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(1) Beliavsky,A (2661) - Rublevsky,S (2657) [E01]
FIDE GP Moscow RUS (1.1), 01.06.2002 [Easy]









White to play
In this position Beliavsky picked up a pawn and untimately won the game.


(2) Sutovsky,E (2660) - Azmaiparashvili,Z (2676) [B06]
FIDE GP Moscow RUS (1.1), 01.06.2002 [Hard]









White to play
Black, who is under considerable pressure, has just retreated his queen from e7 to d8. That led to immediate demolition by the Israeli GM Sutovsky.

(3) Dreev,A (2677) - Georgiev,K (2654) [D37]
FIDE GP Moscow RUS (1.2), 01.06.2002 [Hard]









White to play
With a piece for three pawns Alexey Dreev chose a spectacular way to defeat his Bulgarian opponent.

(4) Dreev,A (2677) - Ponomariov,R (2743) [E12]
FIDE GP Moscow RUS (3.1), 03.06.2002 [Easy]









Black to play
The FIDE world champion is winning here. But after White's late move, 36.Ne6-d4, what is the best way to finish it off?

(5) Kasimdzhanov,R (2674) - Akopian,V (2678) [C42]
FIDE GP Moscow RUS (5.1), 05.06.2002









White to play.
In this position top Usbek GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov decided to pick up two pawns. How did he do it?

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