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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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Onischuk, Alexander vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9697 1996 D46
Sakaev, Konstantin vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 A59
Khalifman, Alexander vs Romanishin, Oleg M
1-0
Bad Woerishofen op 1996 E12
Ribli, Zoltan vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
EUCup f 1996 B08
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Parnu-A 1996 B12
Burmakin, Vladimir vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996 D94
Khalifman, Alexander vs Kharlov, Andrei
1/2-1/2
Novosibirsk 1995 D28
Yudasin, Leonid vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Botvinnik mem 1995 C77
Khalifman, Alexander vs Piket, Jeroen
1-0
Donner mem 1995 D44
Almasi, Zoltan vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens rapid 1995 C63
Khalifman, Alexander vs Bareev, Evgeny
1-0
Moscow PCA-Intel qual 1995 D97
Khalifman, Alexander vs Goldin, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Novosibirsk 1995 E11
Khalifman, Alexander vs Hulak, Krunoslav
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens op 1995 E11
Hracek, Zbynek vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9495 1995 B36
Khalifman, Alexander vs Almasi, Zoltan
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1995 E18
Lutz, Christopher vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1995 B22
Khalifman, Alexander vs Rashkovsky, Nukhim N
1-0
Moscow PCA-Intel qual 1995 A41
Khalifman, Alexander vs Chandler, Murray G
1-0
Bundesliga 9495 1995 D58
Khalifman, Alexander vs Salov, Valery
1/2-1/2
Donner mem 1995 E12
Khalifman, Alexander vs Lutz, Christopher
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens rapid 1995 E05
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Yalta rapid 1995 A57
Malaniuk, Vladimir P vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Yalta rapid 1995 E52
Khalifman, Alexander vs Dreev, Alexey
1/2-1/2
Novosibirsk 1995 C11
Epishin, Vladimir vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Botvinnik mem 1995 E60
Nunn, John DM vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Donner mem 1995 B66
Smirin, Ilia vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Novosibirsk 1995 C80
Khalifman, Alexander vs Burmakin, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg op 1995 B12
Khalifman, Alexander vs Bareev, Evgeny
0-1
Hoogovens 1995 A29
Khalifman, Alexander vs Wahls, Matthias
1-0
Bundesliga 9495 1995 E45
Landa, Konstantin vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-chT 1995 A40
Bareev, Evgeny vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
RUS-chT 1995 A57
Khalifman, Alexander vs Fominyh, Alexander
1-0
RUS-ch 1995 A43
Khalifman, Alexander vs Yudasin, Leonid
1/2-1/2
EUCup Gr5 1995 E37
Notkin, Maksim vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
St Petersburg op 1995 A57
Khalifman, Alexander vs Epishin, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch 1995 B12
Khalifman, Alexander vs Epishin, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
Botvinnik mem 1995 E15
Aseev, Konstantin N vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
St Petersburg op 1995 A58
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ulibin, Mikhail
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch 1995 C14
Sokolov, Ivan vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens op 1995 A57
Khalifman, Alexander vs Sherbakov, Ruslan
1-0
RUS-ch 1995 B32
Vyzmanavin, Alexey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Novosibirsk 1995 A57
Sakaev, Konstantin vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch 1995 B36
Khalifman, Alexander vs Dreev, Alexey
0-1
Yalta rapid 1995 C10
Khalifman, Alexander vs Yudasin, Leonid
1/2-1/2
Botvinnik mem 1995 E15
Bareev, Evgeny vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch 1995 E05
Ionov, Sergey vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
St Petersburg op 1995 E81
Khalifman, Alexander vs Van der Werf, Mark
1-0
Hoogovens 1995 D30
Khalifman, Alexander vs Vulfson, Vladimir
1-0
St Petersburg op 1995 D20
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ruban, Vadim
1/2-1/2
Novosibirsk 1995 D36
Dreev, Alexey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
RUS-chT 1995 A48
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