Corsica Rapidplay Open

This was an strong event that took place between 28th-31st of October with a very good prize (91.500 EURO). The finals was transmitted live by official site.
Anand won the final because on a draw with black in the sudden death blitz game

Finals 31/10/2001 17:30 CET
Viswanathan Anand   -   Alexander Chernin  1/2 1/2 1/2
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Semi Finals 30/10/2001 21:00 CET
Sergei Tiviakov     - Viswanathan Anand  0-1 1/2
Alexander Chernin   - Joel Lautier       1-0 1/2

1/4 Finals - 30/10/2001 17:30 CET
Sergei Rublevsky    - Joel Lautier       1/2 0-1 
Alexander Chernin   - Vladislav Tkachiev 1-0 1/2
Viswanathan Anand   - Peter Leko         1/2 1/2 1/2
Igor Glek           - Sergei Tiviakov    1/2 1/2 0-1

1/8 Finals - 29/10/2001
Sergei Rublevsky    - Andrei Kharlov     1-0 0-1 1-0
Sergei Tiviakov     - Mikhail Gurevich   1/2 1/2 
Predrag Nikolic     - Peter Leko         0-1 1/2 
Loek Van Wely       - Alexander Chernin  0-1 1-0 0-1
Vladislav Tkachiev  - Aleksandr Shneider 1/2 1/2 1-0
Etienne Bacrot      - Viswanathan Anand  0-1 0-1 
Alexander Rustemov  - Igor Glek          0-1 1/2 
Alexei Barsov       - Joel Lautier       1/2 1/2 0-1

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