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Of all the members of the Russian team at the London “Match of the Century” in 1984, only Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov will be members of the present team. The rest of the participants are very young but very well known in the chess world. Four world champions will play for the Russian team: the above-mentioned Karpov and Kasparov, as well as Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Khalifman. The members of the teams are listed according to their ranking, starting from the highest-ranked member. The Captain of the Russian team is the president of the Russian Chess Federation Andrei Selivanov. |
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  | Garry Kasparov
April 13, 1963Junior World Champion 1980 World Champion 1985—2000 Winner of the second stage of the FIDE Grand Prix 2002 | 2838 (1) |
 | Vladimir Kramnik
June 25, 1975Participated in the Candidates’ matches (FIDE and PCA) 1994 Participated in the FIDE World Championship 1999 World Champion from 2000 | 2807 (2) |
 | Evgeny Bareev
November 21, 1966Participated in all FIDE World Championships from 1997 till 2001 | 2726 (7) |
 | Alexander Morozevich
July 18, 1977Russian Champion 1998 Participated in the FIDE World Championships in 1997, and from 1999 till 2001 | 2716 (9) |
 | Alexander Grischuk
October 31, 1983Participated in the FIDE World Chanpiopnships in 2000 and 2001 | 2702 (12) |
 | Alexander Khalifman
January 18, 1966Junior European Champion 1985 Russian Champion 1996 FIDE World Champion 1999 | 2690 (14) |
 | Peter Svidler
June 17, 1976Russian Champion 1994, 1995, 1997 Participated in all FIDE World Championships from 1997 till 2001 | 2690 (15) |
 | Anatoly Karpov
May 23, 1951Junior World Champion 1969 World Champion 1975—1985 FIDE World Champion 1993—1998 | 2687 (17) |
 | Alexey Dreev
January 30, 1969Participated in the Candidates Matches in 1991 Participated in all FIDE World Championships from 1997 till 2001 | 2676 (22) |
 | Alexander Motylev
June 17, 1979Russian Champion 2001 Participated in FIDE World Championship in 2001 | 2634 (53) |
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 | Vadim Zviagintsev
August 18, 1976Winner of the Essen Tournament in 2002 Participated in FIDE World Championships in 1997, 1999, 2001 | 2668 (25) |
 | Sergei Rublevsky
October 15, 1974Participated in all FIDE World Championships from 1997 till 2001 | 2658 (34) |
