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Peter Leko became the winner of the first event of FIDE World Cup , which took place in Dubai, UAE April 3rd-8th.

The participants: R. Ponomariov (UKR), V. Ivanchuk (UKR), V. Anand (IND), P. Svidler (RUS), E. Bareev (RUS), J. Lautier (FRA), A. Shirov (ESP), A. Morozevich (RUS), P. Nikolic (BIH), V. Topalov (BUL), J. Ye (CHN), A. Dreev (RUS), Z. Azmaiparashvili (GEO), J. Ehlvest (EST), P. Leko (HUN), L. Van Wely (NED), A. Khalifman (RUS), A. Karpov (RUS), A. Grischuk (RUS), P. Acs (HUN), N. Short (ENG), T. Radjabov (AZE), K. Georgiev (BUL), E. Bacrot (FRA), Zhu, Chen (CHN), Al-Modiahki, Mohammad (QAT), Belkhodja, Slim (TUN), Taleb, Moussa (UAE), Jasim A.R. Saleh (UAE), Othman, Moussa (UAE) and Sergey Karjakin (UKR) with Maxim Novik (RUS) who became the two UAE Grand Prix Internet Qualifiers.
Final Standings:
1.Leko
2.Grischuk
3.Shirov
4.Georgiev
5.Karpov
6.Azmaiparashvili
7.Topalov
8.Bacrot
9.Anand
10.Khalifman
11.Dreev
12.Radjabov
13.Lautier
14.Ivanchuk
15.Short
16.Zhu Chen
/Java/2002/Dubai/viewer.html"> View games
/Java/2002/Dubai/dubai.zip"> Games in PGN
The table with results(semi-final and final)

Georgiev	/Images/table/center.gif">	1-0,0-1	Leko	/Images/table/center2.gif">	1/2,1/2 /Images/table/center1.gif"> 1/2,1/2,1-0
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Leko		1/2,1/2,0-1
Grischuk	/Images/table/center.gif">	0-1,1-0	Grischuk
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Shirov		1/2,1-0

/News/2002/Dubai/result.html"> Results(rounds 1-3)
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