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The Chess World Cup 2000 was held between 1 September and 13 September 2000, in Shenyang, China.

The event was organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs. The intention was for this to be the first of four such events held through 2000, with one in the four continents (Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas).

Format
The tournament was held with four six-player qualifying groups. Two players progressed from each group to a three-round knockout to decide the winner. Each round of the knockout consisted of a two game match, followed by tie breaks at faster time controls if required.

Qualification
 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND), 2762 🇷🇺 Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2756 🇺🇦 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2719 🇷🇺 Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2702 🇷🇺 Peter Svidler (RUS), 2689 🇮🇱 Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2681 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Short (ENG), 2677 🇷🇺 Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2716</li> <li>Zurab Azmaiparashvili, 2673</li> <li>🇨🇳 Ye Jiangchuan (CHN), 2670</li> <li>🇨🇳 Xu Jun (CHN), 2668</li> <li>🇧🇪 Mikhail Gurevich (BEL), 2667</li> </ol>

<li>🇷🇺 Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2667</li> <li>🇨🇿 Sergei Movsesian (CZE), 2666</li> <li>🇧🇷 Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2663</li> <li>🇫🇷 Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2657</li> <li>🇧🇾 Alexei Fedorov (BLR), 2646</li> <li>🇺🇸 Boris Gulko (USA), 2643</li> <li>🇨🇳 Zhang Zhong (CHN), 2636</li> <li>🇺🇦 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2630</li> <li>🇷🇺 Pavel Tregubov (RUS), 2620</li> <li>🇧🇾 Aleksey Aleksandrov (BLR), 2591</li> <li>Aimen Rizouk, 2350, IM</li> <li>🇲🇦 Mohamed Tissir (MAR), 2342, IM</li> </ol>

All players are Grandmasters, unless stated otherwise.

Qualification paths:


 * WC: FIDE World Champion
 * J: Highest rated Junior
 * R: Rating
 * EU: European Individual Chess Championship 2000
 * AM: Americas


 * AS: Asian Chess Championship 2000
 * AF: African Chess Championship 2000
 * PN: FIDE president nominee
 * ON: Organizer nominee

Preliminary group stage
This stage took place between 1-5 September 2000