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        Site: United States Nevada  Las Vegas
        Event Date: VII-VIII, 1999

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 01
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 D1 D2 TOTAL 
01 United States USA 2537  GM Dmitry Gurevich ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 3.5/8 
02 The Netherlands NED 2611  GM Sergei Tiviakov ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 4.5/8 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 02
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2600  GM Sergey Dolmatov 0 1 1 ½     2.5/4 
02 Kazakhstan KAZ 2548  GM Pavel Kotzur 1 0 0 ½     1.5/4 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 03
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Quatar QAT 2553  GM Mohamad Al-Modiahki ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Ukraine UKR 2616  GM Ruslan Ponomariov ½ 1         1.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 04
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Israel ISR 2581  GM Lev Psakhis ½ ½ 1 ½     2.5/4 
02 Colombia COL 2454  GM Alonso Zapata ½ ½ 0 ½     1.5/4 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 05
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2573  GM Michail Kobalia ½ 1         1.5/2 
02 United States USA 2454  GM Nick de Firmian ½ 0         0.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 06
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 China CHN 2574  GM Peng Xiaomin 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 Kazakhstan KAZ 2468  GM Darmen Sadvakasov 0 ½         0.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 07
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Canada CAN 2521  GM Kevin Spraggett ½ ½ 0 ½     1.5/4 
02 United States USA 2588  GM Alex Yermolinsky ½ ½ 1 ½     2.5/4 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 08
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Russia RUS 2679  GM Alexey Dreev ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 3.5/6 
02 Croatia CRO 2561  GM Robert Zelcic ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 2.5/6 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 09
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Tunisia TUN 2372  GM Slim Bouaziz 0 ½         0.5/2 
02 Greece GRE 2536  GM Vassilios Kotronias 1 ½         1.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 10
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 United States USA 2618  GM Boris Gulko 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 The Netherlands NED 2525  GM Dimitri Reinderman 0 ½         0.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 11
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Armenia ARM 2518  GM Levon Aronian 1 1         2.0/2 
02 Lithuania LTU 2586  GM Eduardas Rozentalis 0 ½         0.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 12
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Uzbekistan UZB 2603  GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 France FRA 2480  GM Christian Bauer ½ 1         1.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 13
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 China CHI 2412  GM Liang Chong ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 Croatia CRO 2549  GM Goran Dizdar ½ 1         1.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 14
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Belarus BLR 2619  GM Aleksej Aleksandrov 1 1         2.0/2 
02 Cuba CUB 2546  GM Julio Becerra 0 0         0.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 15
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 United States USA 2471  GM Tal Shaked 1 0 ½ 1     2.5/4 
02 Czec Republic CZE 2567  GM Vlastimil Babula 0 1 ½ 0     1.5/4 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 16
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Estonia EST 2592  GM Jaan Ehlvest 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 The Netherlands NED 2559  GM Friso Nijboer 0 ½         0.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 17
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Georgia GEO 2551  GM Maia Chiburdanidze 0 ½         0.5/2 
02 Armenia ARM 2640  GM Vladimir Akopian 1 ½         1.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 18
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Philippines PHI 2558  GM Rogelio Antonio 1 1         2.0/2 
02 Russia RUS 2350  Alexander Kozak 0 0         0.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 19
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Spain ESP 2528  GM Jordi Magem Badals 1 1         2.0/2 
02 Australia AUS 2332  IM Vladimir Feldman 0 0         0.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 20
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 France FRA 2648  GM Vladislav Tkachiev 1 1         2.0/2 
02 Argentina ARG 2524  GM Alejandro Hoffman 0 0         0.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 21
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 D! TOTAL 
01 Denmark DEN 2560  GM Peter Heine Nielsen ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 4.0/7 
02 United States USA 2579  GM Joel Benjamin ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 3.0/7 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 22
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Sweden SWE 2623  GM Ulf Andersson 1 1         2.0/2 
02 Egypt EGY 2455  IM Ezat Mohamed 0 0         0.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 23
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Sweden SWE 2535  GM Ralf Akesson 1 0 0 ½     1.5/4 
02 United Kingdom ENG 2588  GM Anthony John Miles 0 1 1 ½     2.5/4 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 24
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 France FRA 2638  GM Joël Lautier 1 1         2.0/2 
02 South Africa RSA 2535  IM Watu Kobese 0 0         0.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 25
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Argentina ARG 2474  GM Pablo Ricardi ½ 0         0.5/2 
02 United Kingdom ENG 2597  GM Jon Speelman ½ 1         1.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 26
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Armenia ARM 2575  GM Karen Asrian 0 1 1 ½     2.5/4 
02 Uruguay URU 2500  Andrés Rodríguez 1 0 0 ½     0.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 27
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 India IND 2550  GM Dibyendu Barua 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 2.5/6 
02 Russia RUS 2616  GM Alexander Khalifman 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 3.5/6 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 28
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Brazil BRA 2574  GM Rafael Leitão 1 1         2.0/2 
02 Iran IRI 2390  GM Amir Bagheri f f         0.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 29
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Poland POL 2542  GM Bartlomiej Macieja 1 0 ½ 1     2.5/4 
02 Switzerland SUI 2626  GM Vadim Milov 0 1 ½ 0     1.5/4 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 30
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Romania ROM 2594  GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1 1         2.0/2 
02 Serbia YUG 2504  GM Stefan Djuric 0 0         0.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 31
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Ukraine UKR 2486  GM Alexander Zubarev ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 2.5/6 
02 Iceland ISL 2584  GM Hannes Stefansson ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 3.5/6 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 32
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Germany GER 2582  GM Matthias Wahls 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 Albania ALB 2524  IM Altin Cela 0 ½         0.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 33
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Morocco MAR 2529  GM Hichem Hamdouchi 1 1         2.0/2 
02 Syria SYR 2423  IM Imad Hakki f f         0.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 34
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Indonesia INA 2607  GM Utut Adianto 0 0         0.0/2 
02 Latvia LAT 2526  GM Daniel Fridman 1 1         2.0/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 35
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 United States USA 2515  GM Alexander Ivanov 0 ½         0.5/2 
02 Brazil BRA 2586  GM Gilberto Milos 1 ½         1.5/2 

        ROUND ONE - MATCH 36
FLAG FED FIDE  NAME S1 S2 R1 R1 R2 R2 TOTAL 
01 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2656  GM Ivan Sokolov 1 ½         1.5/2 
02 United States USA 2525  GM Sergey Kudrin 0 ½         0.5/2 



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FIDE World Chess Championship 1999

The FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 was held in Las Vegas, United States, between 31 July and 28 August 1999. The championship was won by Russian Alexander Khalifman, making him the FIDE World Chess Champion.

Format

The format was a knockout tournament of short matches. This was similar in style to that used at the FIDE World Chess Championship 1998, and had the same advantages and disadvantages - see FIDE World Chess Championship 1998#Controversies.

A change from the 1998 championship was that incumbent champion (Anatoly Karpov) had no special privileges, other than that he (like a number of leading players) was seeded into the second round. In protest at this, Karpov refused to play

Controversy and non-participants

In addition to Karpov, neither Garry Kasparov nor Viswanathan Anand took part. Kasparov, holder of a rival world championship title, refused to play in any of the FIDE knockout championships, and Anand was negotiating to play a match against Kasparov for his title. (This match never took place - see Classical World Chess Championship 2000).

Kasparov was dismissive of the FIDE event, saying that most of the participants were "tourists".

Winner Khalifman was rated 44th in the world at the time, which some compared unfavourably to PCA champion Kasparov being rated #1. Khalifman said after the tournament, "Rating system works perfectly for players who play only in round robin closed events. I think most of them are overrated. Organizers invite same people over and over because they have the same rating and their rating stays high." Perhaps in response, Khalifman was invited to the next Linares chess tournament, and performed creditably (though placing below joint winner Kasparov).

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Results, rounds 5-7



Results, rounds 1-4















 

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