FIDE World Chess Championship, 18th June - 13th July.
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/Images/Players/Small/Kasim.jpg" align="left" alt="Rustam Kasimdzhanov"> Rustam Kasimdzhanov became FIDE World Champion
FIDE World Chess Championship took place 18th June - 13th July in Tripoli, Libya.
Participants: Veselin Topalov BUL 2737, Michael Adams ENG 2731, Alexander Grischuk RUS 2719, Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2716, Nigel Short ENG 2712, Vladimir Malakhov RUS 2695, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ROM 2692, Ivan Sokolov NED 2690, Alexey Dreev RUS 2689 etc.

Final Adams - Kasimdzhanov took place 6th-13th July 2004 6 games + playoffs.
1st game Adams - Kasimdzhanov ½
2nd game Kasimdzhanov - Adams 1-0
3rd game Adams - Kasimdzhanov 1-0
4th game Kasimdzhanov - Adams 1-0
5th game Adams - Kasimdzhanov 1-0
6th game Kasimdzhanov - Adams ½
Playoff:
1st game Adams - Kasimdzhanov 0-1
2nd game Kasimdzhanov - Adams ½

1/8,1/4,1/2:
Topalov /Images/table/center.gif"> 1-0,1-0
Topalov
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1-0,1-0
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Topalov
Kasimdzhanov
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½,½,½,½
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0-1,0-1
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Kozul
Nisipeanu /Images/table/center.gif"> ½,½
Kharlov
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Kharlov 1-0,0-1,½,½,0-1
Grishchuk /Images/table/center.gif"> ½,½
Grishchuk
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0-1,1-0
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0-1,0-1
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Beliavsky ½,1-0,½
Kasimdzhanov /Images/table/center.gif"> 1-0,1-0
Kasimdzhanov
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Almasi
Smirnov /Images/table/center.gif"> ½,½
Radjabov
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0-1,1-0
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½,½,½,½,½
Radjabov
Adams
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0-1,½,½,½
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Radjabov ½,½,½,0-1
Dominguez /Images/table/center.gif"> ½,½
Dominguez
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Dreev ½,1-0
Adams /Images/table/center.gif"> 1-0,½
Adams
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1-0,½
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Nakamura
Krasenkov /Images/table/center.gif"> ½,0-1
Akopian
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Akopian
/News/2004/FIDE/fide.php"> Results(1st round)
/News/2004/FIDE/fide2.php"> Results(2nd round)
/News/2004/FIDE/fide3.php"> Results(3rd round)
/Java/2004/FIDE/viewer.html"> View games(1st round)
/Java/2004/FIDE2/viewer.html"> View games(2nd round)
/Java/2004/FIDE3/viewer.html"> View games(3rd round)
/Java/2004/FIDE4/viewer.html"> View games(1/8)
/Java/2004/FIDE5/viewer.html"> View games(1/4)
/Java/2004/FIDE6/viewer.html"> View games(1/2)
/Java/2004/FIDE7/viewer.html"> View games(final)
/Java/2004/FIDE/fide.zip"> Games in PGN
Internet site: wcc2004.fide.com