ra1 Rc3+ 55.Kb2 Rc8 56.Rd1+ Ke3 57.Rxd6 e4 58.Kb3 Kf4 
59.b6 Ke5 60.Rh6 e3 61.Ka4 Kd5 62.Kb5 e2 63.Rh1 Re8 64.b7 Kd6 65.Kb6 Kd7 
66.b5 Kd6 67.Re1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D34"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Nf5 Bb4 15.
Bd4 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Rxe2 17.Qd3 Re8 18.Ne3 Be6 19.Qb5 b6 20.Rad1 Rc8 21.Rfe1 
Bd7 22.Qf1 Be6 23.Qa6 Nc6 24.Qa4 Ne7 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Qh4 Kg7 27.Rd4 f5 28.
Red1 Nc6 29.Qxd8 Rexd8 30.R4d2 d4 31.Nc2 d3 32.Ne3 Ne5 33.b3 Ng4 34.Nf1 
Rc2 35.h3 Nf6 36.Rxc2 dxc2 37.Rc1 f4 38.Rxc2 Rd1 39.Kh2 Nd5 40.gxf4 Nxf4 
41.Ne3 Ra1 42.h4 Nxg2 43.Kxg2 a5 44.Rb2 a4 45.Nc2 Bd5+ 46.f3 Rd1 47.Ne3 
Rd3 48.Nxd5 a3 49.Rc2 Rxd5 50.Kg3 Rd4 51.h5 Kf6 52.Rc6+ Kg5 53.Rxb6 Rd2 
54.Rb5+ f5 55.f4+ Kxh5 56.Rxf5+ Kg6 57.Ra5 Rxa2 58.Ra6+ Kf5 59.Rxh6 Rb2 
60.Rh5+ Kf6 61.Ra5 Rxb3+ 62.Kg4 Rb6 63.Rxa3 Rb5 64.Ra6+ Kf7 65.f5 Rb1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a3 b5 
9.Qd2 Bb7 10.f3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Kb1 Nf6 15.
g4 Bc4 16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Be5 Nd5 18.Rhe1 O-O-O 19.Bd3 Bc5 20.Nb3 Bf2 21.Rf1 
Bxd3 22.cxd3 Be3 23.Qc2+ Kb7 24.d4 f6 25.Bg3 Ka7 26.Rfe1 g6 27.Qd3 Bh6 28.
Re2 Rhe8 29.Rc2 Rc8 30.Re1 Rxc2 31.Qxc2 Bf8 32.Rc1 Bd6 33.Qc6 Rd8 34.Bxd6 
Rxd6 35.Qe8 Qd8 36.Qxd8 Rxd8 37.Rc6 Nf4 38.Nc5 Rxd4 39.Rxa6+ Kb8 40.Nxe6 
Nxe6 41.Rxe6 Rf4 42.Rb6+ Ka7 43.Rxb5 Rxf3 44.Rc5 Kb6 45.Rc3 Rf4 46.h3 f5 
47.gxf5 Rxf5 48.Ka2 Kb5 49.Rb3+ Ka5 50.Rb4 Rf3 51.h4 h5 52.Re4 Rg3 53.Re5+
Kb6 54.a4 Rh3 55.Re4 Ka5 56.b3 Rh1 57.Kb2 Rg1 58.Re5+ Kb6 59.Ka3 Rg4 60.
Re6+ Kc5 61.Rf6 Rxh4 62.Rxg6 Rh1 63.Rg5+ Kb6 64.a5+ Kc6 65.Ka4 h4 66.Rg6+ 
Kc7 67.Rh6 h3 68.Kb5 h2 69.b4 Kd7 70.Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 
15.Ng5 Qd7 16.Qf3 Rae8 17.Rxe8 Rxe8 18.Bd2 Nd8 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 f5 21.
c4 Be7 22.Nf3 Bf6 23.Rb1 b6 24.c5 Qd5 25.cxb6 cxb6 26.Rb5 Qe4 27.Qc4+ Kh8 
28.h3 h6 29.Rb3 Qc6 30.Qd3 Qd5 31.Qb5 Qxb5 32.Rxb5 Ne6 33.Rd5 Kg8 34.Rd7 
Rd8 35.Rxa7 Nxd4 36.Nxd4 Bxd4 37.Kf1 Bxf2 38.Bxh6 Bd4 39.Bd2 Re8 40.Rd7 
Re4 41.g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 
Bxc5 9.Nbd2 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Nc4 Nbd7 12.Nd4 O-O 13.Nb3 Be7 14.f3 a5 15.e4
a4 16.Nd4 Bc5 17.Be3 Rfd8 18.Kf2 Kf8 19.Nb5 Ke7 20.Bxc5+ bxc5 21.Nc3 Ba6 
22.Rac1 Bxc4 23.Bxc4 Ne5 24.Be2 Rdb8 25.Rd2 g5 26.g3 c4 27.Ke3 a3 28.Rb1 
axb2 29.Rbxb2 Rxb2 30.Rxb2 Ra3 31.Rb7+ Kd6 32.Kd2 Kc5 33.f4 gxf4 34.gxf4 
Rxc3 35.Kxc3 Nxe4+ 36.Kb2 Nc6 37.Rxf7 c3+ 38.Kc1 Nb4 39.Rc7+ Kd5 40.a3 Nc6
41.Bf3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Bc4 Nf6 11.Rhe1 Nd5 12.Ne5 f5 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Nc5 
Bg5 15.f4 Bf6 16.h3 Qd6 17.Ncd3 b6 18.g4 c5 19.g5 Bd8 20.Qg2 Rb8 21.g6 c4 
22.Nb4 Bb7 23.gxh7+ Kxh7 24.Rg1 Qh6 25.Qf3 Bf6 26.Nd7 Rbd8 27.Nxf8+ Rxf8 
28.Nxd5 Kh8 29.Qa3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Nf4 c5 8.dxc5 Nec6
9.h4 Qc7 10.Bg2 Qxe5+ 11.Kf1 d4 12.h5 Bxc2 13.Qxc2 dxc3 14.Nd3 Qd4 15.Be3 
Qc4 16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.bxc3 Na6 18.Rb1 O-O-O 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Ne5 Rg8 21.Nxf7 
Rd7 22.Ne5 Rb7 23.Rxb7 Kxb7 24.Nd3 e5 25.Ke2 Be7 26.Kf3 Kc7 27.Ke4 Re8 28.
Rh3 Kd7 29.Nxe5+ Kc7 30.Rf3 Bf6 31.Rf5 h6 32.f4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.a3 
Be6 9.b4 Nd4 10.Rb1 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 c6 12.b5 Rc8 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Qc2 O-O 15.
Rd1 Qd7 16.d3 c5 17.a4 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.dxc4 
Rc7 22.Rd5 f6 23.Bd2 Re8 24.f4 exf4 25.Bxf4 Rc6 26.Rb7 Ra6 27.Rdd7 Bf8 28.
Rxa7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.d3 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 
Qf5 16.Nd2 Qg6 17.Re1 f5 18.a4 Rb8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ne4 fxe4 21.dxe4 Bg4 
22.Qd4 Bf3 23.exd5 c5 24.Qh4 Rbe8 25.Bd2 Be4 26.Re2 Qf5 27.Bf4 c4 28.Rxe4 
Rxe4 29.Bc2 Bxf4 30.Bxe4 Qxe4 31.gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.b4 a5 8.Bb2 
axb4 9.axb4 Rxa1+ 10.Bxa1 c5 11.e3 d6 12.Be2 e5 13.O-O Re8 14.d3 Na6 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16.Rb1 Nb4 17.Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.O-O Bg5 13.Re1 h6 14.Bc2 Qd6 15.g3
Rd8 16.h4 Bxf4 17.Bxf4 Qf6 18.Bc7 Be6 19.Be5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qe7 21.Qd3 g6 
22.Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.Nbd2 h6 11.a3 Bc5 12.c3 Bb6 13.Nf1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.d4 e4 
16.N3h2 Na5 17.Bc2 f5 18.Ng3 Rf8 19.Qh5 Qe8 20.Qxe8 Raxe8 21.Nhf1 Nc4 22.
Nd2 Nxd2 23.Bxd2 c5 24.dxc5 Bxc5 25.Bb3 Kh7 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.Be3 Be7 28.Bd4
Bb3 29.Nf1 Bg5 30.g3 Rd8 31.Re2 Bc4 32.Ree1 Bb3 33.Re2 Bf6 34.Rd2 Bg5 35.
Be3 a5 36.h4 Bxe3 37.fxe3 a4 38.Kf2 g5 39.Rc1 Rxd2+ 40.Nxd2 Bc4 41.Nxc4 
bxc4 42.Rd1 Rb8 43.Rd2 Kg6 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.g4 f4 46.Rd6+ Kg7 47.Rd4 Rxb2+ 
48.Ke1 Rb1+ 49.Kf2 Rb2+ 50.Ke1 Rb3 51.exf4 Rxa3 52.Kd2 e3+ 53.Kxe3 Rxc3+ 
54.Ke4 gxf4 55.Kxf4 Rc1 56.Ke3 a3 57.Rd7+ Kf6 58.Ra7 Rg1 59.Kd4 Rxg4+ 60.
Kc3 Ke5 61.Ra5+ Kd6 62.Kb4 Rh4 63.Rxa3 Kd5 64.Ra8 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D17"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rab8 17.a5 f6 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Ne3 Rbc8+ 20.Kb1 Nc5 21.
Ra3 f5 22.Be2 Ne4 23.Rd1 Rc7 24.Nc2 Kf7 25.Nd4 Nd6 26.a6 b6 27.Re3 Re8 28.
Re1 Ne4 29.Nb5 Rd7 30.Rc1 Nc5 31.Nd4 Ra8 32.b4 Ne4 33.Bb5 Rd6 34.Rc7+ Kf6 
35.Bc6 Rf8 36.Nb5 Rdd8 37.Rxa7 Nd2+ 38.Kc1 Nc4 39.Re2 Ne5 40.Rc7 Rc8 41.
Bb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Nbd7 9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.c4 Qc7 14.h3 a5 15.
Ba3 axb4 16.Bxb4 Rxa1 17.Qxa1 Ra8 18.Qb2 h6 19.Rd1 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Rc8 21.Be2
Nc5 22.Qd4 Ra8 23.Bc3 Ncd7 24.Bb2 Ra2 25.Qc3 Nc5 26.Qb4 Nfd7 27.Ra1 Rxa1+ 
28.Bxa1 Nf6 29.Bd4 Qd6 30.Qb2 Ncd7 31.f4 Qc6 32.Qb5 Qxb5 33.cxb5 Ne4 34.
Bf3 Nec5 35.Bc6 f6 36.e4 e5 37.fxe5 fxe5 38.Be3 Kf7 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.Kf3 Nf6 
41.g4 g5 42.Bf2 Kd6 43.h4 Ne6 44.Bxb6 gxh4 45.Ba7 Ng5+ 46.Kg2 h3+ 47.Kh1 
Nfxe4 48.Ba8 Nf6 49.Bg1 Nxg4 50.b6 h2 51.Bxh2 Nxh2 52.Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.Nc3 h6 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Bc5 13.a5 Rb8 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Nxd5 
16.Bxd5 d6 17.Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A84"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.
Nc3 Ne4 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Bc7 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.f3 
Bb6 16.Nd4 Nc5 17.Be2 a5 18.Rfd1 Na6 19.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nc3 f5 6.Ne5 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Kh8 
9.Rb1 Bd7 10.b4 Be8 11.b5 cxb5 12.Nxb5 Bxb5 13.Rxb5 Nc6 14.Rxb7 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Bxe5 16.Ba3 Re8 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Bf3 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qxd8 Rexd8 
21.Rb5 Bf6 22.Rxf5 Rd2 23.g4 Rxa2 24.Bd6 h6 25.Be5 Ra5 26.Bxf6 Rxf5 27.
gxf5 gxf6 28.Ra1 Rg8+ 29.Kf1 Rg5 30.Ra5 a6 31.h4 Rh5 32.Kg2 Rxh4 33.Rxa6 
Kg7 34.Kg3 Rh5 35.Kg4 Rh2 36.Kg3 Rh5 37.Ra5 Kf7 38.Kg4 Rh2 39.Ra7+ Kg8 40.
Ra2 Kf7 41.Kf4 Rh4+ 42.Kg3 Rh5 43.Kg4 Rh2 44.Ra7+ Kg8 45.Kg3 Rh5 46.Ra5 
Kf7 47.f3 Rg5+ 48.Kf4 exf3 49.Kxf3 h5 50.e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a3 Bc5
9.d3 d6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bg4 13.c3 Bb6 14.Nbd2 Be6 15.Nf1 Nh5 
16.Ne3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Bxb3 18.Qxb3 Qd7 19.Rd1 Rae8 20.d4 exd4 21.cxd4 Na5 
22.Qc3 Nc4 23.Ree1 f5 24.exf5 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rxf5 26.h4 Nxg3 27.fxg3 g4 28.
Nd2 Nxd2 29.Qxd2 Rf6 30.Qe3 Qf5 31.Kh2 Kg7 32.Qe8 c5 33.dxc5 dxc5 34.Re5 
Qg6 35.Qe7+ Rf7 36.Qxc5 Qf6 37.Qd4 Kh7 38.Qe3 Qg6 39.Re6 Rf6 40.Qa7+ Kg8 
41.Qb8+ Kh7 42.Qc7+ Rf7 43.Qc6 Qg7 44.Qe4+ Kh8 45.Rg6 Qf8 46.Rxa6 Qc5 47.
Rxh6+ Kg7 48.Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 
15.Bg5 Qd7 16.Nh4 Na5 17.Ba2 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Nf3 Rae8 20.Bh4 Qc6 21.
Qc2 h6 22.Bg3 Qd5 23.a4 Nc4 24.Re4 a6 25.Qe2 Qc6 26.Re1 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Nd6 
28.Rxe6 Qxc3 29.Re5 Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 8.a4 Bg4 
9.h3 Bh5 10.d3 O-O 11.Nbd2 b4 12.a5 Rb8 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nc4 bxc3 15.bxc3 Qc8 
16.Ba4 Na7 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 c6 19.Qd2 Qc7 20.c4 c5 21.Nh4 Kh8 22.g5 Nh5
23.Nd5 Qd8 24.Rfb1 Nf4 25.Nxf4 Qxg5+ 26.Nhg2 exf4 27.Rb6 Rbd8 28.Qxf4 Qe7 
29.Rab1 Nc8 30.Rb7 Qe6 31.Qg5 h6 32.Qg3 Qf6 33.Nf4 Ne7 34.Kg2 Ng8 35.Nd5 
Qe6 36.Bd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 
15.Ra2 Qd7 16.Ng5 Bg6 17.Ne4 Rfe8 18.Rae2 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 Rxe4 20.Rxe4 Re8 
21.f3 Nd8 22.Bb3 c6 23.a4 Ne6 24.g3 Nc7 25.Kg2 b6 26.Qd3 Nd5 27.Bg5 Bf8 
28.h4 g6 29.Qd2 h6 30.Bf4 Rxe4 31.fxe4 Nxf4+ 32.Qxf4 Kg7 33.h5 gxh5 34.e5 
Kg8 35.Qf3 Bg7 36.Qxh5 c5 37.Qf3 cxd4 38.cxd4 Qe7 39.Qc6 Bf8 40.Qg6+ Bg7 
41.Qf5 Qe8 42.Kh2 Qe7 43.Kg1 Qe8 44.Kf2 Kf8 45.Ke3 Kg8 46.Kd3 Qe7 47.g4 
Bf8 48.Bd5 Qa3+ 49.Ke4 Qe7 50.Qg6+ Bg7 51.Qc6 Bf8 52.Qb7 Qxb7 53.Bxb7 Bb4 
54.d5 Kf8 55.Kf5 Be7 56.Ba6 Bg5 57.d6 Bh4 58.Bb5 Bg3 59.Ke4 Bh2 60.Kf5 Bg3
61.Bc4 Bh4 62.Bd5 Ke8 63.Bc4 Kf8 64.Bb5 Bg3 65.Bc6 Bh4 66.Ke4 Bg5 67.Bb5 
Bh4 68.Kd5 Bg3 69.e6 fxe6+ 70.Kxe6 Bf4 71.d7 Bc7 72.Kf6 Bd8+ 73.Kg6 Bg5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.d4 bxa4 8.dxc5 
Qe7 9.Qxa4 Qxc5 10.Be3 Qe7 11.h3 O-O 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.b4 h6 14.Rab1 d6 15.c4
Qe6 16.Qc2 Ne7 17.a4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Qg6 19.Nfd2 f5 20.Ng3 f4 21.Qxg6 Nxg6 
22.Nge4 fxe3 23.fxe3 Nh4 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Rf1+ Ke8 26.g3 Ng6 27.Kf2 Nf8 
28.Ke2 Nd7 29.Rc1 Nf6 30.Kd3 Nxe4 31.Nxe4 Kd7 32.Rf1 Ke6 33.Rf2 Bc6 34.Nc3
Be8 35.e4 Bg6 36.Nd5 Rc8 37.a5 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.d4 Be7 8.
Qxe4 Ng6 9.f4 c6 10.Bd3 d5 11.Qe2 f5 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Nf3 Nh8 14.Bd2 a5 15.c4
Nf7 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Rac1 Bf6 18.b4 a4 19.b5 Re8 20.Ne5 Nd6 21.Bb4 Ne4 22.
Bxe4 dxe4 23.Rfd1 Be6 24.d5 Bd7 25.Nc6 Qc8 26.Ne7+ Bxe7 27.Rxc8 Raxc8 28.
Bxe7 Rxe7 29.d6 Rf7 30.Rd5 Rc1+ 31.Kf2 Rf8 32.Re5 Rfc8 33.Re7 R1c2 34.Rxd7
Rxe2+ 35.Kxe2 b6 36.Rb7 Rc2+ 37.Ke3 Rc3+ 38.Kd4 Rd3+ 39.Ke5 e3 40.Ke6 h6 
41.Re7 Rd4 42.Kd7 Re4 43.Rxe4 fxe4 44.Ke7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Qe2 e6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.g4 b5 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.h4 Rc8 13.Kb1 Nd7 14.Rg1 Nce5 15.Qf2 b4
16.Na4 Nxf3 17.Qxf3 Qc6 18.Nac5 Nxc5 19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.Na5 Qc7 21.Nxb7 Qxb7 
22.Bc4 Be7 23.Qe2 Qc6 24.g5 O-O 25.h5 Rcd8 26.g6 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 fxg6 28.
hxg6 Rf4 29.Qh2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.a4 Nb6 14.Qe2 Nxa4 15.Bxa4 bxa4 
16.c4 Nd7 17.Rxa4 Nb6 18.Ra3 a5 19.Nc3 a4 20.Be3 Bc8 21.b3 axb3 22.Rxb3 
Ra6 23.Reb1 f5 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.Nxe5 Na4 26.Nxa4 Rxa4 27.Nc6 Qc7 28.e5 Ra6 
29.Qf3 f4 30.Re1 Bf5 31.Rb5 Bc2 32.Rb2 Bg6 33.Rd2 Be8 34.Nxe7+ Qxe7 35.d6 
Qe6 36.Qb7 Bc6 37.Qxa6 Bxg2 38.f3 Bxf3 39.Kh2 Bg4 40.Qb7 Qh6 41.Qd5+ Rf7 
42.Kg1 Qxh3 43.Qg2 Qh4 44.Rf2 f3 45.e6 Rf8 46.e7 Re8 47.d7 Bxd7 48.Qxf3 
Qg5+ 49.Kf1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb5 Nb6 15.c4 
Bxf3 16.Qxf3 dxc4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.a4 g6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Rfb1 c3 21.a5 Nc4 22.
Rxb7 Qe6 23.Bb3 Qf5 24.Qxf5 gxf5 25.Ra1 f4 26.Bc1 Rfe8 27.f3 c2 28.Kf2 a6 
29.Ra4 Nb2 30.Bxf7+ Kf8 31.Bxb2 c1=Q 32.Bxc1 Rc2+ 33.Kf1 Rxc1+ 34.Kf2 Rc2+
35.Kf1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

