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There were 100 players eligible, of which three refused to participate:
- Karpov (as incumbent FIDE World Champion, he declined the format where he had to start from round 1),
- Kasparov (refusing to play in all kind of FIDE events),
- Anand (who was interested in playing Kasparov for Classical World Championship title)
FIDE World Champion (1): GM Karpov (refused to play)
Semifinalists from 1997 WCh knock-out (4): GM Anand (refused to play), GM Short, GM Gelfand, GM Adams
Juniors rated >=2600 on 1998 Elo lists (3): GM Lékó, GM Movsesian, GM Asrian
1998 World Junior Champion (1): GM Sadvakasov
Women's World Champion (1): GM Zs.Polgár (did not arrive)
FIDE President nominees (2): GM Chiburdanidze, Kozak
African Continental nominee (1): GM Hamdouchi
American Continental nominee (1): GM Ivanov
Asian Continental nominee (1): GM Al-Modiahki
European Continental nominee (1): IM Aronian
Host player (1): GM Kudrin
From zonals (62):
Zone 1.1 (6): GM Miles, GM Bauer, GM Nijboer, GM Magem Badals, GM Speelman, GM Reinderman
Zone 1.2 (7): GM Sokolov, GM Zelčić, GM Dizdar, GM Kortschnoj, GM Psakhis, GM Wahls, GM Smirin
Zone 1.3 (3): GM Åkesson, GM Stefánsson, GM P.H.Nielsen
Zone 1.4 (4): GM Nisipeanu, GM Babula, GM Almási, IM Macieja
Zone 1.5 (4): GM Kotronias, IM Çela, GM Đurić, GM Velimirović (did not arrive)
Zone 1.6 (5): GM Morozevich (did not arrive), GM Sakaev, GM Shipov, GM Dolmatov, GM Kobalia
Zone 1.7 (3): GM Ehlvest, GM Rozentalis, IM Frīdmans
Zone 1.8 (2): GM Fedorov, GM Alexandrov
Zone 1.9 (2): GM Ponomariov, Zubarev
Zone 2.1 (5): GM Benjamin, GM De Firmian, GM Gurevich, GM Shaked, GM Gulko (originally, six players were planned to qualify, in which case Dzindzichashvili would qualify as well)
Zone 2.2 (1): GM Spraggett
Zone 2.3 (2): GM Becerra, Rivero, GM Zapata
Zone 2.4 (2): GM Milos, IM Leitão
Zone 2.5 (3): GM Rodríguez Vila, GM Hoffman, FM Sílva Sánchez (did not arrive, replaced by next placed GM Ricardi)
Zone 3.1a (2): IM Hakki, Bagheri
Zone 3.1b (2): GM Barua, IM Thipsay (for some reason, he was not eligible though, and there was no replacement for this zone)
Zone 3.2a (2): GM Utut Adianto, GM Antonio
Zone 3.3 (2): IM Liang Chong, GM Peng Xiaomin
Zone 3.4 (2): GM Kasimdzhanov, GM Kotsur
Zone 4.1 (1): GM Bouaziz
Zone 4.2 (1): IM Mohamed
Zone 4.3 (1): Kobese
Highest rated players in 1998 (~2650 and more) (21): GM Kramnik, GM Ivanchuk, GM Shirov, GM Kamsky, GM Svidler, GM Topalov, GM Bareev, GM Rublevsky, GM Salov, GM Ki.Georgiev, GM J.Polgár, GM Beliavsky, GM Krasenkow, GM Akopian, GM Sadler, GM Azmaiparashvili, GM Zviagintsev, GM Khalifman, GM Tiviakov
Replacements (4): GM Lautier (replacing Velimirović), GM Dreev (replacing Morozevich), GM Milov (replacing Karpov), GM Andersson (replacing Zs. Polgár)
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