FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 - Participants

Participants

  1. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), 2751
  2. Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2726
  3. Alexander Morozevich1 (RUS), 2723
  4. Gata Kamsky (USA), 2720
  5. Michael Adams (ENG), 2716
  6. Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2714
  7. Peter Svidler (RUS), 2713
  8. Anatoly Karpov1 (RUS), 2710
  9. Veselin Topalov (BUL), 2700
  10. Nigel Short (ENG), 2697
  11. Peter Leko (HUN), 2694
  12. Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2691
  13. Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2684
  14. Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO), 2681
  15. Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2679
  16. Judit Polgár (HUN), 2677
  17. Viktor Korchnoi (SUI), 2673
  18. Valery Salov (RUS), 2670
  19. Jan Timman (NED), 2670
  20. Matthew Sadler (ENG), 2667
  21. Zoltán Almási (HUN), 2665
  22. Sergei Shipov (RUS), 2662
  23. Kiril Georgiev (BUL), 2659
  24. Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2658
  25. Ilia Smirin (ISR), 2652
  26. Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), 2650
  27. Sergei Movsesian (ARM), 2650
  28. Konstantin Sakaev (RUS), 2649
  29. Alexei Fedorov (BLR), 2648
  30. Michael Krasenkow (POL), 2643
  31. Vladimir Akopian (ARM), 2640
  32. Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2634
  33. Sergei Tiviakov (RUS), 2627
  34. Ivan Sokolov (BIH), 2624
  35. Boris Gulko (USA), 2620
  36. Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2616
  37. Nick DeFirmian (USA), 2610
  38. Matthias Wahls (GER), 2609
  39. Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR), 2609
  40. Tony Miles (ENG), 2609
  41. Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2609
  42. Utut Adianto (INA), 2607
  43. Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2606
  44. Jonathan Speelman (ENG), 2601
  45. Alex Yermolinsky (USA), 2597
  46. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROM), 2594
  47. Jaan Ehlvest (EST), 2593
  48. Joel Benjamin (USA), 2593
  49. Sergey Dolmatov (RUS), 2589
  50. Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2586
  1. Eduardas Rozentalis (LTU), 2577
  2. Karen Asrian (ARM), 2576
  3. Peng Xiaomin (CHN), 2574
  4. Hannes Stefansson (ISL), 2569
  5. Vlastimil Babula (CZE), 2565
  6. Zsuzsa Polgar1 (HUN), 2565
  7. Lev Psakhis (ISR), 2564
  8. Hichem Hamdouchi (MAR), 2564
  9. Goran Dizdar (CRO), 2563
  10. Dragoljub Velimirovic1 (YUG), 2563
  11. Vasilios Kotronias (CYP), 2561
  12. Rafael Leitao (BRA), 2559
  13. Rogelio Antonio Jr. (PHI), 2558
  14. Jordi Magem Badals (ESP), 2557
  15. Robert Zelcic (CRO), 2554
  16. Bartłomiej Macieja (POL), 2553
  17. Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO), 2551
  18. Alejandro Sergio Hoffman (ARG), 2547
  19. Dmitry Gurevich (USA), 2545
  20. Sergey Kudrin (USA), 2543
  21. Dimitri Reinderman (NED), 2541
  22. Dibyendu Barua (IND), 2538
  23. Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2537
  24. Altin Cela (ALB), 2536
  25. Julio Becerra Rivero (CUB), 2535
  26. Ralf Åkesson (SWE), 2530
  27. Mohamad Al-Modiahki (QAT), 2530
  28. Daniel Fridman (LAT), 2529
  29. Christian Bauer (FRA), 2528
  30. Pablo Ricardi (ARG), 2527
  31. Kevin Spraggett (CAN), 2523
  32. Stefan Djuric (YUG), 2517
  33. Friso Nijboer (NED), 2515
  34. Peter Heine Nielsen (DEN), 2515
  35. Pavel Kotsur (KAZ), 2511
  36. Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2505
  37. Levon Aronian (ARM), 2502
  38. Andrés Rodríguez (URU), 2500
  39. Darmen Sadvakasov (KAZ), 2487
  40. Alexander Zubarev (UKR), 2478
  41. Tal Shaked (USA), 2477
  42. Esam Ahmed Nagib Mohamed (EGY), 2458
  43. Alonso Zapata (COL), 2454
  44. Imad Hakki2 (SYR), 2423
  45. Liang Chong (CHN), 2400
  46. Watu Kobese (RSA), 2389
  47. Slim Bouaziz (TUN), 2387
  48. Amir Bagheri2 (IRI), 2368
  49. Alexander Kozak (RUS), 2330
  50. Vladimir Feldman (AUS), 2330

1 Morozevich, Karpov, Z. Polgar, and Velimirovic had to be replaced with the following players:

  • Alexey Dreev (RUS)
  • Vadim Milov (SUI)
  • Ulf Andersson (SWE)
  • Joël Lautier (FRA)

2 Hakki and Bagheri did not appear due to the visa problems.

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