| 1 | In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 he made it to the semi finals, losing to Alexei Shirov. | |
| 2 | In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 he made it to the quarter finals, where he lost 3-1 to eventual champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. | |
| 3 | The complete registration form must include the surname, first name, FIDE ID number, FIDE rating and title, and passport number of each player and each accompanying person. | |
| 4 | But a few years later(1975) he forfeited the title to another Soviet, Anatoly Karpov, when he refused to defend it. | |
| 5 | Many players and European chess federations are critical of FIDE's recent actions and we hope to lend a powerful and unequivocal voice to this protest. |