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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Libya |
| City | Tripoli |
| Venue(s) | Almahary Hotel |
| Dates | 18 June – 13 July 2004 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Participants | 128 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
| Runner-up |  Michael Adams |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 127 |
The FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13, 2004.
It was won by Rustam Kasimdzhanov, who beat Michael Adams in the final by a score of 4½–3½. He won about US$100,000 and the title of FIDE World Chess Champion.
The intention was that the tournament winner would play the world's top-ranked player at the time, Garry Kasparov, in a step towards the reunification of the World Chess Championship (which had been split into two separate titles since the World Chess Championship 1993); that match, however, never took place.