2002 Candidates Tournament
The 2002 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting acted as the Candidates Tournament to determine the challenger to Kramnik's title. However not all of the top-ranked players were present. World #1 Garry Kasparov declined his invitation, instead insisting that he deserved a rematch with Kramnik based on his tournament results in 2001. Some other players, including world #2 Viswanathan Anand, declined invitations because they believed they were in conflict with their obligations under the rival FIDE World Championship.
Leko won the Candidates Tournament:
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Group 1 Rating 1 2 3 4 Total 1 Alexei Shirov (Spain) 2697 - 1 1½ 1½ 4 2 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2745 1 - 1½ 1½ 4 3 Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2710 ½ ½ - 1½ 2½ 4 Christopher Lutz (Germany) 2655 ½ ½ ½ - 1½
Shirov won a two-game playoff 1½-½ to be placed first ahead of Topalov.
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Group 2 Rating 1 2 3 4 Total 1 Evgeny Bareev (Russia) 2726 - 1 1 2 4 2 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2722 1 - 1½ 2 3½ 3 Michael Adams (England) 2752 1 1½ - 1 2½ 4 Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2716 0 1 1 - 2
The top two from each group advanced to the knock-out stage where mini-matches (best of 4) were played, with a 2 game rapid chess playoff in the event of a tie.
| 1st Round |
Final |
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| Peter Leko | 2½ | |||||||||
| Alexei Shirov | ½ | |||||||||
| Peter Leko | 2½ | |||||||||
| Veselin Topalov | 1½ | |||||||||
| Veselin Topalov | 3½ | |||||||||
| Evgeny Bareev | 2½ | |||||||||
Topalov-Bareev was tied 2-2; Topalov won the rapid playoff 1½-½ .
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