FIDE World Chess Championship Knockout Elimination Tournament, December, 1997

Round One	Round Two	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Winner
Anand, Viswanathan
\|\|\|\|\|	Anand, Viswanathan
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Anand
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Nikolic, Predrag	\|\|\|\|\|
Nikolic, Predrag		\|\|\|\|\|
		\|\|\|\|\|	Anand
Khalifman, Alexander		\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Khalifman, Alexander	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Khalifman, Alexander	\|\|\|\|\|
Nijboer, Friso	\|\|\|\|\|		\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Nijboer, Friso		\|\|\|\|\|
Glek, Igor V			\|\|\|\|\|
			\|\|\|\|\|	Anand, Viswanathan
Yusupov, Artur			\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Yusupov, Artur		\|\|\|\|\|
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|		\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Yusupov, Artur	\|\|\|\|\|
Gretarsson, Helgi	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Gretarsson, Helgi	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel		\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
		\|\|\|\|\|	Almasi, Zoltan
Almasi, Zoltan		\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Almasi, Zoltan	\|\|\|\|\|
Peng Xiaomin	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Almasi, Zoltan
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
	Polgar, Judit
Polgar, Judit

Vaganian, Rafael A					Anand, Viswanathan
\|\|\|\|\|	Vaganian, Rafael A
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Vaganian, Rafael A
Umgaev, A.	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Bologan, Viktor	\|\|\|\|\|
Bologan, Viktor		\|\|\|\|\|
		\|\|\|\|\|	Akopian, Vladimir
Portisch, Lajos		\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Luther, Thomas	\|\|\|\|\|
Luther, Thomas	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Akopian, Vladimir
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Akopian, Vladimir			Shirov, Alexei
Akopian, Vladimir

Kinderman, Stefan
\|\|\|\|\|	Kinderman, Stefan
Yermolinsky, Alex	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Milos, Gilberto
Milos, Gilberto	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Milos, Gilberto
Mershed

Granda Zuniga, Julio E			Shirov
\|\|\|\|\|	Granda Zuniga, Julio E
Kurajica, Bojan	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Shirov, Alexei
Shirov, Alexei	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Shirov
Bye
						Anand, Viswanathan
Dreev, Alexey
\|\|\|\|\|	Dreev, Alexey
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Dreev, Alexey
Hoeksema, Erik	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Nenashev, Alexander
Nenashev, Alexander
			Dreev, Alexey
Ehlvest, Jaan
\|\|\|\|\|	Ehlvest, Jaan
Van der Weil, John	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Sadler, Matthew
Sadler, Matthew	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Sadler, Matthew
Bye
				Dreev, Alexey
Kaidanov, Grigory S
\|\|\|\|\|	Kaidanov, Grigory S
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Zvjaginsev, Vadim
Benjamin, Joel	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Zvjaginsev, Vadim
Zvjaginsev, Vadim
			Zvjaginsev, Vadim
Seirawan, Yasser
\|\|\|\|\|	Seirawan, Yasser
Anastasian, Ashot	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Seirawan, Yasser
Ivanchuk, Vassily	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Ivanchuk, Vassily
Bye

Oll, Lembit					Gelfand, Boris
\|\|\|\|\|	Oll, Lembit
Petursson	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Oll, Lembit
Morozevich, Alexander	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Morozevich, Alexander
Smyslov, V.			Tkachiev, Vladislav

Fominyh, A.
\|\|\|\|\|	Tkachiev, Vladislav
Tkachiev, Vladislav	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Tkachiev, Vladislav
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Salov, Valery
Salov, Valery
				Gelfand, Boris
Lautier, Joel
\|\|\|\|\|	Lautier, Joel
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Lautier, Joel
Barua, D.	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Hracek, Zbynek
Hracek, Zbynek
			Gelfand, Boris
NONE
\|\|\|\|\|	Bye
NONE	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Gelfand, Boris
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Gelfand, Boris
Gelfand, Boris

Short, Nigel D						5-4	Anand, Viswanathan
\|\|\|\|\|	Short, Nigel D
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Short, Nigel D
Hernandez, Gilberto	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Hernandez, Gilberto
Korchnoi, Viktor
			Short, Nigel D
Chernin, Alexander
\|\|\|\|\|	Istratescu, A.
Istratescu, A.	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Sokolov, Andrei
Kobese, W.	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Sokolov, Andrei
Sokolov, Andrei
				Short, Nigel D
Spragget, Kevin
\|\|\|\|\|	Rublevsky, Sergei
Rublevsky, Sergei	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Rublevsky, Sergei
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Shaked, Tal
Shaked, Tal
			Beliavsky, Alexander G
Beliavsky, Alexander G
\|\|\|\|\|	Beliavsky, Alexander G
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Beliavsky, Alexander G
Timman, Jan H	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Timman, Jan H
Bye

Bareev, Evgeny					Short, Nigel D
\|\|\|\|\|	Bareev, Evgeny
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Bareev, Evgeny
Hamdouchi, H.	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Malaniuk, Vladimir
Malaniuk, Vladimir P
			Krasenkov, Michal
Van der Sterren, Paul
\|\|\|\|\|	Krasenkov, Michal
Krasenkov, Michal	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Krasenkov, Michal
Sutovskij, E	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Garcia, Gild
Garcia, Gild

Alexandrov, Akeksej				Krasenkov, Michal
\|\|\|\|\|	Alexandrov, Akeksej
Gulko, Boris F	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Alexandrov, Akeksej
Sulskis, S	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Hjartarson, J
Hjartarson, J
			Azmaiparashvili, Zurab
Slobodjan, Roman
\|\|\|\|\|	Slobodjan, Roman
Leko, Peter	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Azmaiparashvili, Zurab
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Azmaiparashvili, Zurab
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab
						Adams, Michael
Bye
\|\|\|\|\|	Van Wely, Loek
Van Wely, Loek	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Van Wely, Loek
Hensen, Curt	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Mladinovic, I.
Mladinovic, I.

Piket, Jeroen			Van Wely, Loek
\|\|\|\|\|	Piket, Jeroen
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Piket, Jeroen
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Topalov, Veselin
Topalov, Veselin

Milov, Vadim				Van Wely, Loek
\|\|\|\|\|	Milov, Vadim
Kotronias, Vassilios	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Milov
Andersson, Ulf	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Andersson, Ulf
Christiansen, Larry
			Georgiev, Kiril
Georgiev, Kiril
\|\|\|\|\|	Georgiev, Kiril
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Georgiev, Kiril
Wells, P.	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Alterman, Boris
Alterman, Boris					Adams, Michael

Rozentalis, Eduardas
\|\|\|\|\|	Rozentalis, Eduardas
Lerner, Konstantin Z	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Tiviakov, Sergei
Tiviakov, Sergei	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Tiviakov, Sergei
Bye			Adams, Michael

Giorgadze, Giorgi
\|\|\|\|\|	Giorgadze, Giorgi
Barcot, Etienne	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Adams, Michael
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Adams, Michael
Adams, Michael
				Adams, Michael
Bye
\|\|\|\|\|	Svidler, Peter
Svidler, Peter	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Svidler, Peter
Wang Zili	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Adianto, Utut	\|\|\|\|\|
Adianto, Utut		\|\|\|\|\|
		\|\|\|\|\|	Svidler, Peter
Bye		\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Epishin, Vladimir	\|\|\|\|\|
		\|\|\|\|\|
Epishin, Vladimir	\|\|\|\|\|	\|\|\|\|\|
	\|\|\|\|\|	Epishin, Vladimir
Bye	\|\|\|\|\|
\|\|\|\|\|	Sokolov, Ivan
Sokolov, Ivan

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