Chess Classic Mainz 2002, August 14 - 18.
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/Images/Players/Small/anand.jpg" align="left" alt="Viswanathan Anand" border=0> Viswanathan Anand won the rapid match against Ruslan Ponomariov , which they played in the international chess festival Chess Classic Mainz 2002 . The score is 4,5:3,5 .
This festival Chess Classic Mainz 2002 took place 14th - 18th August.
Also in the program of the festival were the following competitions:
the rapid match Paehtz - Kosteniuk - 8 games (25 min.+10 sec.)
Alexandra Kosteniuk won this match. The score - 4:4, tie-break - 2:1;
The chess960 open - 11 rounds (20 min.+ 5 sec.)
GM Peter Svidler is the winner of this event;
The Ordix open - 11 rounds (25 min + 0 sec.)
GM Victor Bologan won this event;
and also the simul events with Ponomariov (+30=8-2) and Kosteniuk (+16=3-6).
/Java/2002/Mainz/viewer.html"> View games (Anand - Ponomariov)
/Java/2002/Mainz/mainz.zip"> Games in PGN (Anand - Ponomariov)
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