Alexander Khalifman
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Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman (born January 18, 1966) is a Russian chess player.
He gained the International Grandmaster title in 1990 with one particularly good early result being his first place in the 1990 New York Open ahead of a host of strong players. Perhaps his most notable achievement was winning the FIDE World Chess Championship in 1999, a title he held until the following year.
On the April 2005 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2658, making him number forty-two in the world.
External links
- FIDE rating card for Alexander Khalifman
- 20 Crucial Positions from His Games
| Preceded by: Anatoly Karpov | FIDE World Chess Champion 1999–2000 | Succeeded by: Viswanathan Anand |
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Categories: Chess biographical stubs | 1966 births | Chess grandmasters | World Chess Champions | Jewish chess players | Russian chess players
