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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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Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
Ubeda 1997 E90
Timman, Jan H vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Ubeda 1997 B66
Larsen, Bent vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Skolernes Skakklub 1997 A48
Adams, Michael vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Skolernes Skakklub 1997 B50
Shirov, Alexei vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Kloosters 1997 D17
Khalifman, Alexander vs Jussupow, Artur
1/2-1/2
Kloosters 1997 D58
Svidler, Peter vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 B12
Short, Nigel D vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Parnu-A 1996 B40
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9596 1996 A17
Khalifman, Alexander vs Short, Nigel D
0-1
Parnu-A 1996 E12
Fischer, M. vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Bad Woerishofen op 1996 B23
Svidler, Peter vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Yerevan 1996 B58
Khalifman, Alexander vs Adams, Michael
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9697 1996 E15
Khalifman, Alexander vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch 1995 A16
Timman, Jan H vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
Donner mem 1995 A39
Short, Nigel D vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens op 1995 B72
Morozevich, Alexander vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Yalta super 1995 B31
Khalifman, Alexander vs Lautier, Joel
1-0
Linares 1995 B33
Khalifman, Alexander vs Anand, Viswanathan
1/2-1/2
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 E11
Shirov, Alexei vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
Donner mem 1995 B20
Khalifman, Alexander vs Tiviakov, Sergei
1-0
Linares 1995 A29
Khalifman, Alexander vs Morozevich, Alexander
0-1
Yalta rapid 1995 D07
Polgar, Judit vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Donner mem 1995 B04
Khalifman, Alexander vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
RUS-chT 1995 D79
Svidler, Peter vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
EUCup Gr5 1995 B04
Akopian, Vladimir vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Linares 1995 E71
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
Yalta rapid 1995 B36
Anand, Viswanathan vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
PCA/Intel-GP 1995 B78
Khalifman, Alexander vs Morozevich, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Donner mem 1995 D07
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Novosibirsk 1995 A59
Khalifman, Alexander vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
Moscow PCA-Intel qual 1995 B09
Dreev, Alexey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
Linares 1995 D37
Khalifman, Alexander vs Illescas Cordoba, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Linares 1995 E14
Sokolov, Ivan vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Linares 1995 A57
Adams, Michael vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens op 1995 B22
Svidler, Peter vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Novosibirsk 1995 B19
Jussupow, Artur vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 9394 1994 E14
Khalifman, Alexander vs Polgar, Zsuzsa
1/2-1/2
Pardubice 1994 D43
Khalifman, Alexander vs Hjartarson, Johann
1-0
Tilburg 1994 A17
Portisch, Lajos vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Ter Apel 1994 D12
Yudasin, Leonid vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Tilburg 1994 B62
Adams, Michael vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
PCA-op playoff 1994 B12
Khalifman, Alexander vs Shirov, Alexei
1-0
Pardubice 1994 D44
Khalifman, Alexander vs Topalov, Veselin
1-0
Elenite 1994 A39
Khalifman, Alexander vs Yudasin, Leonid
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1994 D05
Hjartarson, Johann vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1994 B12
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
Groningen PCA 1993 D42
Khalifman, Alexander vs Polgar, Zsuzsa
1/2-1/2
Moscow blitz 1993 A31
Khalifman, Alexander vs Polgar, Judit
0-1
Dos Hermanas 1993 E97
Van der Sterren, Paul vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1993 E15
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