Classical World Chess Championship 2000 becoming the undisputed world chess champion. Classical World Chess Championship 2000 The Classical World Chess Championship 2000, known at the time as the Braingames World Chess Championships, was held from 8 October 2000 – 4 November 2000 in London, United Kingdom. Garry Kasparov, the defending champion, played Vladimir Kramnik. The match was the best of 16 games, and in the event of an 8-8 tie, Kasparov would keep his title. Although Kasparov was the strong favourite, Kramnik won the match with two wins, 13 draws and no losses. To the supporters of the lineal world championship, Kramnik became the 14th
Women's World Chess Championship 1993 Women's World Chess Championship 1993 The 1993 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Xie Jun, who successfully defended her title against challenger Nana Ioseliani in the title match. As part of the qualification process, an Interzonal tournament was held in Subotica in November 1991, featuring the best players from each FIDE zone. 35 players took part with the top six qualifying for the Candidates Tournament. For the first time, the women's Interzonal was played as a 13-round Swiss system tournament. Sylvia Chidi of Nigeria didn't enter the tournament until after the first two rounds were played, so her first