World Chess Championship cycle 1990-1993

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FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
	host city			year			result				PGN
	Zwolle Arnhem Amsterdam Jakarta			1993	Karpov, Anatoly		12½ - 8½
					Timman, Jan

CANDIDATES
	host city			year	qualified to WCh match		system	players	games	PGN
	Wijk aan Zee Sanghi Nagar			1994/95	Karpov, Anatoly Kamsky, Gata		K/O	13	85

INTERZONAL
	host city			year	qualified to candidates		system	players	games	PGN
	Biel			1993	Gelfand, Boris Van der Sterren, Paul Kamsky, Gata Khalifman, Alexander Adams, Michael Yudasin, Leonid Salov, Valery Lautier, Joël Kramnik, Vladimir Anand, Viswanathan		S-13	74	469
					Karpov, Anatoly Timman, Jan Jussupow, Artur		Pre-qualified as FIDE World Champion, loser of FIDE WCh match and as semifinalists from 1993 candidates respectively.

ZONALS
no.	host city			year	qualified to interzonal		system	players	games	PGN
1.1a	Dublin			1993	GM Adams, Michael GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon		S-11	57	308
1.1b	Brussels			1993	Van Wely, Loek Van der Sterren, Paul		S-11	36	198
1.1c	Lisbon			1993	Illescas Córdoba, Miguel		RR	12	66
1.2a	Graz			1993	Lobron, Eric		RR	14	91
1.2b	Zagreb			1993	Kožul, Zdenko Smirin, Ilia		RR	14	91
1.3	Östersund			1992	Agdestein, Simen Hellers, Ferdinand Hjartarson, Jóhann		S-9	18	81
1.4a	Budapest			1993	Georgiev, Kiril Polgár, Judit Ftáčnik, Ľubomír		RR	12	66
1.4b	Budapest			1993	Topalov, Veselin Spasov, Vasil Portisch, Lajos		RR	12	66
1.5a	Kladovo Zouberi Athens			1993	Abramović, Boško Moutousis, Konstantinos Kalesis, Nikolaos		2xRR+p/o	15	71
1.5b	Protivno			1993	Lputian, Smbat Bagaturov, Giorgi Nalbandian, Tigran		RR	10	45
1.6	Sankt Petersburg			1993	Dvoirys, Semen Dreev, Alexei Sveshnikov, Evgeny Pigusov, Evgeny		S-9	28	126
1.7a	Vilnius			1993	Mališauskas, Vidmantas Oll, Lembit*		RR	14	91
1.7b	Mykolaiv			1993	Frolov, Artur		S-11	28	154
2.1	Durango, CO			1992	Wolff, Patrick Gulko, Boris Sherzer, Alex Seirawan, Yasser Gurevich, Dmitry		RR	16	120
2.2	Kingston			1993	Lesiège, Alexandre		RR	12	66
2.3	Ciudad Juarez			1993	Arencibia Rodríguez, Walter Nogueiras Santiago, Jesús		S-?
2.4	Sao Paulo			1993	Granda Zuñiga, Julio Lima, Darcy		S-9	22	99
3.1	Isfahan			1993	Barua, Dibyendu		S-11
3.2	Jakarta			1993	Rogers, Ian		S-11	20	110
3.3	Beijing			1993	Xu Jun Ye Jiangchuan
3.4	Bishkek			1993	Kakageldiev, Amanmurad		RR	14	91
4.1	Tunis			1993	Hamdouchi, Hichem		RR	11	55
4.2	N/A			1993	Ahmed, Esam Aly
4.3	N/A			1993	Gluckman, David
					Gelfand, Boris Anand, Wiswanathan Ivanchuk, Vasyl Kortschnoj, Vitktoe		Qualified by reaching quarterfinals of 1990 Candidates
					Kamsky, Gata Khalifman, Alexander Salov, Valery Epishin, Vladimir Shirov, Alexei Sokolov, Ivan Bareev, Evgeny Nikolić, Predrag Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (DNS) Christiansen, Larry (DNS) Yudasin, Leonid Hübner, Robert Hansen, Curt Ehlvest, Jaan Gurevich, Mikhail Piket, Jeroen		Qualified by having average Elo at least 2620 from July 1992 and Jan 1993 rating lists.
					Lautier, Joël Kramnik, Vladimir		Juniors U20 qyalified by having Elo rating at least 2600. Topalov was eligible too, but qualified thru zonal 1.4b
					Gurevich, Ilya Akopian, Vladimir Zarnicki, Pablo		World Junior U20 Champions from years 1990, 1991, 1992, respectively.
					Smyslov, Vassily		All former World Champions were eligible to participate. Others were already retired (Botvinnik) or not interested (Spassky, Fischer).
					Brunner, Lucas Hug, Werner		Two players from host federation.

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