Khalifman, Alexander
World ChampionAlexander 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
Featured Games
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Khalifman,A vs Lutz,C
FIDE WCh KO
2000
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Lautier,J vs Khalifman,A
FIDE WCh KO
2001
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Ganguly,S vs Khalifman,A
FIDE WCh KO
2001
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Khalifman,A vs Shulman,Y
WCC
2005
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Svidler, Peter vs Khalifman, Alexander
Tilburg rapid20
1994
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Khalifman, Alexander vs Romanishin, Oleg M
WchT 4th
1997
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Shirov,A vs Khalifman,A
Tal Memorial Rapid 2019
2019
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Shulman,Y vs Khalifman,A
WCC
2005
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Inarkiev,E vs Khalifman,A
WCC
2005
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Shulman,Y vs Khalifman,A
WCC
2005
View PrintGames (2342)
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1-0Portoroz/Nova Gorica 1991 D24
Khalifman, Alexander vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1-0World Cup 1991 C96
Khalifman, Alexander vs Timman, Jan H
1-0World Cup 1991 C04
Fischer, M. vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1Triberg 1991 A25
Khalifman, Alexander vs Kasparov, Gary
0-1Paris Immopar rapid 1991 E97
Khalifman, Alexander vs Spasov, Vasil
1-0Manila Interzonal 1990 E99
Nikolic, Predrag vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2Manila Interzonal 1990 E17
Khalifman, Alexander vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2Manila Interzonal 1990 C83
Lautier, Joel vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2Manila Interzonal 1990 E42
Khalifman, Alexander vs Gelfand, Boris
1/2-1/2GMA-qual f 1990 C07
Khalifman, Alexander vs Torre, Eugenio
1/2-1/2Manila Interzonal 1990 E97
Stohl, Igor vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1Manila Interzonal 1990 A33
Shirov, Alexei vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2Groningen 1990 B09
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2GMA-qual f 1990 E18
Khalifman, Alexander vs Shirov, Alexei
1/2-1/2Lvov zt 1990 E98
Khalifman, Alexander vs De Firmian, Nick E
1/2-1/2Manila Interzonal 1990 A70
Khalifman, Alexander vs Georgiev, Kiril
0-1Manila Interzonal 1990 D37
Khalifman, Alexander vs Adams, Michael
0-1Groningen 1990 E11
Khalifman, Alexander vs Damljanovic, Branko
1-0Manila Interzonal 1990 E90
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1Manila Interzonal 1990 E97
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2GMA-qual f 1990 D18
Khalifman, Alexander vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2URS-ch57 1990 C95
Geller, Efim P vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2Sochi-A 1989 A31
Smyslov, Vassily vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2URS-ch55 1988 A38
Khalifman, Alexander vs Jussupow, Artur
1/2-1/2URS-ch55 1988 E05
Khalifman, Alexander vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2URS-ch55 1988 E05
Khalifman, Alexander vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
0-1URS-ch55 1988 C91
Khalifman, Alexander vs Gelfand, Boris
1/2-1/2Vilnius 1988 D24
Khalifman, Alexander vs Kasparov, Gary
1/2-1/2URS-ch55 1988 B80
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0URS-ch55 1988 A29
Khalifman, Alexander vs Petrosian, Arshak B
1-0Moscow-B 1987 E04
Gelfand, Boris vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2URS-FL 1987 D94
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS Army-ch 1987 D46
Khalifman, Alexander vs Jussupow, Artur
1/2-1/2URS-ch54 1987 C02
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2URS-ch54 1987 D18
Khalifman, Alexander vs Anand, Viswanathan
0-1Moscow-B 1987 E12
Khalifman, Alexander vs Gelfand, Boris
1/2-1/2Minsk Int 1986 E94
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0Minsk tt 1986 E04
Khalifman, Alexander vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2URS-ch53 1986 E01
Usov,Aleksandr E. vs Khalifman,A
0-1Minsk Open 2023 2023 B27
Khalifman,A vs Hakobyan,Erik
1/2-1/2Minsk Open 2023 2023 E04
Kramich,Aliaksei vs Khalifman,A
1/2-1/2Minsk Open 2023 2023 B13
Hryharovich,Aliaksei vs Khalifman,A
0-1Minsk Open 2023 2023 A48
Khalifman,A vs Norman,Kseniya
1-0Minsk Open 2023 2023 E68
Koishman,Karina vs Khalifman,A
0-1Minsk Open 2023 2023 D01
Levin,Ev vs Khalifman,A
1-0I Blechzin Memorial 2021 2021 E41
Khairullin,I vs Khalifman,A
1/2-1/2I Blechzin Memorial 2021 2021 D41
Gorovykh,E vs Khalifman,A
1/2-1/2I Blechzin Memorial 2021 2021 C42
Khalifman,A vs Romanov,E
1/2-1/2I Blechzin Memorial 2021 2021 E15
Khalifman,A vs Yevseev,D
1/2-1/2I Blechzin Memorial 2021 2021 D13