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{{Infobox tournament
| name              = World Chess Championship 1999
| sport             = [[Chess]]
| year              = 
| image             = Alexander khalifman.jpg
| caption           = [[Alexander Khalifman]]
| location          = [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], United States
| start_date        = 31 July 1999
| end_date          = 28 August 1999
| administrator     = [[FIDE]]
| tournament_format = [[Single-elimination tournament]]
| host              = [[United States Chess Federation]]
| venues            = [[Caesars Palace]]
| participants      = 100
| purse             = 
| champion          = {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Alexander Khalifman]]
| runners-up1       = {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Vladimir Akopian]]
| runners-up2       = <!-- or | runner-up2 = -->
| matches           = 99
| points            = 
| tries             = 
| goals             = 
| attendance        = 
| noaverage         = <!-- Set to 1 to exclude average attendance per match -->
| mvp               = 
| top_scorer        = 
| top_try_scorer    = 
| stat1_label       = 
| stat1             = 
| stat2_label       = 
| stat2             = 
| previous          = [[FIDE World Chess Championship 1998]]
| next              = [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2000]]
}}
The '''FIDE World Chess Championship 1999''' was held at [[Caesars Palace]] on the [[Las Vegas Strip]] between 31 July and 28 August 1999.<ref>{{cite news|title=Two battle for chess crown at Caesars as the grand game makes a move — toward a new image|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|author=David Clayton|date=August 25, 1999|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/aug/25/two-battle-for-chess-crown-at-caesars-as-the-grand/|access-date=2018-05-16}}</ref> The championship was won by Russian [[Alexander Khalifman]], making him the [[FIDE]] [[World Chess Champion]].

==Format==
The format was a knockout tournament of short matches. This was similar in style to that used at the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 1998]], and had the same advantages and disadvantages.

A change from the 1998 championship was that incumbent champion ([[Anatoly Karpov]]) had no special privileges, other than that he (like a number of leading players) was seeded into the second round. In protest at this, Karpov refused to play.<ref>[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic247.html The Week in Chess 247], 2 August 1999</ref>

==Controversy and non-participants==

In addition to Karpov, neither [[Garry Kasparov]] nor [[Viswanathan Anand]] took part. Kasparov, holder of a rival world championship title, refused to play in any of the FIDE knockout championships, and Anand was negotiating to play a match against Kasparov for his title.<ref>[http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/wijk2000/wijk0.html Opening Ceremony for Wijk aan Zee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516215706/http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/wijk2000/wijk0.html |date=16 May 2008 }}, [[The Week in Chess]], Special Report, 14-Jan-2000</ref> (This match never took place – see [[Classical World Chess Championship 2000]]).

Only three players in the top fifteen reached the quarterfinals and by the semifinals most of the favourites had been eliminated.  Kasparov called three of the quarterfinalists "tourists", perhaps intending only to reflect the surprising results of the earlier rounds, but the remark raised some controversy.<ref>[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic249.html The Week in Chess 249 - 16 August 1999]</ref>

Winner Khalifman was rated 44th in the world at the time,<ref>[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic243.html The Week in Chess 243 - 5 July 1999]</ref> which some compared unfavourably to PCA champion Kasparov being ranked No. 1. Khalifman said after the tournament, ''"Rating system works perfectly for players who play only in round robin closed events. I think most of them are overrated. Organizers invite same people over and over because they have the same rating and their rating stays high."''<ref name="Khalifman">[http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/lasvegas99.htm Press Conference with FIDE Champion Alexander Khalifman] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907200840/http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/lasvegas99.htm |date=7 September 2009 }}, 28 August 1999, Chess Scotland</ref> Perhaps in response, Khalifman was invited to the next [[Linares chess tournament]], and performed creditably (though placing below joint winner Kasparov).<ref>[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic279.html The Week in Chess 279 - 13 March 2000]</ref>

==Participants==
{{colbegin}}
# {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|RUS}}, 2751
# {{flagathlete|[[Alexei Shirov]]|ESP}}, 2726
# {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Morozevich]]<sup>1</sup>|RUS}}, 2723
# {{flagathlete|[[Gata Kamsky]]|USA}}, 2720
# {{flagathlete|[[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]]|ENG}}, 2716
# {{flagathlete|[[Vassily Ivanchuk]]|UKR}}, 2714
# {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|RUS}}, 2713
# {{flagathlete|[[Anatoly Karpov]]<sup>1</sup>|RUS}}, 2710
# {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|BUL}}, 2700
# {{flagathlete|[[Nigel Short]]|ENG}}, 2697
# {{flagathlete|[[Peter Leko]]|HUN}}, 2694
# {{flagathlete|[[Boris Gelfand]]|ISR}}, 2691
# {{flagathlete|[[Sergei Rublevsky]]|RUS}}, 2684
# {{flagathlete|[[Zurab Azmaiparashvili]]|GEO|1990}}, 2681
# {{flagathlete|[[Evgeny Bareev]]|RUS}}, 2679
# {{flagathlete|[[Judit Polgár]]|HUN}}, 2677
# {{flagathlete|[[Viktor Korchnoi]]|SUI}}, 2673
# {{flagathlete|[[Valery Salov]]|RUS}}, 2670
# {{flagathlete|[[Jan Timman]]|NED}}, 2670
# {{flagathlete|[[Matthew Sadler]]|ENG}}, 2667
# {{flagathlete|[[Zoltán Almási]]|HUN}}, 2665
# {{flagathlete|[[Sergei Shipov]]|RUS}}, 2662
# {{flagathlete|[[Kiril Georgiev]]|BUL}}, 2659
# {{flagathlete|[[Vadim Zvjaginsev]]|RUS}}, 2658
# {{flagathlete|[[Ilya Smirin]]|ISR}}, 2652
# {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Beliavsky]]|SLO}}, 2650
# {{flagathlete|[[Sergei Movsesian]]|CZE}}, 2650
# {{flagathlete|[[Konstantin Sakaev]]|RUS}}, 2649
# {{flagathlete|[[Alexei Fedorov]]|BLR}}, 2648
# {{flagathlete|[[Michael Krasenkow]]|POL}}, 2643
# {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Akopian]]|ARM}}, 2640
# {{flagathlete|[[Vladislav Tkachiev]]|FRA}}, 2634
# {{flagathlete|[[Sergei Tiviakov]]|RUS}}, 2627
# {{flagathlete|[[Ivan Sokolov (chess player)|Ivan Sokolov]]|BIH}}, 2624
# {{flagathlete|[[Boris Gulko]]|USA}}, 2620
# {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Khalifman]]|RUS}}, 2616
# {{flagathlete|[[Nick DeFirmian]]|USA}}, 2610
# {{flagathlete|[[Matthias Wahls]]|GER}}, 2609
# {{flagathlete|[[Aleksej Aleksandrov]]|BLR}}, 2609
# {{flagathlete|[[Tony Miles]]|ENG}}, 2609
# {{flagathlete|[[Ruslan Ponomariov]]|UKR}}, 2609
# {{flagathlete|[[Utut Adianto]]|INA}}, 2607
# {{flagathlete|[[Rustam Kasimdzhanov]]|UZB}}, 2606
# {{flagathlete|[[Jonathan Speelman]]|ENG}}, 2601
# {{flagathlete|[[Alex Yermolinsky]]|USA}}, 2597
# {{flagathlete|[[Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu]]|ROM}}, 2594
# {{flagathlete|[[Jaan Ehlvest]]|EST}}, 2593
# {{flagathlete|[[Joel Benjamin]]|USA}}, 2593
# {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Dolmatov]]|RUS}}, 2589
# {{flagathlete|[[Gilberto Milos]]|BRA}}, 2586
# {{flagathlete|[[Eduardas Rozentalis]]|LTU}}, 2577
# {{flagathlete|[[Karen Asrian]]|ARM}}, 2576
# {{flagathlete|[[Peng Xiaomin]]|CHN}}, 2574
# {{flagathlete|[[Hannes Stefánsson]]|ISL}}, 2569
# {{flagathlete|[[Vlastimil Babula]]|CZE}}, 2565
# {{flagathlete|[[Zsuzsa Polgar]]<sup>1</sup>|HUN}}, 2565
# {{flagathlete|[[Lev Psakhis]]|ISR}}, 2564
# {{flagathlete|[[Hichem Hamdouchi]]|MAR}}, 2564
# {{flagathlete|[[Goran Dizdar]]|CRO}}, 2563
# {{flagathlete|[[Dragoljub Velimirović]]<sup>1</sup>|FR Yugoslavia|code=YUG}}, 2563
# {{flagathlete|[[Vasilios Kotronias]]|CYP}}, 2561
# {{flagathlete|[[Rafael Leitão]]|BRA}}, 2559
# {{flagathlete|[[Rogelio Antonio Jr.]]|PHI}}, 2558
# {{flagathlete|[[Jordi Magem Badals]]|ESP}}, 2557
# {{flagathlete|[[Robert Zelcic]]|CRO}}, 2554
# {{flagathlete|[[Bartłomiej Macieja]]|POL}}, 2553
# {{flagathlete|[[Maia Chiburdanidze]]|GEO|1990}}, 2551
# {{flagathlete|[[Alejandro Sergio Hoffman]]|ARG}}, 2547
# {{flagathlete|[[Dmitry Gurevich]]|USA}}, 2545
# {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Kudrin]]|USA}}, 2543
# {{flagathlete|[[Dimitri Reinderman]]|NED}}, 2541
# {{flagathlete|[[Dibyendu Barua]]|IND}}, 2538
# {{flagathlete|[[Mikhail Kobalia]]|RUS}}, 2537
# {{flagathlete|[[Altin Cela]]|ALB}}, 2536
# {{flagathlete|[[Julio Becerra Rivero]]|CUB}}, 2535
# {{flagathlete|[[Ralf Åkesson]]|SWE}}, 2530
# {{flagathlete|[[Mohammed Al-Modiahki]]|QAT}}, 2530
# {{flagathlete|[[Daniel Fridman]]|LAT}}, 2529
# {{flagathlete|[[Christian Bauer]]|FRA}}, 2528
# {{flagathlete|[[Pablo Ricardi]]|ARG}}, 2527
# {{flagathlete|[[Kevin Spraggett]]|CAN}}, 2523
# {{flagathlete|[[Stefan Đurić (chess player)|Stefan Đurić]]|FR Yugoslavia|code=YUG}}, 2517
# {{flagathlete|[[Friso Nijboer]]|NED}}, 2515
# {{flagathlete|[[Peter Heine Nielsen]]|DEN}}, 2515
# {{flagathlete|[[Pavel Kotsur]]|KAZ}}, 2511
# {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Ivanov (chess player)|Alexander Ivanov]]|USA}}, 2505
# {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|ARM}}, 2502
# {{flagathlete|[[Andrés Rodríguez (chess player)|Andrés Rodríguez]]|URU}}, 2500
# {{flagathlete|[[Darmen Sadvakasov]]|KAZ}}, 2487
# {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Zubarev]]|UKR}}, 2478
# {{flagathlete|[[Tal Shaked]]|USA}}, 2477
# {{flagathlete|[[Essam El-Gindy|Esam Mohamed Ahmed Nagib]]|EGY}}, 2458
# {{flagathlete|[[Alonso Zapata]]|COL}}, 2454
# {{flagathlete|[[Imad Hakki]]<sup>2</sup>|SYR}}, 2423
# {{flagathlete|[[Liang Chong]]|CHN}}, 2400
# {{flagathlete|[[Watu Kobese]]|RSA}}, 2389
# {{flagathlete|[[Slim Bouaziz]]|TUN}}, 2387
# {{flagathlete|[[Amir Bagheri]]<sup>2</sup>|IRI}}, 2368
# {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Kozak]]|RUS}}, 2330
# {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Feldman]]|AUS}}, 2330
{{colend}}

<sup>1</sup> Morozevich, Karpov, Z. Polgar, and Velimirovic had to be replaced with the following players:
*{{flagathlete|[[Alexey Dreev]]|RUS}}
*{{flagathlete|[[Vadim Milov]]|SUI}}
*{{flagathlete|[[Ulf Andersson]]|SWE}}
*{{flagathlete|[[Joël Lautier]]|FRA}}

<sup>2</sup> Hakki and Bagheri did not appear due to the visa problems.

==Results, rounds 1–4==

===Section 1===
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Fourth round
| RD1-seed03=33
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Sergei Tiviakov]]'''
| RD1-score03='''4½'''
| RD1-seed04=69
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|USA}} [[Dmitry Gurevich]]
| RD1-score04=3½
| RD1-seed07=49
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Sergey Dolmatov]]'''
| RD1-score07='''2½'''
| RD1-seed08=85
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Pavel Kotsur]]
| RD1-score08=1½
| RD1-seed11=41
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Ruslan Ponomariov]]'''
| RD1-score11='''1½'''
| RD1-seed12=77
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|QAT}} [[Mohammed Al-Modiahki]]
| RD1-score12=½
| RD1-seed15=57
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|ISR}} '''[[Lev Psakhis]]'''
| RD1-score15='''2½'''
| RD1-seed16=93
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|COL}} [[Alonso Zapata]]
| RD1-score16=1½
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Vladimir Kramnik]]'''
| RD2-score01='''1½'''
| RD2-seed02=33
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Tiviakov]]
| RD2-score02=½
| RD2-seed03=17
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[Viktor Korchnoi]]'''
| RD2-score03='''4'''
| RD2-seed04=49
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Dolmatov]]
| RD2-score04=2
| RD2-seed05=9
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|BUL}} '''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''
| RD2-score05='''4'''
| RD2-seed06=41
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ruslan Ponomariov]]
| RD2-score06=2
| RD2-seed07=25
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ISR}} [[Ilya Smirin]]
| RD2-score07=1½
| RD2-seed08=57
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|ISR}} '''[[Lev Psakhis]]'''
| RD2-score08='''2½'''
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Vladimir Kramnik]]'''
| RD3-score01='''1½'''
| RD3-seed02=17
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|SUI}} [[Viktor Korchnoi]]
| RD3-score02=½
| RD3-seed03=9
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|BUL}} '''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''
| RD3-score03='''1½'''
| RD3-seed04=57
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ISR}} [[Lev Psakhis]]
| RD3-score04=½
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Vladimir Kramnik]]'''
| RD4-score01='''3'''
| RD4-seed02=9
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|BUL}} [[Veselin Topalov]]
| RD4-score02=1
}}

===Section 2===
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Fourth round
| RD1-seed03=37
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|USA}} [[Nick DeFirmian]]
| RD1-score03=½
| RD1-seed04=73
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Mikhail Kobalia]]'''
| RD1-score04='''1½'''
| RD1-seed07=53
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|CHN}} '''[[Peng Xiaomin]]'''
| RD1-score07='''1½'''
| RD1-seed08=89
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Darmen Sadvakasov]]
| RD1-score08=½
| RD1-seed11=45
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Alex Yermolinsky]]'''
| RD1-score11='''2½'''
| RD1-seed12=81
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|CAN}} [[Kevin Spraggett]]
| RD1-score12=1½
| RD1-seed13=65
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|CRO}} [[Robert Zelcic]]
| RD1-score13=2½
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Alexey Dreev]]'''
| RD1-score14='''3½'''
| RD1-seed15=61
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|CYP}} '''[[Vasilios Kotronias]]'''
| RD1-score15='''1½'''
| RD1-seed16=97
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|TUN}} [[Slim Bouaziz]]
| RD1-score16=½
| RD2-seed01=5
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]]'''
| RD2-score01='''2'''
| RD2-seed02=73
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Kobalia]]
| RD2-score02=0
| RD2-seed03=21
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|HUN}} '''[[Zoltán Almási]]'''
| RD2-score03='''3'''
| RD2-seed04=53
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Xiaomin]]
| RD2-score04=1
| RD2-seed05=13
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Sergei Rublevsky]]'''
| RD2-score05='''3'''
| RD2-seed06=45
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Yermolinsky]]
| RD2-score06=1
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Alexey Dreev]]'''
| RD2-score07='''1½'''
| RD2-seed08=61
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|CYP}} [[Vasilios Kotronias]]
| RD2-score08=½
| RD3-seed01=5
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]]'''
| RD3-score01='''1½'''
| RD3-seed02=21
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Almási]]
| RD3-score02=½
| RD3-seed03=13
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Rublevsky]]
| RD3-score03=½
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Alexey Dreev]]'''
| RD3-score04='''1½'''
| RD4-seed01=5
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]]'''
| RD4-score01='''4'''
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexey Dreev]]
| RD4-score02=2
}}

===Section 3===
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Fourth round
| RD1-seed03=35
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Boris Gulko]]'''
| RD1-score03='''1½'''
| RD1-seed04=71
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|NED}} [[Dimitri Reinderman]]
| RD1-score04=½
| RD1-seed07=51
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Eduardas Rozentalis]]
| RD1-score07=0
| RD1-seed08=87
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Levon Aronian]]'''
| RD1-score08='''2'''
| RD1-seed11=43
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|UZB}} [[Rustam Kasimdzhanov]]
| RD1-score11=½
| RD1-seed12=79
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Christian Bauer]]'''
| RD1-score12='''1½'''
| RD1-seed15=59
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|CRO}} '''[[Goran Dizdar]]'''
| RD1-score15='''1½'''
| RD1-seed16=95
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liang Chong]]
| RD1-score16=½
| RD2-seed01=29
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|BLR|1995}} '''[[Alexei Fedorov]]'''
| RD2-score01='''1½'''
| RD2-seed02=35
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|USA}} [[Boris Gulko]]
| RD2-score02=½
| RD2-seed03=19
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Jan Timman]]'''
| RD2-score03='''1½'''
| RD2-seed04=87
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ARM}} [[Levon Aronian]]
| RD2-score04=½
| RD2-seed05=11
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|HUN}} '''[[Peter Leko]]'''
| RD2-score05='''1½'''
| RD2-seed06=79
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christian Bauer]]
| RD2-score06=½
| RD2-seed07=27
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Sergei Movsesian]]'''
| RD2-score07='''2'''
| RD2-seed08=59
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|CRO}} [[Goran Dizdar]]
| RD2-score08=0
| RD3-seed01=29
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|BLR|1995}} '''[[Alexei Fedorov]]'''
| RD3-score01='''1½'''
| RD3-seed02=19
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|NED}} [[Jan Timman]]
| RD3-score02=½
| RD3-seed03=11
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|HUN}} [[Peter Leko]]
| RD3-score03=1½
| RD3-seed04=27
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Sergei Movsesian]]'''
| RD3-score04='''2½'''
| RD4-seed01=29
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|BLR|1995}} [[Alexei Fedorov]]
| RD4-score01=2½
| RD4-seed02=27
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Sergei Movsesian]]'''
| RD4-score02='''3½'''
}}

===Section 4===
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Fourth round
| RD1-seed03=39
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|BLR|1995}} '''[[Aleksej Aleksandrov]]'''
| RD1-score03='''2'''
| RD1-seed04=75
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|CUB}} [[Julio Becerra Rivero]]
| RD1-score04=0
| RD1-seed07=55
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|CZE}} [[Vlastimil Babula]]
| RD1-score07=1½
| RD1-seed08=91
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Tal Shaked]]'''
| RD1-score08='''2½'''
| RD1-seed11=47
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|EST}} '''[[Jaan Ehlvest]]'''
| RD1-score11='''1½'''
| RD1-seed12=83
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|NED}} [[Friso Nijboer]]
| RD1-score12=½
| RD1-seed13=31
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Vladimir Akopian]]'''
| RD1-score13='''1½'''
| RD1-seed14=67
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|GEO|1990}} [[Maia Chiburdanidze]]
| RD1-score14=½
| RD1-seed15=63
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|PHI}} '''[[Rogelio Antonio Jr.]]'''
| RD1-score15='''2'''
| RD1-seed16=99
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Kozak]]
| RD1-score16=0
| RD2-seed01=7
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Peter Svidler]]'''
| RD2-score01='''1½'''
| RD2-seed02=39
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|BLR|1995}} [[Aleksej Aleksandrov]]
| RD2-score02=½
| RD2-seed03=23
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|BUL}} '''[[Kiril Georgiev]]'''
| RD2-score03='''2'''
| RD2-seed04=91
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|USA}} [[Tal Shaked]]
| RD2-score04=0
| RD2-seed05=15
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Evgeny Bareev]]'''
| RD2-score05='''1½'''
| RD2-seed06=47
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|EST}} [[Jaan Ehlvest]]
| RD2-score06=½
| RD2-seed07=31
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Vladimir Akopian]]'''
| RD2-score07='''2½'''
| RD2-seed08=63
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|PHI}} [[Rogelio Antonio Jr.]]
| RD2-score08=1½
| RD3-seed01=7
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Peter Svidler]]
| RD3-score01=½
| RD3-seed02=23
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|BUL}} '''[[Kiril Georgiev]]'''
| RD3-score02='''1½'''
| RD3-seed03=15
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeny Bareev]]
| RD3-score03=1½
| RD3-seed04=31
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Vladimir Akopian]]'''
| RD3-score04='''2½'''
| RD4-seed01=23
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|BUL}} [[Kiril Georgiev]]
| RD4-score01=½
| RD4-seed02=31
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Vladimir Akopian]]'''
| RD4-score02='''1½'''
}}

===Section 5===
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Fourth round
| RD1-seed03=34
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|BIH}} '''[[Ivan Sokolov (chess player)|Ivan Sokolov]]'''
| RD1-score03='''1½'''
| RD1-seed04=70
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|USA}} [[Sergey Kudrin]]
| RD1-score04=½
| RD1-seed07=50
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Gilberto Milos]]'''
| RD1-score07='''1½'''
| RD1-seed08=86
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|USA}} [[Alexander Ivanov (chess player)|Alexander Ivanov]]
| RD1-score08=½
| RD1-seed11=42
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|INA}} [[Utut Adianto]]
| RD1-score11=0
| RD1-seed12=78
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|LAT}} '''[[Daniel Fridman]]'''
| RD1-score12='''2'''
| RD1-seed15=58
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|MAR}} '''[[Hichem Hamdouchi]]'''
| RD1-score15=w/o
| RD1-seed16=94
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|SYR}} [[Imad Hakki]]
| RD1-score16=
| RD2-seed01=2
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Alexei Shirov]]'''
| RD2-score01='''2½'''
| RD2-seed02=34
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|BIH}} [[Ivan Sokolov (chess player)|Ivan Sokolov]]
| RD2-score02=1½
| RD2-seed03=18
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valery Salov]]
| RD2-score03=0
| RD2-seed04=50
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Gilberto Milos]]'''
| RD2-score04='''2'''
| RD2-seed05=10
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Nigel Short]]'''
| RD2-score05='''1½'''
| RD2-seed06=78
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|LAT}} [[Daniel Fridman]]
| RD2-score06=½
| RD2-seed07=26
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|SLO}} '''[[Alexander Beliavsky]]'''
| RD2-score07='''1½'''
| RD2-seed08=58
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|MAR}} [[Hichem Hamdouchi]]
| RD2-score08=½
| RD3-seed01=2
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Alexei Shirov]]'''
| RD3-score01='''3'''
| RD3-seed02=50
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gilberto Milos]]
| RD3-score02=1
| RD3-seed03=10
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Nigel Short]]'''
| RD3-score03='''1½'''
| RD3-seed04=26
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|SLO}} [[Alexander Beliavsky]]
| RD3-score04=½
| RD4-seed01=2
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Alexei Shirov]]'''
| RD4-score01='''1½'''
| RD4-seed02=10
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nigel Short]]
| RD4-score02=½
}}

===Section 6===
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Fourth round
| RD1-seed03=38
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Matthias Wahls]]'''
| RD1-score03='''1½'''
| RD1-seed04=74
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ALB}} [[Altin Cela]]
| RD1-score04=½
| RD1-seed07=54
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ISL}} '''[[Hannes Stefánsson]]'''
| RD1-score07='''3½'''
| RD1-seed08=90
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|UKR}} [[Alexander Zubarev]]
| RD1-score08=2½
| RD1-seed11=46
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|ROU}} '''[[Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu]]'''
| RD1-score11='''2'''
| RD1-seed12=82
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}} [[Stefan Đurić (chess player)|Stefan Đurić]]
| RD1-score12=0
| RD1-seed13=66
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|POL}} '''[[Bartłomiej Macieja]]'''
| RD1-score13='''2½'''
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|SUI}} [[Vadim Milov]]
| RD1-score14=1½
| RD1-seed15=62
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Rafael Leitão]]'''
| RD1-score15=w/o
| RD1-seed16=98
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|IRI}} [[Amir Bagheri]]
| RD1-score16=
| RD2-seed01=6
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Vassily Ivanchuk]]'''
| RD2-score01='''2'''
| RD2-seed02=38
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|GER}} [[Matthias Wahls]]
| RD2-score02=0
| RD2-seed03=22
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Sergei Shipov]]'''
| RD2-score03='''2½'''
| RD2-seed04=54
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ISL}} [[Hannes Stefánsson]]
| RD2-score04=1½
| RD2-seed05=14
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|GEO|1990}} [[Zurab Azmaiparashvili]]
| RD2-score05=1½
| RD2-seed06=46
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ROU}} '''[[Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu]]'''
| RD2-score06='''2½'''
| RD2-seed07=66
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|POL}} [[Bartłomiej Macieja]]
| RD2-score07=½
| RD2-seed08=62
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Rafael Leitão]]'''
| RD2-score08='''1½'''
| RD3-seed01=6
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Vassily Ivanchuk]]'''
| RD3-score01='''2'''
| RD3-seed02=22
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Shipov]]
| RD3-score02=0
| RD3-seed03=46
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ROU}} '''[[Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu]]'''
| RD3-score03='''2½'''
| RD3-seed04=62
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rafael Leitão]]
| RD3-score04=1½
| RD4-seed01=6
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vassily Ivanchuk]]
| RD4-score01=1½
| RD4-seed02=46
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ROU}} '''[[Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu]]'''
| RD4-score02='''2½'''
}}

===Section 7===
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Fourth round
| RD1-seed03=36
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Alexander Khalifman]]'''
| RD1-score03='''3½'''
| RD1-seed04=72
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|IND}} [[Dibyendu Barua]]
| RD1-score04=2½
| RD1-seed07=52
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Karen Asrian]]'''
| RD1-score07='''2½'''
| RD1-seed08=88
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|URU}} [[Andrés Rodríguez (chess player)|Andrés Rodríguez]]
| RD1-score08=1½
| RD1-seed11=44
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Jon Speelman]]'''
| RD1-score11='''1½'''
| RD1-seed12=80
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pablo Ricardi]]
| RD1-score12=½
| RD1-seed15=96
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|RSA}} [[Watu Kobese]]
| RD1-score15=0
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Joël Lautier]]'''
| RD1-score16='''2'''
| RD2-seed01=4
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|USA}} [[Gata Kamsky]]
| RD2-score01=1½
| RD2-seed02=36
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Alexander Khalifman]]'''
| RD2-score02='''2½'''
| RD2-seed03=20
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Matthew Sadler]]
| RD2-score03=½
| RD2-seed04=52
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Karen Asrian]]'''
| RD2-score04='''1½'''
| RD2-seed05=12
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ISR}} '''[[Boris Gelfand]]'''
| RD2-score05='''1½'''
| RD2-seed06=44
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jon Speelman]]
| RD2-score06=½
| RD2-seed07=28
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Konstantin Sakaev]]
| RD2-score07=1½
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Joël Lautier]]'''
| RD2-score08='''2½'''
| RD3-seed01=36
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Alexander Khalifman]]'''
| RD3-score01='''1½'''
| RD3-seed02=52
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ARM}} [[Karen Asrian]]
| RD3-score02=½
| RD3-seed03=12
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ISR}} '''[[Boris Gelfand]]'''
| RD3-score03='''4'''
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|FRA}} [[Joël Lautier]]
| RD3-score04=2
| RD4-seed01=36
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Alexander Khalifman]]'''
| RD4-score01='''2½'''
| RD4-seed02=12
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ISR}} [[Boris Gelfand]]
| RD4-score02=1½
}}

===Section 8===
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD3=Third round
| RD4=Fourth round
| RD1-seed03=40
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Tony Miles]]'''
| RD1-score03='''2½'''
| RD1-seed04=76
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ralf Åkesson]]
| RD1-score04=1½
| RD1-seed07=92
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|EGY}} [[Essam El-Gindy|Esam Mohamed Ahmed Nagib]]
| RD1-score07=0
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Ulf Andersson]]'''
| RD1-score08='''2'''
| RD1-seed11=48
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|USA}} [[Joel Benjamin]]
| RD1-score11=3
| RD1-seed12=84
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|DEN}} '''[[Peter Heine Nielsen]]'''
| RD1-score12='''4'''
| RD1-seed13=32
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Vladislav Tkachiev]]'''
| RD1-score13='''2'''
| RD1-seed14=68
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alejandro Sergio Hoffman]]
| RD1-score14=0
| RD1-seed15=64
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Jordi Magem Badals]]'''
| RD1-score15='''2'''
| RD1-seed16=100
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Vladimir Feldman]]
| RD1-score16=0
| RD2-seed01=30
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|POL}} '''[[Michael Krasenkow]]'''
| RD2-score01='''2½'''
| RD2-seed02=40
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tony Miles]]
| RD2-score02=1½
| RD2-seed03=24
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Vadim Zvjaginsev]]'''
| RD2-score03='''2½'''
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ulf Andersson]]
| RD2-score04=1½
| RD2-seed05=16
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|HUN}} '''[[Judit Polgár]]'''
| RD2-score05='''1½'''
| RD2-seed06=84
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Heine Nielsen]]
| RD2-score06=½
| RD2-seed07=32
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|FRA}} [[Vladislav Tkachiev]]
| RD2-score07=1
| RD2-seed08=64
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Jordi Magem Badals]]'''
| RD2-score08='''3'''
| RD3-seed01=30
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|POL}} [[Michael Krasenkow]]
| RD3-score01=½
| RD3-seed02=24
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Vadim Zvjaginsev]]'''
| RD3-score02='''1½'''
| RD3-seed03=16
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|HUN}} '''[[Judit Polgár]]'''
| RD3-score03='''1½'''
| RD3-seed04=64
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jordi Magem Badals]]
| RD3-score04=½
| RD4-seed01=24
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vadim Zvjaginsev]]
| RD4-score01=1
| RD4-seed02=16
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|HUN}} '''[[Judit Polgár]]'''
| RD4-score02='''3'''
}}

==Results, rounds 5–7==

{{8TeamBracket
| RD2=Semifinals (best of 4)
| RD3=Final (best of 6)
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Kramnik]]
| RD1-score1=2
| RD1-seed2=5
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]]'''
| RD1-score2='''4'''
| RD1-seed3=27
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|CZE}} [[Sergei Movsesian]]
| RD1-score3=1½
| RD1-seed4=31
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Vladimir Akopian]]'''
| RD1-score4='''2½'''
| RD1-seed5=2
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alexei Shirov]]
| RD1-score5=½
| RD1-seed6=46
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|ROU}} '''[[Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu]]'''
| RD1-score6='''1½'''
| RD1-seed7=36
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Alexander Khalifman]]'''
| RD1-score7='''1½'''
| RD1-seed8=16
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|HUN}} [[Judit Polgár]]
| RD1-score8=½
| RD2-seed1=5
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]]
| RD2-score1=½
| RD2-seed2=31
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Vladimir Akopian]]'''
| RD2-score2='''2½'''
| RD2-seed3=46
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|ROU}} [[Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu]]
| RD2-score3=2½
| RD2-seed4=36
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|RUS}}  '''[[Alexander Khalifman]]'''
| RD2-score4='''3½'''
| RD3-seed1=31
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|ARM}} [[Vladimir Akopian]]
| RD3-score1=2½
| RD3-seed2=36
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Alexander Khalifman]]'''
| RD3-score2='''3½'''
}}

==Championship final==

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+FIDE World Chess Championship Final 1999
|-
! !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points
|-
| align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Akopian]]|Armenia}} || 2640
| 0 ||style="background:black; color:white"| ½ || 1 ||style="background:black; color:white"| 0 || ½ ||style="background:black; color:white"| ½ || 2½
|-
| align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Alexander Khalifman]]'''|Russia}} || '''2616'''
|style="background:black; color:white"| 1 || ½ ||style="background:black; color:white"| 0 || 1 ||style="background:black; color:white"| ½ || ½ || '''3½'''
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/9899$wix.htm Mark Weeks]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080927223622/http://www.uschess.org/news/world99/ USCF]
*[http://www.playjava.com/LasVegas_tournament.html Playjava]

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