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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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Khalifman, Alexander vs Loginov, Valery A
0-1
Tashkent 1987 B92
Khalifman, Alexander vs Tukmakov, Vladimir B
0-1
URS-ch54 1987 B17
Rashkovsky, Nukhim N vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1987 D14
Khalifman, Alexander vs Gurevich, Mikhail
1-0
Moscow TV 1987 C13
Khalifman, Alexander vs Malaniuk, Vladimir P
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1987 C61
Khalifman, Alexander vs Garcia Martinez, Silvino
1-0
Moscow-B 1987 B92
Nenashev, Alexander vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Tashkent 1987 A35
Khalifman, Alexander vs Psakhis, Lev
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1987 A70
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
URS-FL 1987 B66
Khalifman, Alexander vs Zaichik, Gennadi
1/2-1/2
Moscow-B 1987 B85
Khalifman, Alexander vs Sveshnikov, Evgeny
1/2-1/2
Moscow-B 1987 E04
Khalifman, Alexander vs Kuzmin, Alexey
1-0
Tashkent 1987 C91
Khalifman, Alexander vs Pigusov, Evgeny
1/2-1/2
URS Army-ch 1987 B35
Khalifman, Alexander vs Psakhis, Lev
1/2-1/2
URS-ch54 1987 B84
Davies, Nigel R vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Moscow-B 1987 C14
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
Tashkent 1987 B17
Salov, Valery vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
URS-ch54 1987 E84
Khalifman, Alexander vs Kupreichik, Viktor D
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1987 B70
Timoshchenko, Gennadi A vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Tashkent 1987 E15
Oll, Lembit vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1987 C89
Yermolinsky, Alex vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Tashkent 1987 E04
Khalifman, Alexander vs Legky, Nikolay A
1-0
URS Army-ch 1987 A80
Khalifman, Alexander vs Saltaev, Mihail
1-0
Tashkent 1987 E94
Khalifman, Alexander vs Malaniuk, Vladimir P
1/2-1/2
URS-ch54 1987 C60
Tukmakov, Vladimir B vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1987 D58
Kalinitschew, Sergey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS Army-ch 1987 D12
Timoshchenko, Gennadi A vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
URS Army-ch 1987 E81
Khalifman, Alexander vs Huzman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1987 C18
Kholmov, Ratmir D vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Moscow TV 1987 B64
Chekhov, Valery A vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS Army-ch 1987 D10
Khalifman, Alexander vs Lputian, Smbat G
1/2-1/2
Armed Forces-ch 1987 D34
Khalifman, Alexander vs Smirin, Ilia
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1987 A65
Rashkovsky, Nukhim N vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-ch54 1987 E15
Khalifman, Alexander vs Bareev, Evgeny
0-1
URS-ch54 1987 C02
Chekhov, Valery A vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Armed Forces-ch 1987 E71
Khalifman, Alexander vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1-0
URS-ch54 1987 D85
Khalifman, Alexander vs Gavrikov, Viktor
1/2-1/2
URS-ch54 1987 D85
Khalifman, Alexander vs Nenashev, Alexander
1-0
URS Army-ch 1987 C91
Khalifman, Alexander vs Dautov, Rustem
0-1
URS Army-ch 1987 E04
Dokhoian, Yury vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1987 D55
Casper, Thomas vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Moscow-B 1987 C28
Shabalov, Alexander vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
URS Army-ch 1987 D14
Kupreichik, Viktor D vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-ch54 1987 B78
Khalifman, Alexander vs Balashov, Yuri S
1-0
URS-FL 1987 C91
Yermolinsky, Alex vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-FL 1987 E20
Kuzmin, Gennadi P vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Tashkent 1987 B58
Khalifman, Alexander vs Vakhidov, Tahir
1-0
Tashkent 1987 D85
Khalifman, Alexander vs Chernin, Alexander
1-0
URS-ch54 1987 D11
Khalifman, Alexander vs Malaniuk, Vladimir P
1-0
Tashkent 1987 C78
Zagrebelny, Sergey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Tashkent 1987 B51
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