तेहरानाव 20 निफ्राय 26 दिसंबर 2000 सिम गेलेजानाय जोबथा मेचआव आनन्दआ ब्रैथि मासि मोन्नाय शिरभनि हेंथा गेलेदोंमोन, जायखौ नै बोसोर सिगां बुहुमनां बादायलायनायनि थाखाय कास्पारभजों गेलेनो खाबु होनाय जायाखैमोन।
The final match played from 20 to 26 December 2000 in Tehran, pitted Anand against fourth-seeded Shirov, who was denied a chance to play Kasparov for the world title two years earlier.