Alexander Khalifman

Alexander Khalifman
Full nameAlexander Valeryevich Khalifman
Country
Born (1966-01-18) 18 January 1966 (age 58)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1990)
World Champion1999–2000 (FIDE)
FIDE rating2597 (October 2024)
Peak rating2702 (October 2001)
Peak rankingNo. 10 (July 1991)

Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman (Russian: Алекса́ндр Вале́рьевич Халифма́н; born 18 January 1966) is a Russian chess player and writer. Awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990, he was FIDE World Chess Champion in 1999.