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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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FCGFCG
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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Aseev, Konstantin N vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1997 D58
Khalifman, Alexander vs Mishuchkov, Nikolai M
1-0
St Petersburg-ch 1997 D15
Sakaev, Konstantin vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1997 D21
Ivanov, Sergey vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
St Petersburg-ch 1997 A57
Khalifman, Alexander vs Glek, Igor V
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9697 1997 D73
Khalifman, Alexander vs Akopian, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
Yerevan 1996 D43
Lugovoi, Aleksei vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 A59
Khalifman, Alexander vs Katalymov, Boris N
1/2-1/2
Bad Woerishofen op 1996 A43
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ftacnik, Lubomir
1/2-1/2
Ischia 1996 B90
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ehlvest, Jaan
1/2-1/2
Parnu-A 1996 D43
Emms, John M vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Bad Woerishofen op 1996 B08
Khalifman, Alexander vs Roski, Ferdinand
1-0
Bad Woerishofen op 1996 E92
Khalifman, Alexander vs Romanishin, Oleg M
1-0
Ischia 1996 E14
Sokolov, Ivan vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Parnu-A 1996 A57
Khalifman, Alexander vs Godena, Michele
1-0
Vienna op 1996 D31
Ionov, Sergey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 E97
Vorotnikov, Vladislav V vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch 1996 A04
Schebler, Gerhard vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9697 1996 E70
Tseitlin, Mark D vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Ischia 1996 B66
Ribli, Zoltan vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
EUCup Gr5 1996 D46
Atalik, Suat vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Hastings9596 1996 A59
Pfleger, Helmut vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
Bundesliga 9596 1996 A16
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ehlvest, Jaan
1/2-1/2
Yerevan 1996 B08
Nikolic, Predrag vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Yerevan 1996 D78
Yermolinsky, Alex vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Hastings9596 1996 E94
Khalifman, Alexander vs Hracek, Zbynek
1-0
Parnu-A 1996 C80
Khalifman, Alexander vs Hracek, Zbynek
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9596 1996 E14
Khalifman, Alexander vs Dreev, Alexey
1/2-1/2
EUCup f 1996 D45
Khalifman, Alexander vs Miles, Anthony J
1/2-1/2
Hastings9596 1996 D15
Khalifman, Alexander vs Epishin, Vladimir
1-0
Yerevan 1996 E20
Loginov, Valery A vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 D76
Khenkin, Igor vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Ischia 1996 A40
Khalifman, Alexander vs Yemelin, Vasily
1-0
St Petersburg-ch 1996 E13
Khalifman, Alexander vs Siegel, Georg
1-0
Bad Woerishofen op 1996 C66
Khalifman, Alexander vs Lalic, Bogdan
1/2-1/2
Hastings9596 1996 C95
Khalifman, Alexander vs Hodgson, Julian M
1-0
Ischia 1996 D15
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ivanov, Sergey
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 E04
Filippov, Valerij vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch 1996 A04
Dreev, Alexey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch 1996 D82
Rogers, Ian vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9596 1996 B53
Khalifman, Alexander vs Shchekachev, Andrei
1-0
RUS-ch 1996 B31
Khalifman, Alexander vs Namgilov, Sogto
1-0
RUS-ch 1996 E15
Hracek, Zbynek vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Parnu-A 1996 C90
Khalifman, Alexander vs Kochyev, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996 E14
Khalifman, Alexander vs Sadler, Matthew
0-1
Hastings9596 1996 D29
Khalifman, Alexander vs Rashkovsky, Nukhim N
1-0
RUS-ch 1996 A34
Khalifman, Alexander vs Gofshtein, Leonid D
1/2-1/2
Ischia 1996 A53
Oll, Lembit vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Parnu-A 1996 E15
Khalifman, Alexander vs Sokolov, Ivan
1-0
Parnu-A 1996 E61
Yandemirov, Valeri vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996 B52
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