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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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Nunn, John DM vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1991 B78
Khalifman, Alexander vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9091 1991 E12
Christiansen, Larry Mark vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9091 1991 E18
Gostisa, Leon vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Bled/Rogaska Slatina 1991 A48
Khalifman, Alexander vs Unzicker, Wolfgang
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9091 1991 E18
Khalifman, Alexander vs Van der Wiel, John TH
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1991 E25
Khalifman, Alexander vs Wells, Peter K
1-0
London WFW 1991 C92
Khalifman, Alexander vs Pioch, Thomas
1-0
Triberg 1991 E12
Kozul, Zdenko vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1991 E32
Piket, Jeroen vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1991 E94
Sokolov, Andrei vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
New York op 1990 B57
Khalifman, Alexander vs Bareev, Evgeny
1/2-1/2
Lvov zt 1990 A90
Khalifman, Alexander vs Nikolic, Predrag
1-0
GMA-qual f 1990 C18
Alburt, Lev O vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
New York op 1990 D23
Vyzmanavin, Alexey vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Lvov playoff 1990 E15
Khalifman, Alexander vs Epishin, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
URS-ch57 1990 C10
Piket, Jeroen vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Groningen 1990 E17
Bareev, Evgeny vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
URS-ch57 1990 D31
Novikov, Igor A vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Lvov zt 1990 D17
Seirawan, Yasser vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
GMA-qual f 1990 D10
Khalifman, Alexander vs Gulko, Boris F
1-0
Groningen 1990 C95
Khalifman, Alexander vs Vyzmanavin, Alexey
1/2-1/2
URS-ch57 1990 B32
Khalifman, Alexander vs Howell, James C
1-0
New York op 1990 E12
Khalifman, Alexander vs Rozentalis, Eduardas
1/2-1/2
URS-ch57 1990 E12
Khalifman, Alexander vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0
GMA-qual f 1990 C11
Aseev, Konstantin N vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-ch57 1990 D59
Balashov, Yuri S vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Lvov zt 1990 A05
Balashov, Yuri S vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Lvov playoff 1990 B10
Khalifman, Alexander vs Byrne, Robert E
1-0
New York op 1990 B90
Khalifman, Alexander vs Eingorn, Vereslav S
1-0
URS-ch57 1990 B43
Smirin, Ilia vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-ch57 1990 C45
Lerner, Konstantin Z vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Lvov zt 1990 E32
Khalifman, Alexander vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
New York op 1990 D85
Yudasin, Leonid vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-ch57 1990 B62
Khalifman, Alexander vs Balashov, Yuri S
1-0
Lvov playoff 1990 E11
Wolff, Patrick G vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
New York op 1990 B17
Khalifman, Alexander vs Yudasin, Leonid
1/2-1/2
New York op 1990 E12
Khalifman, Alexander vs Brenninkmeijer, Joris
1/2-1/2
Groningen 1990 C18
Khalifman, Alexander vs Dvoirys, Semen I
1-0
URS-ch57 1990 D85
Vyzmanavin, Alexey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Lvov zt 1990 E18
Kuzmin, Gennadi P vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
URS-ch57 1990 B70
Khalifman, Alexander vs Arnason, Jon L
1/2-1/2
Groningen 1990 A63
Shneider, Aleksandr vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-ch57 1990 E97
Khalifman, Alexander vs Gulko, Boris F
1-0
GMA-qual f 1990 E18
Lputian, Smbat G vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Lvov zt 1990 D18
Khalifman, Alexander vs Dreev, Alexey
1/2-1/2
Lvov zt 1990 D48
Epishin, Vladimir vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
New York op 1990 D58
Dolmatov, Sergey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
GMA-qual f 1990 C89
Khalifman, Alexander vs Rogers, Ian
1-0
Groningen 1990 E70
Chandler, Murray G vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
GMA-qual f 1990 B19
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