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Khalifman, Alexander

World Champion

modern era

Alexander Khalifman won the 1999 FIDE World Championship as an unseeded player, defeating a strong field in Las Vegas to become one of the most unexpected world champions in chess history. A highly respected chess trainer and author, he produced a comprehensive multi-volume opening series that became standard reference material for professionals.

Total Games

2342

Wins

691

Draws

1405

Losses

246

29.5% wins60.0% draws10.5% losses

Most Played Openings

E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation52E12 - Queen's Indian Defense51E11 - Bogo-Indian Defense50D85 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation44D15 - Slav Defense: Geller Gambit35D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack33C42 - Petrov's Defense32D43 - Semi-Slav Defense30B66 - Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviations27E05 - Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line25

Most Faced Opponents

Ivanchuk, Vassily20 gamesLeko,P20 gamesDreev, Alexey19 gamesAnand,V19 gamesYudasin, Leonid18 gamesEpishin, Vladimir17 gamesBareev, Evgeny16 gamesEhlvest, Jaan14 gamesSalov, Valery13 gamesAkopian, Vladimir13 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Khalifman,A vs Lutz,C

FIDE WCh KO

2000

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1-0

Lautier,J vs Khalifman,A

FIDE WCh KO

2001

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FCGFCG
0-1

Ganguly,S vs Khalifman,A

FIDE WCh KO

2001

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FCGFCG
1-0

Khalifman,A vs Shulman,Y

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
0-1

Svidler, Peter vs Khalifman, Alexander

Tilburg rapid20

1994

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FCGFCG
1-0

Khalifman, Alexander vs Romanishin, Oleg M

WchT 4th

1997

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FCGFCG
1-0

Shirov,A vs Khalifman,A

Tal Memorial Rapid 2019

2019

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FCGFCG
0-1

Shulman,Y vs Khalifman,A

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
0-1

Inarkiev,E vs Khalifman,A

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
1-0

Shulman,Y vs Khalifman,A

WCC

2005

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Games (2342)

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Khalifman, Alexander vs Yemelin, Vasily
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch51 1998 E45
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch51 1998 D58
Khalifman, Alexander vs Najer, Evgeniy
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch51 1998 D97
Ionov, Sergey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch51 1998 E61
Khalifman, Alexander vs Galkin, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch51 1998 D31
Khalifman, Alexander vs Lautier, Joel
1/2-1/2
Keres mem 1998 B44
Andersson, Ulf vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Keres mem 1998 E14
Khalifman, Alexander vs Morovic Fernandez, Ivan
1/2-1/2
Keres mem 1998 D43
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Keres mem 1998 B35
Yermolinsky, Alex vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Keres mem 1998 B33
Oll, Lembit vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Keres mem 1998 E05
Khalifman, Alexander vs Seeman, Tarvo
1-0
Keres mem 1998 D15
Adianto, Utut vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Keres mem 1998 D45
Kobalija, Mihail vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Russian Club Cup 1998 B13
Khalifman, Alexander vs Lopushnoy, Denis
1-0
Russian Club Cup 1998 E11
Fominyh, Alexander vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Russian Club Cup 1998 E63
Khalifman, Alexander vs Balashov, Yuri S
1/2-1/2
Russian Club Cup 1998 E11
Filippov, Valerij vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Russian Club Cup 1998 D44
Khalifman, Alexander vs Dokuchaev, Aleksander
1/2-1/2
Russian Club Cup 1998 D02
Fedorov, Alexei vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
Russian Club Cup 1998 B07
Khalifman, Alexander vs Dreev, Alexey
1/2-1/2
Russian Club Cup 1998 B12
Rashkovsky, Nukhim N vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Russian Club Cup 1998 A40
Khalifman, Alexander vs Tunik, Gennady
1-0
Russian Club Cup 1998 E12
Dreev, Alexey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Presidents Cup 1998 D92
Khalifman, Alexander vs Dreev, Alexey
1-0
Presidents Cup 1998 D43
Khalifman, Alexander vs Dreev, Alexey
1/2-1/2
Presidents Cup 1998 B12
Tiviakov, Sergei vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Presidents Cup 1998 B66
Khalifman, Alexander vs Tiviakov, Sergei
1-0
Presidents Cup 1998 E12
Tiviakov, Sergei vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Presidents Cup 1998 C65
Khalifman, Alexander vs Tiviakov, Sergei
1/2-1/2
Presidents Cup 1998 E08
Khalifman, Alexander vs Aleksandrov, Aleksej
1-0
Presidents Cup 1998 D38
Aleksandrov, Aleksej vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Presidents Cup 1998 E14
Khalifman, Alexander vs Aleksandrov, Aleksej
1/2-1/2
Presidents Cup 1998 E14
Aleksandrov, Aleksej vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Presidents Cup 1998 D00
Aleksandrov, Aleksej vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Presidents Cup 1998 D94
Khalifman, Alexander vs Aleksandrov, Aleksej
1/2-1/2
Presidents Cup 1998 E11
Khalifman, Alexander vs Galkin, Alexander
1-0
Presidents Cup 1998 D44
Galkin, Alexander vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Presidents Cup 1998 B74
Popov, Valerij vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1998 A10
Khalifman, Alexander vs Taimanov, Mark E
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1998 D53
Loginov, Valery A vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1998 E62
Khalifman, Alexander vs Aseev, Konstantin N
1-0
St Petersburg-ch 1998 E12
Lugovoi, Aleksei vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1998 D43
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ionov, Sergey
0-1
St Petersburg-ch 1998 A30
Shchukin, Dmitry vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
St Petersburg-ch 1998 A57
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ivanov, Sergey
1-0
St Petersburg-ch 1998 D24
Biriukov, Oleg V vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
St Petersburg-ch 1998 D85
Khalifman, Alexander vs Yemelin, Vasily
1-0
St Petersburg-ch 1998 A13
Khalifman, Alexander vs Kochyev, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1998 E12
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1998 D17
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