World Chess Championship cycle 1997-1999

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FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
	host city			year	World Champion		system	players	games	PGN
	Las Vegas			1999	Khalifman, Alexander		K/O	100	310

ZONALS
no.	host city			year	qualified to knock-out		system	players	games	PGN
1.1	Escaldes			1998	Bauer, Christian Speelman, Jonathan Simon Miles, Anthony John Nijboer, Friso Magem Badals, Jordi Reinderman, Dimitri		S-9+p/o	40	179+28
1.2	Dresden			1998	Sokolov, Ivan Zelčić, Robert Dizdar, Goran Kortschnoj, Viktor Psakhis, Lev Wahls, Matthias Smirin, Ilia		S-11	34	187
1.3	Munkebo			1998	Stefánsson, Hannes Hlífar Nielsen, Peter Heine Åkesson, Ralf		KO + 2F	24	81
1.4	Krynica-Zdrój			1998	Almási, Zoltán Macieja, Bartłomiej Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter Babula, Vlastimil		S-9	28	126
1.5	Panormo			1998	Kotronias, Vasilios Çela, Altin Đurić, Stefan Velimirović, Dragoljub		S-9	72	321
1.6	Sankt Petersburg			1998	Morozevich, Alexander Sakaev, Konstantin Shipov, Sergei Dolmatov, Sergei Kobalia, Mikhail		S-11	60	330
1.7	Tallinn			1998	Ehlvest, Jaan Rozentalis, Eduardas Frīdmans, Daniels		RR	14	91
1.8	Shaki			1998	Fedorov, Alexei Alexandrov, Alexei		RR	12	66
1.9	Donetsk			1998	Ponomariov, Ruslan Zubarev, Alexander		S-11	32	176
2.1	Denver			1998	De Firmian, Nick Gurevich, Dmitry Benjamin, Joel Shaked, Tal Gulko, Boris		2Q + K/O	16	67
2.2	Toronto			1996	Spraggett, Kevin		RR	16	120
2.3	San Salvador			1998	Becerra Rivero, Julio Zapata, Alonso		S-9 + p/o	30	135 + 4
2.4	São Paulo			1998	Milos, Gilberto Leitão, Rafael		S-9 + p/o	14	63 + 6
2.5	Códoba			1998	Rodríguez Vila, Andrés Hoffman, Alejandro Sílva Sánchez, Carlos		RR	12	66
3.1a	Tehran			1997	Hakki, Imad Bagheri, Amir		S-11	26	143
3.1b	Mumbai			1999	Barua, Dibyendu Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo		RR + p/o	12	66 + 5
3.2a	Yangon			1998	Utut Adianto Antonio, Rogelio		S-9 + p/o	30	135 + 16
3.2b	Gold Coast			1999	Feldman, Vladimir		S-9	26	117
3.3	N/A				Liang Chong Peng Xiaomin
3.4	N/A				Kasimdzhanov, Rustam Kotsur, Pavel
4.1	N/A				Bouaziz, Slim
4.2	Tanta City			1998	Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib		S-9	12	54
4.3	Gauteng			1998	Kobese, Watu		RR + p/o	11	55 + 4
					Karpov, Anatloy		FIDE World Champion
					Anand, Viswanathan Adams, Michael Gelfand, Boris Short, Nigel David		Semifinalists of 1997 FIDE World Championship knock-out
					Sadvakasov, Darmen		1998 World Junior Champion
					Lékó, Péter Movsesian, Sergei Asrian, Karen		Juniors U20 qualified by having Elo rating at least 2600
					Polgár, Zsuzsa		FIDE Women's World Champion
					Chiburdanidze, Maia Kozak, Alexander		FIDE President's nominees
					Kudrin, Sergey		One player from host federation.
					Hamdouchi, Hicham		FIDE African Continental nominee
					Ivanov, Alexander		FIDE American Continental nominee
					Al-Modiahki, Mohamad		FIDE Asian Continental nominee
					Aronian, Levon		FIDE European Continental nominee
					Kasparov, Garry Kramnik, Vladimir Ivanchuk, Vasyl Shirov, Alexei Kamsky, Gata Svidler, Peter Topalov, Veselin Bareev, Evgeny Rublevsky, Sergei Salov, Valery Georgiev, Kiril Polgár, Judit Beliavsky, Alexander Krasenkow, Michał Akopian, Vladimir Sadler, Matthew Azmaiparashvili, Zurab Zviagintsev, Vadim Khalifman, Alexander Tiviakov, Sergei Timman, Jan Yermolinsky, Alexander Tkachiev, Vladislav		Highest rated players from 1998 Elo lists to add up number of players to 100

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