FIDE World Chess Championship 2004
The FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13, 2004.
| 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 |
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.
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