List of the most important chess tournaments (1990–1999)

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This is a partial list of the list of the most important chess tournaments , which covers the period 1990 to 1999.

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year place winner 2nd place 3rd place
1989 / 1990 Reggio nell'Emilia Jaan Ehlvest ( USSR ) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( USSR ) Anatoly Karpov ( USSR )
Hastings Sergei Dolmatov ( USSR ) Kevin Spraggett ( Canada ), Predrag Nikolić ( Yugoslavia )
1990 Wijk aan Zee John Nunn ( England ) Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden )
Rome Tony Miles ( England ) Lembit Oll ( USSR ), Jewgeni Barejew ( USSR ), Alexander Tschernin ( USSR ), Miodrag Todorčević ( Yugoslavia ), Reynaldo Vera ( Cuba ), Vasily Smyslow ( USSR )
Lviv (zonal tournament) Alexei Shirov ( USSR ), Smbat Lputjan ( USSR ), Alexei Drejew ( USSR ), Leonid Judassin ( USSR )
Linares Garry Kasparov ( USSR ) Boris Gelfand ( USSR ) Valery Salov ( USSR )
Beer Sheva Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ), Ľubomír Ftáčnik ( Czechoslovakia )
Reykjavík Lev Polugajewski ( USSR ), Helgi Ólafsson ( Iceland ), Sergei Dolmatow ( USSR ), Rafael Vaganian ( USSR ), Juri Rasuwajew ( USSR ), Jón Loftur Árnason ( Iceland ), Nick de Firmian ( USA ), Thomas Ernst ( Sweden ), Yasser Seirawan ( USA ), Erling Mortensen ( Denmark )
Dortmund Alexander Tschernin ( USSR ), Boris Gelfand ( USSR ) Zsuzsa Polgár ( Hungary ), Matthias Wahls ( FRG )
Terrassa Kiril Georgiev ( Bulgaria ) Lembit Oll ( USSR ), Juan Manuel Bellón López ( Spain )
New York City Alexander Chalifman ( USSR ) Helgi Ólafsson ( Iceland ), Leonid Judassin ( USSR ), Wladimir Jepischin ( USSR ), Gata Kamsky ( USA )
Munich Alexander Beliavsky ( USSR ) Boris Gulko ( USA ), Paul van der Sterren ( Netherlands ), Predrag Nikolić ( Yugoslavia ), Artur Jussupow ( USSR )
Paris József Pintér ( Hungary ), Eric Lobron ( FRG ) Anatoli Waisser ( USSR ), Sergei Smagin ( USSR ), Yuri Rasuwajew ( USSR ), Gata Kamsky ( USA ), Alexei Schirow ( USSR ), Zigurds Lanka ( USSR ), Stuart Conquest ( England )
Haninge Yasser Seirawan ( USA ) Jaan Ehlvest ( USSR ), Anatoli Karpow ( USSR )
Rotterdam Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Mikhail Gurevich ( USSR ) Jan Timman ( Netherlands )
Moscow Jonathan Speelman ( England ), Mikhail Gurevich ( USSR ), Alexander Chalifman ( USSR ), Zurab Asmaiparashvili ( USSR ), Yevgeny Bareev ( USSR )
Debrecen Oleg Romanshin ( USSR ) Josif Dorfman ( USSR ) Curt Hansen ( Denmark ), Aleksander Wojtkiewicz ( Poland )
Manila (Interzonal Tournament) Boris Gelfand ( USSR ), Vasyl Ivanchuk ( USSR ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Nigel Short ( England )
Biel Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ) Tony Miles ( England ), Matthias Wahls ( FRG )
Amsterdam A Alexander Beliavsky ( USSR ) Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ) Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland )
Amsterdam B Volodymyr Tukmakow ( USSR ), Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Joris Brenninkmeijer ( Netherlands ), Curt Hansen ( Denmark ), Ferdinand Hellers ( Sweden ), Wolfgang Uhlmann ( GDR )
Prague Jan Timman ( Netherlands ) Nigel Short ( England ) Ľubomír Ftáčnik ( Czechoslovakia )
Tilburg Gata Kamsky ( USA ), Wassyl Ivanchuk ( USSR ) Boris Gelfand ( USSR )
New Delhi Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Gata Kamsky ( USA ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary ), Zsuzsa Polgár ( Hungary )
Groningen Michael Adams ( England ), Jeroen Piket ( Netherlands ), Alexander Chalifman ( USSR ), Ian Rogers ( Australia )
1990 / 1991 Pamplona Leonid Judassin ( USSR ) Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Zsuzsa Polgár ( Hungary )
Hastings Yevgeny Bareev ( USSR ) Murray Chandler ( England ), Jonathan Speelman ( England )
Reggio nell'Emilia A Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Lev Polugayevsky ( USSR ) Jaan Ehlvest ( USSR )
Reggio nell'Emilia B Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ) Rafael Vaganian ( USSR ), Boris Gulko ( USA )
1991 Wijk aan Zee John Nunn ( England ) Michael Adams ( England ), Alexander Tschernin ( USSR ), Alexander Chalifman ( USSR ), Curt Hansen ( Denmark )
Linares Vasyl Ivanchuk ( USSR ) Garry Kasparov ( USSR ) Alexander Beliavsky ( USSR )
San Francisco Eugenio Torre ( Philippines ) Patrick Wolff ( USA ) Joel Benjamin ( USA ), Michail Tal ( USSR ), Ian Rogers ( Australia ), Larry Christiansen ( USA )
Dortmund Igor Štohl ( Czechoslovakia ), Alexander Tschernin ( USSR ) Yuri Rasuwajew ( USSR ), Kiril Georgiev ( Bulgaria )
Buenos Aires Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga ( Peru ), Michail Tal ( USSR ), Jesús Nogueiras ( Cuba )
Amsterdam Valery Salov ( USSR ), Nigel Short ( England ) Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ), Garry Kasparov ( USSR )
Munich Larry Christiansen ( USA ) Alexander Beliavsky ( USSR ), Gerald Hertneck ( Germany ), Robert Hübner ( Germany ), Boris Gelfand ( USSR )
Moscow Rafael Vaganian ( USSR ) Yevgeny Vasyukov ( USSR ), Vladimir Kramnik ( USSR ), Hennadij Kuzmin ( USSR )
Terrassa Michael Adams ( England ), Jaan Ehlvest ( USSR ) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( USSR )
Bled / Rogaška Slatina Predrag Nikolić ( Yugoslavia ) Yevgeny Bareev ( USSR ) Alexander Chalifman ( USSR ), Ivan Sokolov ( Yugoslavia )
Hamburg Artur Yusupov ( USSR ) Matthias Wahls ( Germany ) Curt Hansen ( Denmark )
Biel Alexei Shirov ( USSR ) Yevgeny Bareev ( USSR ) Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Joël Lautier ( France )
Polanica-Zdrój Joël Lautier ( France ) Robert Kuczyński ( Poland ) Oleg Romanshin ( USSR )
East End Tony Miles ( England ) Michael Adams ( England ) Alexei Kusmin ( USSR ), Alexei Wyschmanawin ( USSR ), Michail Gurewitsch ( USSR ), Eckhard Schmittdiel ( Germany ), Gennadij Timoščenko ( USSR )
Brno Zsuzsa Polgár ( Hungary ), Alexei Schirow ( USSR ), Karel Mokrý ( Czechoslovakia ), Vladimir Jepischin ( USSR ), Ian Rogers ( Australia ), Rustem Dautov ( USSR )
Reykjavík Wassyl Ivanchuk ( USSR ), Anatoli Karpow ( USSR ) Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ), Predrag Nikolić ( Yugoslavia ), Alexander Chalifman ( USSR )
Vienna Larry Christiansen ( USA ) Vladimir Jepishin ( USSR ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary ), Zoltan Ribli ( Hungary ), John Nunn ( England )
Tilburg Garry Kasparov ( USSR ) Nigel Short ( England ) Viswanathan Anand ( India )
Belgrade Boris Gelfand ( USSR ) Gata Kamsky ( USA ), John Nunn ( England )
Groningen Jeroen Piket ( Netherlands ), Curt Hansen ( Denmark ) Ivan Sokolov ( Yugoslavia ), Larry Christiansen ( USA )
1991 / 1992 Pamplona Leonid Judassin ( Israel ), Miguel Illescas Córdoba ( Spain ) Zsuzsa Polgár ( Hungary )
Hastings Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia ) Simen Agdestein ( Norway ) Alexei Shirov ( Latvia )
Reggio nell'Emilia Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ), Garry Kasparov ( Russia )
1992 Wijk aan Zee Valery Salov ( Russia ), Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ) Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ), Robert Hübner ( Germany )
Linares Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine ), Jan Timman ( Netherlands )
Reykjavík Alexei Schirow ( Latvia ), Jóhann Hjartarson ( Iceland ) Vasilios Kotronias ( Cyprus )
Ter Apel Rafael Vaganian ( Armenia ) Larry Christiansen ( USA ), Vladimir Jepishin ( Russia ), Michael Adams ( England )
Aruba Lev Psachis ( Israel ) Zsuzsa Polgár ( Hungary ), Judit Polgár ( Hungary )
Oakham Alexei Shirov ( Latvia ) Wladimir Akopjan ( Armenia ), Viktor Bologan ( Moldova ), Jacek Gdański ( Poland ), Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Sergei Tiwjakow ( Russia )
Leon Boris Gulko ( USA ) Miguel Illescas Córdoba ( Spain ) Leonid Judassin ( Israel )
Buenos Aires Alexander Tschernin ( Hungary ) Predrag Nikolić ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Bent Larsen ( Denmark ), Iván Morovic ( Chile )
Dortmund A Garri Kasparov ( Russia ), Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia )
Dortmund B. Smbat Lputjan ( Armenia ), Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Zurab Asmaiparashvili ( Georgia )
Munich Michail Gurewitsch ( Belgium ) Robert Hübner ( Germany ), Boris Gelfand ( Belarus )
Amsterdam Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Nigel Short ( England ) Yasser Seirawan ( USA ), Jan Timman ( Netherlands )
Madrid Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary ), Vladimir Jepischin ( Russia )
New York City Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga ( Peru ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) Joel Benjamin ( USA ), Lev Psachis ( Israel )
Biel Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Kiril Georgiev ( Bulgaria ) Tony Miles ( England )
Polanica-Zdrój Oleg Romanshin ( Ukraine ) Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Josif Dorfman ( France ), Alexander Tschernin ( Hungary )
Brno Pavel Blatný ( Czech Republic ) Konstantin Sakajew ( Russia ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia )
Chalkidiki Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Joël Lautier ( France ) Miguel Illescas Córdoba ( Spain )
Burgas Kiril Georgiev ( Bulgaria ) Ivan Sokolov ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Vasilios Kotronias ( Cyprus )
Tilburg (knockout system) Michael Adams ( England ) Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ) Gata Kamsky ( USA ), Ilia Smirin ( Israel )
Moscow Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ), Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Gata Kamsky ( USA )
Baden-Baden Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Christopher Lutz ( Germany ) Artur Jussupow ( Germany )
Las Palmas Michail Ulybin ( Russia ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Jesús Nogueiras ( Cuba )
Groningen Jeroen Piket ( Netherlands ) Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ) Friso Nijboer ( Netherlands )
1992 / 1993 Pamplona Joël Lautier ( France ) Miguel Illescas Córdoba ( Spain ) David García Ilundáin ( Spain ), Branko Damljanović ( Yugoslavia ), Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Leonid Judassin ( Israel ), Ivan Sokolov ( Bosnia and Herzegovina )
Hastings Judit Polgár ( Hungary ), Jewgeni Barejew ( Russia ) Jonathan Speelman ( England )
1993 Saint Petersburg (zone tournament) Semjon Dwoiris ( Russia ) Alexei Drejew ( Russia ), Evgeni Sveshnikov ( Russia ), Evgeni Pigusov ( Russia )
Wijk aan Zee (knockout system) Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Miguel Illescas Córdoba ( Spain ) Valery Salov ( Russia ), Lembit Oll ( Estonia )
Linares Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Anatoli Karpov ( Russia ), Viswanathan Anand ( India )
Budapest A (zone tournament) Kiril Georgiev ( Bulgaria ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary ), Jacek Gdański ( Poland ), Ľubomír Ftáčnik ( Slovakia ), Aleksander Wojtkiewicz ( Poland )
Budapest B (zone tournament) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Wassil Spassow ( Bulgaria ) Lajos Portisch ( Hungary )
Ter Apel Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Rafael Vaganian ( Armenia ) Loek van Wely ( Netherlands ), Curt Hansen ( Denmark )
Dortmund Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Christopher Lutz ( Germany )
Buenos Aires Gata Kamsky ( USA ), Alexei Schirow ( Latvia ) Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland )
Dos Hermanas Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Manuel Rivas Pastor ( Spain ), Vladimir Jepischin ( Russia )
Leon Leonid Judassin ( Israel ) Alexei Wyschmanawin ( Russia ) Anatoli Karpow ( Russia ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Péter Lékó ( Hungary )
Amsterdam Nigel Short ( England ), Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Viswanathan Anand ( India )
Rostov on Don Sergei Tiwjakow ( Russia ) Lev Psachis ( Israel ), Vladimir Jepishin ( Russia )
Munich Alexei Shirov ( Latvia ) Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ) Michail Gurewitsch ( Belgium )
Madrid Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Viswanathan Anand ( India )
Novosibirsk Jaan Ehlvest ( Estonia ) Vladimir Jepischin ( Russia ), Alexander Goldin ( USA ), Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia )
Las Palmas Iván Morovic ( Chile ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Alexander Chalifman ( Russia )
Altensteig Zoltán Almási ( Hungary ) Artur Jussupow ( Germany ) Rainer Knaak ( Germany ), Michael Bezold ( Germany )
Biel (interzonal tournament) Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ) Paul van der Sterren ( Netherlands ), Gata Kamsky ( USA ), Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Leonid Judassin ( Israel ), Valeri Salow ( Russia ), Joël Lautier ( France ), Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia )
Antwerp Jeroen Piket ( Netherlands ), Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Larry Christiansen ( USA )
Polanica-Zdrój Gennadi Sosonko ( Netherlands ), Jörg Hickl ( Germany ) Zoltan Ribli ( Hungary ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Oleg Romanischin ( Ukraine )
Chalkidiki Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ) Alexei Schirow ( Latvia ), Michael Adams ( England )
Rakvere Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Jaan Ehlvest ( Estonia ), Eduardas Rozentalis ( Lithuania )
Burgas Michael Adams ( England ) Ivan Sokolov ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Kiril Georgiev ( Bulgaria )
Tilburg (knockout system) Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ), Alexei Schirow ( Latvia )
Belgrade Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Alexander Chalifman ( Russia )
Groningen (PCA qualification) Michael Adams ( England ), Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Gata Kamsky ( USA ), Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Sergei Tiwjakow ( Russia ), Boris Gulko ( USA ), Oleg Romanischin ( Ukraine )
1994 Wijk aan Zee Predrag Nikolić ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Sergei Tiwjakow ( Russia ) Curt Hansen ( Denmark ), Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Jeroen Piket ( Netherlands )
Linares Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Garri Kasparow ( Russia ), Alexei Schirow ( Latvia )
Ter Apel Rustem Dautov ( Germany ) Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Paul van der Sterren ( Netherlands ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Predrag Nikolić ( Bosnia and Herzegovina )
Dos Hermanas Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ) Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Vladimir Jepishin ( Russia )
Leon Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ) Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ) Jesús María de la Villa García ( Spain ), Zurab Asmaiparaschwili ( Georgia ), Péter Lékó ( Hungary )
Alushta Alexander Morozevich ( Russia ) Alexei Wyschmanavin ( Russia ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia ), Volodymyr Malanjuk ( Ukraine )
Madrid Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) Ivan Sokolov ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Gata Kamsky ( USA ), Miguel Illescas Córdoba ( Spain ), Alexei Schirow ( Latvia )
Amsterdam Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Jan Timman ( Netherlands )
Las Palmas Gata Kamsky ( USA ) Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Joël Lautier ( France )
Munich Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ), Robert Hübner ( Germany )
Pardubice Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia ) Alexei Schirow ( Latvia ), Ivan Sokolov ( Bosnia and Herzegovina )
Dortmund Jeroen Piket ( Netherlands ) Michael Adams ( England ) Vladimir Jepishin ( Russia )
Novgorod Garri Kasparov ( Russia ), Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia )
Amsterdam Jeroen Piket ( Netherlands ), Michael Adams ( England ), Artur Jussupow ( Germany )
Brno Vladimir Jepischin ( Russia ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia ) Zbyněk Hráček ( Czech Republic )
Horgen Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Artur Jussupow ( Germany ), Alexei Schirow ( Latvia )
Tilburg (knockout system) Valery Salov ( Russia ) Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia ) Wassyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ), Anatoli Karpow ( Russia )
Burgas Ilia Smirin ( Israel ), Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Vladimir Jepischin ( Russia ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria )
Buenos Aires Valery Salov ( Russia ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine ), Judit Polgár ( Hungary )
Groningen Zoltán Almási ( Hungary ) Artur Jussupow ( Germany ) Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ), Sergei Tiwjakow ( Russia ), Loek van Wely ( Netherlands ), Ivan Sokolov ( Bosnia and Herzegovina )
1994 / 1995 Pamplona Alexander Morozevich ( Russia ) Vadim Svyagintsev ( Russia ) Jordi Magem Badals ( Spain ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria )
1995 Wijk aan Zee (knockout system) Alexei Drejew ( Russia ) Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia ) Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Nigel Short ( England )
San Francisco Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) John Nunn ( England ), Boris Gulko ( USA )
Linares Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Alexei Schirow ( Spain ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria )
Ter Apel Ivan Sokolov ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Michael Adams ( England ), Wladimir Jepischin ( Russia ), Loek van Wely ( Netherlands )
Riga Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine )
Dos Hermanas Gata Kamsky ( USA ), Anatoli Karpow ( Russia ), Michael Adams ( England )
Leon Evgeni Barejew ( Russia ), Alexei Schirow ( Spain ) Michael Adams ( England ), Vladimir Akopjan ( Armenia )
Madrid Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Valery Salov ( Russia ) Artur Jussupow ( Germany )
Amsterdam Joël Lautier ( France ) Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria )
Novgorod Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Jaan Ehlvest ( Estonia ), Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine ), Nigel Short ( England ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria )
Dortmund Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine )
Biel Alexei Drejew ( Russia ), Alexei Schirow ( Spain ) Utut Adianto ( Indonesia ), Boris Gelfand ( Belarus )
Amsterdam Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga ( Peru ), Jan Timman ( Netherlands ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary )
Polanica-Zdrój Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Michał Krasenkow ( Poland ) Jaan Ehlvest ( Estonia )
Elenite Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Kiril Georgiev ( Bulgaria ) Sergei Dolmatow ( Russia ), Nigel Short ( England )
Novosibirsk Peter Swidler ( Russia ), Sergei Rublewski ( Russia ), Jaan Ehlvest ( Estonia ), Andrei Charlow ( Russia )
Horgen Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Jaan Ehlvest ( Estonia ), Nigel Short ( England )
Belgrade Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ), Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Alexei Shirov ( Spain )
Groningen Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Ivan Sokolov ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ), Gata Kamsky ( USA )
1995 / 1996 Reggio nell'Emilia Yuri Rasuwajew ( Russia ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia ), Vladimir Jepischin ( Russia )
Hastings Bogdan Lalić ( England ), Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Stuart Conquest ( England )
1996 Wijk aan Zee Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria )
Parnu Nigel Short ( England ) Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ) Jaan Ehlvest ( Estonia ), Zbyněk Hráček ( Czech Republic )
Belgrade Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia ) Valery Salov ( Russia ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Anatoli Karpow ( Russia )
Ter Apel Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ) Predrag Nikolić ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Friso Nijboer ( Netherlands ), Peter Swidler ( Russia )
Amsterdam Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Garry Kasparow ( Russia ) Nigel Short ( England ), Viswanathan Anand ( India )
Yerevan Smbat Lputjan ( Armenia ), Predrag Nikolić ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Boris Gulko ( USA )
Madrid Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Miguel Illescas Córdoba ( Spain ) Alexei Schirow ( Spain ), Valeri Salow ( Russia )
Nut hole Rustem Dautov ( Germany ), Artur Jussupow ( Germany ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia )
Dos Hermanas Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Garri Kasparow ( Russia )
Leon Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Judit Polgár ( Hungary )
Dortmund Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Boris Gelfand ( Belarus )
Novgorod Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Nigel Short ( England )
Biel Anatoli Karpow ( Russia ), Vadim Milov ( Switzerland ), Jaan Ehlvest ( Estonia )
Vienna Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ), Anatoli Karpow ( Russia ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria )
Polanica-Zdrój Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ) Sergei Rublewski ( Russia ), Predrag Nikolić ( Bosnia and Herzegovina )
Amsterdam Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga ( Peru ), Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine ) Gata Kamsky ( USA ), Nick de Firmian ( USA ), Jeroen Piket ( Netherlands )
Tilburg Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ), Jeroen Piket ( Netherlands ) Alexei Shirov ( Spain )
Las Palmas Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria )
Groningen Nigel Short ( England ) Jan Timman ( Netherlands ), Boris Gelfand ( Belarus )
1996 / 1997 Pamplona Zoltán Almási ( Hungary ), Jonathan Speelman ( England ), Zurab Asmaiparaschwili ( Georgia )
1997 Wijk aan Zee Valery Salov ( Russia ) Jeroen Piket ( Netherlands ), Alexander Onischuk ( Ukraine ), Ivan Sokolov ( Bosnia and Herzegovina )
Linares Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Michael Adams ( England )
Úbeda Joël Lautier ( France ) Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ) Evgeni Barejew ( Russia ), Alexander Chalifman ( Russia )
Ter Apel Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ) Ulf Andersson ( Sweden )
Dos Hermanas Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Valery Salov ( Russia ), Anatoli Karpow ( Russia ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria )
St. Petersburg Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ), Valeri Salow ( Russia )
Madrid Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Alexei Schirow ( Spain ) Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ), Vladimir Akopjan ( Armenia )
Novgorod Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Nigel Short ( England )
Dortmund Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Vesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine )
Biel Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Boris Gelfand ( Belarus )
Antwerp Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Ye Rongguang ( People's Republic of China )
Polanica-Zdrój Sergei Rublewski ( Russia ) Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ) Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia )
Tilburg Peter Swidler ( Russia ), Garri Kasparow ( Russia ), Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia )
Belgrade Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine ), Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Alexei Shirov ( Spain )
Groningen (FIDE World Cup qualification) (knockout system) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Michael Adams ( England ) Nigel Short ( England ), Boris Gelfand ( Belarus )
1998 Wijk aan Zee Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Alexei Schirow ( Spain ), Jan Timman ( Netherlands ), Michael Adams ( England )
Linares Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) Garri Kasparov ( Russia ), Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia )
Elista (knockout system) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ) Jewgeni Barejew ( Russia ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia )
Madrid Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Peter Swidler ( Russia ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Pablo San Segundo ( Spain )
Sarajevo Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Ivan Sokolov ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia ), Kiril Georgiev ( Bulgaria )
Dortmund Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Michael Adams ( England ), Peter Swidler ( Russia )
Polanica-Zdrój Boris Gelfand ( Belarus ) Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) Michał Krasenkow ( Poland ), Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine ), Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Sergei Rublewski ( Russia )
Tilburg Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary ) Matthew Sadler ( England ), Vadim Svyagintsev ( Russia ), Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia )
Groningen Sergei Tiwjakow ( Netherlands ), Vadim Milov ( Switzerland ) Zoltán Almási ( Hungary )
1998 / 1999 Pamplona Alexander Morozevich ( Russia ) Michał Krasenkow ( Poland ) Loek van Wely ( Netherlands )
1999 Wijk aan Zee Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia )
Linares Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Viswanathan Anand ( India )
Dos Hermanas Michael Adams ( England ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Miguel Illescas Córdoba ( Spain )
Sarajevo Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Evgeni Barejew ( Russia ), Alexei Schirow ( Spain )
Dortmund Péter Lékó ( Hungary ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Anatoli Karpow ( Russia ), Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Michael Adams ( England )
Las Vegas (FIDE World Cup) (knockout system) Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ) Vladimir Akopjan ( Armenia ) Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ( Romania ), Michael Adams ( England )
Hoogeveen Jan Timman ( Netherlands ), Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) Anatoly Karpov ( Russia )