FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1995-1998

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FIDE World Championship knock-out :: Groningen 1997

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Final standings

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pos. name seed Elo flag R128 R64 R32 R16 QF SF F
⇑ W GM Anand, Viswanathan (2) 2765 IND BYE
 40
2—0		 21
3½—2½		 15
2—0		 5
1½—½		 3
1½—½		 2
5—4
RU GM Adams, Michael (9) 2680 ENG BYE
 41
2—0		 30
1½—½		 12
4—2		 6
2½—1½		 4
4—3		 1
4—5
SF GM Gelfand, Boris (8) 2695 BLR BYE
 BYE
 20
4—2		 16
3½—2½		 8
2½—1½		 1
½—1½
SF GM Short, Nigel David (18) 2660 ENG BYE
 48
3½—2½		 31
2—0		 9
3—1		 7
2—0		 2
3—4
QF GM Shirov, Alexei (7) 2700 ESP BYE
 42
1½—½		 29
2½—1½		 11
1½—½		 1
½—1½
QF GM Van Wely, Loek (21) 2655 NED BYE
 60
1½—½		 27
3½—2½		 10
1½—½		 2
1½—2½
QF GM Krasenkow, Michał (25) 2645 POL 78
1½—½		 62
1½—½		 17
1½—½		 13
4—3		 4
0—2
QF GM Dreev, Alexei (30) 2640 RUS BYE
 55
1½—½		 18
1½—½		 14
3—1		 3
1½—2½
R16 GM Beliavsky, Alexander (6) 2710 SLO BYE
 43
1½—½		 22
2½—1½		 4
1—3
R16 GM Georgiev, Kiril (12) 2670 BUL BYE
 44
2½—1½		 26
1½—½		 6
½—1½
R16 GM Akopian, Vladimir (15) 2660 ARM BYE
 59
1½—½		 24
4—3		 5
½—1½
R16 GM Svidler, Peter (19) 2660 RUS BYE
 46
1½—½		 32
1½—½		 2
2—4
R16 GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (22) 2650 GEO BYE
 58
2½—1½		 19
1½—½		 7
3—4
R16 GM Zviagintsev, Vadim (36) 2635 RUS 73
3—2		 52
4—2		 28
2½—1½		 8
1—3
R16 GM Almási, Zoltán (43) 2615 HUN 85
1½—½		 36
1½—½		 25
1½—½		 1
0—2
R16 GM Tkachiev, Vladislav (46) 2615 KAZ 83
1½—½		 35
3—1		 23
2½—1½		 3
2½—3½
R32 GM Bareev, Evgeny (11) 2670 RUS BYE
 45
2—0		 7
½—1½
R32 GM Sadler, Matthew (14) 2665 ENG BYE
 47
4—2		 8
½—1½
R32 GM Alexandrov, Alexei (16) 2660 BLR 74
3—2		 49
2½—1½		 13
½—1½
R32 GM Lautier, Joël (17) 2660 FRA BYE
 50
1½—½		 3
2—4
R32 GM Khalifman, Alexander (20) 2655 RUS BYE
 51
2—0		 1
2½—3½
R32 GM Rublevsky, Sergei (23) 2650 RUS 75
2—0		 61
1½—½		 9
1½—2½
R32 GM Oll, Lembit (26) 2645 EST 77
1½—½		 53
1½—½		 16
1½—2½
R32 GM Vaganian, Rafael (31) 2640 ARM BYE
 54
2—0		 11
3—4
R32 GM Jussupow, Artur (32) 2640 GER BYE
 63
1½—½		 15
½—1½
R32 GM Milov, Vadim (34) 2635 SUI 72
2½—1½		 38
4—3		 10
½—1½
R32 GM Piket, Jeroen (38) 2630 NED BYE
 33
1½—½		 6
2½—3½
R32 GM Seirawan, Yasser (39) 2630 USA 80
3—1		 34
1½—½		 14
1½—2½
R32 GM Milos, Gilberto (57) 2590 BRA 93
2—0		 56
2—0		 5
1½—2½
R32 GM Tiviakov, Sergei (60) 2590 RUS BYE
 37
1½—½		 2
½—1½
R32 GM Sokolov, Andrei (65) 2585 RUS 96
1½—½		 57
2—0		 4
0—2
R32 GM Epishin, Vladimir (69) 2570 RUS BYE
 39
2½—1½		 12
½—1½
R64 GM Topalov, Veselin (4) 2745 BUL BYE
 27
½—1½
R64 GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl (5) 2725 UKR BYE
 28
½—1½
R64 GM Salov, Valery (10) 2680 RUS BYE
 16
1—3
R64 GM Polgár, Judit (13) 2670 HUN BYE
 15
½—1½
R64 GM Rozentalis, Eduardas (27) 2645 LTU 76
1½—½		 30
½—1½
R64 GM Andersson, Ulf (28) 2640 SWE 79
5—4		 26
3—4
R64 GM Sokolov, Ivan (35) 2635 BIH BYE
 32
1½—2½
R64 GM Nikolić, Predrag (37) 2630 BIH BYE
 1
0—2
R64 GM Giorgadze, Giorgi (40) 2625 GEO 81
4—3		 2
0—2
R64 GM Granda Zuñiga, Julio (41) 2625 PER 82
2½—1½		 5
½—1½
R64 GM Timman, Jan (42) 2625 NED BYE
 9
½—1½
R64 GM Alterman, Boris (44) 2615 ISR 86
1½—½		 10
1½—2½
R64 GM Malaniuk, Volodymyr (45) 2615 UKR 84
2—0		 17
0—2
R64 GM Utut Adianto (47) 2610 INA 89
2—0		 12
½—1½
R64 GM Ehlvest, Jaan (48) 2610 EST 88
1½—½		 18
2—4
R64 GM Kortschnoj, Viktor (49) 2610 SUI 87
1½—½		 4
2½—3½
R64 GM Hjartarson, Jóhann (51) 2605 ISL 91
2½—1½		 19
1½—2½
R64 GM Hráček, Zbyněk (52) 2605 CZE 90
3—2		 20
½—1½
R64 GM Nijboer, Friso (53) 2605 NED 92
2½—1½		 21
0—2
R64 GM Kaidanov, Gregory (55) 2600 USA BYE
 14
2—4
R64 GM Morozevich, Alexander (58) 2590 RUS 94
2—0		 23
½—1½
R64 GM Bologan, Viorel (61) 2585 MDA 97
2—0		 24
0—2
R64 GM Nenashev, Alexander (64) 2585 UZB 95
1½—½		 8
½—1½
R64 GM Kindermann, Stefan (70) 2570 GER 64
3—2		 29
0—2
R64 GM Istrățescu, Andrei (75) 2550 ROM 65
3—2		 31
0—2
R64 GM Slobodjan, Roman (76) 2550 GER 66
1½—½		 13
1½—2½
R64 GM Luther, Thomas (85) 2525 GER 67
3½—2½		 11
½—1½
R64 GM Miladinović, Igor (91) 2500 GRE 68
2½—1½		 6
½—1½
R64 IM Shaked, Tal (92) 2500 USA 69
3—2		 22
½—1½
R64 GM García, Gildardo (94) 2480 COL 70
1½—½		 7
½—1½
R64 GM Grétarsson, Helgi Áss (96) 2475 ISL 71
1½—½		 25
½—1½
R64 GM Yermolinsky, Alexander (24) 2650 USA 56
2—3
R128 GM Csernyin, Alexander (29) 2640 HUN 57
2—3
R128 GM Lékó, Péter (33) 2635 HUN 58
½—1½
R128 GM Portisch, Lajos (50) 2610 HUN 59
2½—3½
R128 GM Hansen, Curt (54) 2600 DEN 60
1½—2½
R128 GM Morovic Fernández, Iván (56) 2600 CHI 61
2—3
R128 GM Sutovsky, Emil (59) 2590 ISR 62
½—1½
R128 GM Illescas Córdoba, Miguel (62) 2585 ESP 63
½—1½
R128 GM Kotronias, Vasilios (63) 2585 GRE 26
1½—2½
R128 GM Benjamin, Joel (66) 2580 USA 14
2—3
R128 GM Gulko, Boris (67) 2580 USA 19
2—3
R128 GM Spraggett, Kevin (68) 2575 CAN 22
0—2
R128 GM Lerner, Konstantin (71) 2560 UKR 37
½—1½
R128 GM Pétursson, Margeir (72) 2555 ISL 23
½—1½
R128 GM Van der Sterren, Paul (73) 2555 NED 7
½—1½
R128 GM Christiansen, Larry (74) 2550 USA 38
4—5
R128 GM Anastasian, Ashot (77) 2545 ARM 28
1—3
R128 GM Bacrot, Etienne (78) 2545 FRA 41
3—4
R128 GM Kurajica, Bojan (79) 2545 BIH 42
1½—2½
R128 GM Fominykh, Alexander (80) 2535 RUS 16
½—1½
R128 GM Hamdouchi, Hichem (81) 2535 MAR 45
0—2
R128 GM Peng Xiaomin (82) 2530 CHN 15
½—1½
R128 GM Wells, Peter (83) 2530 ENG 44
½—1½
R128 GM Hernández, Gilberto (84) 2525 MEX 48
½—1½
R128 GM Van der Wiel, John (86) 2525 NED 47
½—1½
R128 GM Wang Zili (87) 2520 CHN 46
0—2
R128 GM Barua, Dibyendu (88) 2515 IND 50
2—3
R128 GM Šulskis, Šarūnas (89) 2510 LTU 49
1½—2½
R128 GM Glek, Igor (90) 2505 RUS 51
1½—2½
R128 GM Murshed, Niaz (93) 2490 BAN 29
0—2
R128 GM Smyslov, Vassily (95) 2480 RUS 53
0—2
R128 IM Hoeksema, Hendrik (98) 2400 NED 55
½—1½
R128 IM Kobese, Watu (99) 2315 RSA 31
½—1½
R128 Umgaev, Alexander (100)   RUS 54
0—2
R128 GM Kramnik, Vladimir (1) 2770 RUS Did not start.  
 
R128 IM Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib (97) 2460 EGY Did not start.  
 
R128 Ichikawa, Taisuke (101)   JPN Did not start.  
 





Round of 128

9th - 10th December 1997


name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2 B1
GM Alexandrov, Alexei (16) 2660 BLR 3 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Gulko, Boris (67) 2580 USA 2 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Rublevsky, Sergei (23) 2650 RUS 2 1 1
GM Spraggett, Kevin (68) 2575 CAN 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2
GM Kotronias, Vasilios (63) 2585 GRE 1½ ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Milov, Vadim (34) 2635 SUI 2½ ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2 B1
GM Kindermann, Stefan (70) 2570 GER 3 1 0 0 1 1
GM Yermolinsky, Alexander (24) 2650 USA 2 0 1 1 0 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2 B1
GM Benjamin, Joel (66) 2580 USA 2 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Zviagintsev, Vadim (36) 2635 RUS 3 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Rozentalis, Eduardas (27) 2645 LTU 1½ ½ 1
GM Lerner, Konstantin (71) 2560 UKR ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Pétursson, Margeir (72) 2555 ISL ½ 0 ½
GM Oll, Lembit (26) 2645 EST 1½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Krasenkow, Michał (25) 2645 POL 1½ 1 ½
GM Van der Sterren, Paul (73) 2555 NED ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5
GM Christiansen, Larry (74) 2550 USA 4 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Andersson, Ulf (28) 2640 SWE 5 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2 B1
GM Csernyin, Alexander (29) 2640 HUN 2 ½ ½ 1 0 0
GM Istrățescu, Andrei (75) 2550 ROM 3 ½ ½ 0 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Slobodjan, Roman (76) 2550 GER 1½ 1 ½
GM Lékó, Péter (33) 2635 HUN ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2
GM Seirawan, Yasser (39) 2630 USA 3 ½ ½ 1 1
GM Anastasian, Ashot (77) 2545 ARM 1 ½ ½ 0 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2
GM Kurajica, Bojan (79) 2545 BIH 1½ 1 0 0 ½
GM Granda Zuñiga, Julio (41) 2625 PER 2½ 0 1 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Fominykh, Alexander (80) 2535 RUS ½ 0 ½
GM Tkachiev, Vladislav (46) 2615 KAZ 1½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Malaniuk, Volodymyr (45) 2615 UKR 2 1 1
GM Hamdouchi, Hichem (81) 2535 MAR 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Alterman, Boris (44) 2615 ISR 1½ 1 ½
GM Wells, Peter (83) 2530 ENG ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Peng Xiaomin (82) 2530 CHN ½ ½ 0
GM Almási, Zoltán (43) 2615 HUN 1½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Kortschnoj, Viktor (49) 2610 SUI 1½ 1 ½
GM Hernández, Gilberto (84) 2525 MEX ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Van der Wiel, John (86) 2525 NED ½ ½ 0
GM Ehlvest, Jaan (48) 2610 EST 1½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2 B1 B2
GM Luther, Thomas (85) 2525 GER 3½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Portisch, Lajos (50) 2610 HUN 2½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Utut Adianto (47) 2610 INA 2 1 1
GM Wang Zili (87) 2520 CHN 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2 B1
GM Barua, Dibyendu (88) 2515 IND 2 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Hráček, Zbyněk (52) 2605 CZE 3 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2
GM Hjartarson, Jóhann (51) 2605 ISL 2½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Šulskis, Šarūnas (89) 2510 LTU 1½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2
GM Glek, Igor (90) 2505 RUS 1½ 1 0 ½ 0
GM Nijboer, Friso (53) 2605 NED 2½ 0 1 ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2
GM Hansen, Curt (54) 2600 DEN 1½ 1 0 0 ½
GM Miladinović, Igor (91) 2500 GRE 2½ 0 1 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2 B1
IM Shaked, Tal (92) 2500 USA 3 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Morovic Fernández, Iván (56) 2600 CHI 2 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Milos, Gilberto (57) 2590 BRA 2 1 1
GM Murshed, Niaz (93) 2490 BAN 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Smyslov, Vassily (95) 2480 RUS 0 0 0
GM Morozevich, Alexander (58) 2590 RUS 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Sutovsky, Emil (59) 2590 ISR ½ 0 ½
GM García, Gildardo (94) 2480 COL 1½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Grétarsson, Helgi Áss (96) 2475 ISL 1½ ½ 1
GM Illescas Córdoba, Miguel (62) 2585 ESP ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
IM Hoeksema, Hendrik (98) 2400 NED ½ ½ 0
GM Nenashev, Alexander (64) 2585 UZB 1½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Sokolov, Andrei (65) 2585 RUS 1½ 1 ½
IM Kobese, Watu (99) 2315 RSA ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
Umgaev, Alexander (100) RUS 0 0 0
GM Bologan, Viorel (61) 2585 MDA 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1 R2 B1 B2 B3
GM Giorgadze, Giorgi (40) GEO 4 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Bacrot, Etienne (78) 2545 FRA 3 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag
GM Anand, Viswanathan (2) 2660 IND
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Adams, Michael (9) 2660 ENG
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Gelfand, Boris (8) 2660 BLR
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Short, Nigel David (18) 2660 ENG
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Shirov, Alexei (7) 2660 ESP
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Van Wely, Loek (21) 2660 NED
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Dreev, Alexei (30) 2660 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Beliavsky, Alexander (6) 2660 SLO
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Georgiev, Kiril (12) 2660 BUL
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Akopian, Vladimir (15) 2660 ARM
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Svidler, Peter (19) 2660 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (22) 2660 GEO
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Bareev, Evgeny (11) 2660 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Sadler, Matthew (14) 2660 ENG
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Lautier, Joël (17) 2660 FRA
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Khalifman, Alexander (20) 2660 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Vaganian, Rafael (31) 2660 ARM
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Jussupow, Artur (32) 2660 GER
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Piket, Jeroen (38) 2660 NED
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Tiviakov, Sergei (60) 2660 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Epishin, Vladimir (69) 2660 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Topalov, Veselin (4) 2660 BUL
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl (5) 2660 UKR
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Salov, Valery (10) 2660 RUS
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Polgár, Judit (13) 2660 HUN
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Sokolov, Ivan (35) 2660 BIH
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Nikolić, Predrag (37) 2660 BIH
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Timman, Jan (42) 2660 NED
BYE

name seed Elo flag
GM Kaidanov, Gregory (55) 2660 USA
BYE



Round of 64

11th - 13th December 1997


name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Nikolić, Predrag (37) 2630 BIH 0 0 0
GM Anand, Viswanathan (2) 2765 IND 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Topalov, Veselin (4) 2745 BUL ½ ½ 0
GM Piket, Jeroen (38) 2630 NED 1½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Seirawan, Yasser (39) 2630 USA 1½ 1 ½
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl (5) 2725 UKR ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Beliavsky, Alexander (6) 2710 SLO 1½ ½ 1
GM Timman, Jan (42) 2625 NED ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Granda Zuñiga, Julio (41) 2625 PER ½ 0 ½
GM Shirov, Alexei (7) 2700 ESP 1½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Tkachiev, Vladislav (46) 2615 KAZ 3 ½ ½ 1 1
GM Salov, Valery (10) 2680 RUS 1 ½ ½ 0 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Almási, Zoltán (43) 2615 HUN 1½ ½ 1
GM Polgár, Judit (13) 2670 HUN ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Bareev, Evgeny (11) 2670 RUS 2 1 1
GM Malaniuk, Volodymyr (45) 2615 UKR 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Georgiev, Kiril (12) 2670 BUL 2½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Alterman, Boris (44) 2615 ISR 1½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Ehlvest, Jaan (48) 2610 EST 2 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0
GM Sadler, Matthew (14) 2665 ENG 4 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2 B1
GM Andersson, Ulf (28) 2640 SWE 3 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0
GM Milov, Vadim (34) 2635 SUI 4 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Svidler, Peter (19) 2660 RUS 1½ 1 ½
GM Utut Adianto (47) 2610 INA ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Short, Nigel David (18) 2660 ENG 3½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Kortschnoj, Viktor (49) 2610 SUI 2½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Hráček, Zbyněk (52) 2605 CZE ½ 0 ½
GM Lautier, Joël (17) 2660 FRA 1½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Alexandrov, Alexei (16) 2660 BLR 2½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Hjartarson, Jóhann (51) 2605 ISL 1½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Nijboer, Friso (53) 2605 NED 0 0 0
GM Khalifman, Alexander (20) 2655 RUS 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Rozentalis, Eduardas (27) 2645 LTU ½ 0 ½
GM Tiviakov, Sergei (60) 2590 RUS 1½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Morozevich, Alexander (58) 2590 RUS ½ 0 ½
GM Oll, Lembit (26) 2645 EST 1½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Kaidanov, Gregory (55) 2600 USA 2 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0
GM Zviagintsev, Vadim (36) 2635 RUS 4 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Bologan, Viorel (61) 2585 MDA 0 0 0
GM Vaganian, Rafael (31) 2640 ARM 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Nenashev, Alexander (64) 2585 UZB ½ ½ 0
GM Dreev, Alexei (30) 2640 RUS 1½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Sokolov, Ivan (35) 2635 BIH 1½ 1 0 ½ 0
GM Epishin, Vladimir (69) 2570 RUS 2½ 0 1 ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (22) 2645 GEO 2½ ½ ½ 1 ½
GM Slobodjan, Roman (76) 2550 GER 1½ ½ ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Luther, Thomas (85) 2525 GER ½ ½ 0
GM Akopian, Vladimir (15) 2660 ARM 1½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Milos, Gilberto (57) 2590 BRA 2 1 1
GM Kindermann, Stefan (70) 2570 GER 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Van Wely, Loek (21) 2655 NED 1½ ½ 1
GM Miladinović, Igor (91) 2500 GRE ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Rublevsky, Sergei (23) 2650 RUS 1½ ½ 1
IM Shaked, Tal (92) 2500 USA ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Istrățescu, Andrei (75) 2550 ROM 0 0 0
GM Sokolov, Andrei (65) 2585 RUS 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Krasenkow, Michał (25) 2645 POL 1½ 1 ½
GM García, Gildardo (94) 2480 COL ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Grétarsson, Helgi Áss (96) 2475 ISL ½ ½ 0
GM Jussupow, Artur (32) 2640 GER 1½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Adams, Michael (9) 2680 ENG 2 1 1
GM Giorgadze, Giorgi (40) GEO 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag
GM Gelfand, Boris (8) 2630 BLR
BYE



Round of 32

14th - 16th December 1997


name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Khalifman, Alexander (20) 2655 RUS 2½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½
GM Anand, Viswanathan (2) 2765 IND 3½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Beliavsky, Alexander (6) 2710 SLO 2½ ½ ½ 1 ½
GM Rublevsky, Sergei (23) 2650 RUS 1½ ½ ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Lautier, Joël (17) 2660 FRA 2 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0
GM Gelfand, Boris (8) 2695 BLR 4 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Bareev, Evgeny (11) 2670 RUS ½ 0 ½
GM Krasenkow, Michał (25) 2645 POL 1½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Dreev, Alexei (30) 2640 RUS 1½ ½ 1
GM Sadler, Matthew (14) 2665 ENG ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (22) 2645 GEO 1½ 1 ½
GM Alexandrov, Alexei (16) 2660 BLR ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Georgiev, Kiril (12) 2670 BUL 1½ ½ 1
GM Milov, Vadim (34) 2635 SUI ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2 B1
GM Vaganian, Rafael (31) 2640 ARM 3 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Akopian, Vladimir (15) 2660 ARM 4 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Milos, Gilberto (57) 2590 BRA 1½ ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Shirov, Alexei (7) 2700 ESP 2½ ½ ½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Piket, Jeroen (38) 2630 NED 2½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0
GM Van Wely, Loek (21) 2655 NED 3½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Adams, Michael (9) 2680 ENG 1½ 1 ½
GM Tiviakov, Sergei (60) 2590 RUS ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Zviagintsev, Vadim (36) 2635 RUS 2½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Seirawan, Yasser (39) 2630 USA 1½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Oll, Lembit (26) 2645 EST 1½ ½ ½ 0 ½
GM Tkachiev, Vladislav (46) 2615 KAZ 2½ ½ ½ 1 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Jussupow, Artur (32) 2640 GER ½ ½ 0
GM Almási, Zoltán (43) 2615 HUN 1½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Short, Nigel David (18) 2660 ENG 2 1 1
GM Sokolov, Andrei (65) 2585 RUS 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Svidler, Peter (19) 2660 RUS 1½ 1 ½
GM Epishin, Vladimir (69) 2570 RUS ½ 0 ½



Round of 16

17th - 19th December 1997


name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Almási, Zoltán (43) 2615 HUN 0 0 0
GM Anand, Viswanathan (2) 2765 IND 2 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Beliavsky, Alexander (6) 2710 SLO 1 1 0 0 0
GM Short, Nigel David (18) 2660 ENG 3 0 1 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Akopian, Vladimir (15) 2660 ARM ½ ½ 0
GM Shirov, Alexei (7) 2700 ESP 1½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Adams, Michael (9) 2680 ENG 4 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1
GM Svidler, Peter (19) 2660 RUS 2 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Van Wely, Loek (21) 2655 NED 1½ 1 ½
GM Georgiev, Kiril (12) 2670 BUL ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2
GM Tkachiev, Vladislav (46) 2615 KAZ 2½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0
GM Gelfand, Boris (8) 2695 BLR 3½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2 B1
GM Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (22) 2645 GEO 3 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0
GM Krasenkow, Michał (25) 2645 POL 4 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Dreev, Alexei (30) 2640 RUS 3 ½ ½ 1 1
GM Zviagintsev, Vadim (36) 2635 RUS 1 ½ ½ 0 0



Quarterfinals

20th - 22nd December 1997


name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Anand, Viswanathan (2) 2765 IND 1½ 1 ½
GM Shirov, Alexei (7) 2700 ESP ½ 0 ½

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Adams, Michael (9) 2680 ENG 2½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Van Wely, Loek (21) 2655 NED 1½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2
GM Gelfand, Boris (8) 2695 BLR 2½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Dreev, Alexei (30) 2640 RUS 1½ ½ ½ ½ 0

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Short, Nigel David (18) 2660 ENG 2 1 1
GM Krasenkow, Michał (25) 2645 POL 0 0 0



Semifinals

23rd - 25th December 1997


name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2
GM Gelfand, Boris (8) 2695 BLR ½ ½ 0
GM Anand, Viswanathan (2) 2765 IND 1½ ½ 1

name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2 B1
GM Adams, Michael (9) 2680 ENG 4 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
GM Short, Nigel David (18) 2660 ENG 3 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0



Final

26th - 30th December 1997


name seed Elo flag ∑ 1 2 3 4 R1.1 R1.2 R2.1 R2.2 B1
GM Adams, Michael (9) 2680 ENG 4 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
GM Anand, Viswanathan (2) 2765 IND 5 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1






Information

FIDE World Championship knock-out
Dates: 9th - 30th December 1997
City: Groningen (Netherlands)
Venue:
Organizers:
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 100 (incl. 94 GMs, 4 IMs)
Eligible:
There were 104 players eligible, of which three refused to participate (Kasparov, Zs.Polgár, Kamsky), one (Karpov) was seeded into the final and one (Kramnik) applied and was seeded, but withdrew protesting Karpov's seeding directly into the World Championship match.
Of remaining 99 two did not appear (Mohamed, Ichikawa), so there were 97 players who joined the tournament, and 3 were forfeited.

World Champions (2): GM Karpov (FIDE), GM Kasparov (PCA) - refused to play

Loser of FIDE World Championship match (1): GM Kamsky - quit professional chess

Players to reach round 2 in recent Candidates matches (5): GM Anand, GM Gelfand, GM Salov, GM Kramnik, GM Timman

Each of players to be in the top 14 on FIDE rating list 1994-1996 (19): GM Adams, GM Bareev, GM Beliavsky, GM Dreev, GM Epishin, GM Ivanchuk, GM Kaidanov, GM Khalifman, GM Lautier, GM Nikolić, GM Piket, GM J.Polgár, GM Shirov, GM Short, GM Sokolov, GM Tiviakov, GM Topalov, GM Yusupov, GM Vaganian.

From zonals (49):
Zonal 1.1 (5): GM Illescas Córdoba, GM Van Wely, GM Van der Wiel, GM Van der Sterren, GM Wells
Zonal 1.2a (3): GM Kindermann, GM Kortschnoj, GM Luther
Zonal 1.2b (3): GM Azmaiparashvili, GM Alterman, GM Kurajica
Zonal 1.3 (3): GM Hansen, GM Pétursson, GM Hjartarson
Zonal 1.4 (3): GM Hráček, GM Almási, GM Istrățescu
Zonal 1.5 (3): GM Giorgadze, GM Kotronias, GM Anastasian
Zonal 1.6 (4): GM Svidler, GM Bareev, GM Khalifman (these two already qualified by rating), GM Glek, GM Sokolov, GM Fominykh
Zonal 1.7 (3): GM Oll, GM Ehlvest, IM Šulskis
Zonal 1.8 (3): GM Lerner, GM Malaniuk, IM Kruppa
Zonal 2.1 (5): GM Gulko, GM Seirawan, GM Christiansen, GM Benjamin, GM Yermolinsky
Zonal 2.2 (1): GM Spraggett
Zonal 2.3 (2): GM Hernández Guerrero, GM García
Zonal 2.4 (2): GM Granda Zuñiga, GM Milos
Zonal 2.5 (1): GM Morovic Fernández
Zonal 3.1 (2): GM Barua, GM Murshed
Zonal 3.2 (1): GM Utut Adianto
Zonal 3.3 (2): IM Wang Zili, IM Peng Xiaomin
Zonal 3.4 (1): GM Nenashev
Zonal 4.1 (1): GM Hamdouchi
Zonal 4.2 (1): Mohamed
Zonal 4.3 (1): Kobese

World U20 Junior champions (5): GM Miladinovic (1993), GM Gretarsson (1994), GM Slobodan (1995), GM Sutovsky (1996), GM Shaked (1997)

Juniors rated >= 2600 on VII.97 rating list (2): GM Lékó, GM Morozevich

Women's World Chess Champion (1): GM Zs.Polgár - did not arrive

Nominees of FIDE President (3): GM Smyslov, Ichikawa (did not start), Umagev

Home player (1): Hoeksema

Highest rated players from 1997 lists to add up number of players to 99 (16): GM Akopian, GM Alexandrov, GM Andersson, GM Bacrot, GM Bologan, GM Chernin, GM K.Georgiev, GM Krasenkow, GM Milov, GM Nijboer, GM Portisch, GM Rozentalis, GM Rublevsky, GM Sadler, GM Tkachiev, GM Zviagintsev
Games played: 323
Competition format: Knock-out
Tie-breaks: none
Time control: 100m/40 + 50m/20 + 10m/f + 30s/incr.
Other websites: https://de.chessbase.com/post/vor-20-jahren-die-erste-k-o-weltmeisterschaft
PGN game file: wc1998-ko.pgn