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