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The world team has completely changed since 1984. It’s quite significant that many of it’s members are former citizens of the Soviet Union — additional proof that the traditions of the Soviet chess school are still very strong. The members of the teams are listed according to their rankings, starting from the highest-ranked member. The Captain of the World team is FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. |
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  | Viswanathan Anand (India)
December 11, 1969Junior World Champion 1987 Participated in the Candidates’ Matches in 1991, 1994, 1995 Finalist of the World Championships in 1995 and 1998 FIDE World Champion 2000 | 2755 (3) |
 | Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)
November 11, 1983Participated in FIDE World Championships in 1999, 2000, 2001 World Champion from 2001 | 2743 (6) |
 | Peter Leko (Hungary)
September 8, 1979Participated in all FIDE World Championships from 1997 till 2001 Winner of the first stage of the FIDE Grand Prix 2002 Winner of the Dortmund Candidates Tournament 2002 | 2717 (8) |
 | Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
March 18, 1969Participated in the Candidates’ Matches in 1991 Finalist of the FIDE World Championship in 2001 | 2711 (10) |
 | Boris Gelfand (Israel)
June 24, 1968Participated in the Candidates’ Matches in 1994 and 1995 Participated in all FIDE World Championships from 1997 till 2001 | 2710 (11) |
 | Alexei Shirov (Spain)
July 4, 1972Participated in all FIDE World Championships from 1997 till 2001 Finalist of the FIDE World Championship in 2000 | 2697 (13) |
 | Nigel Short (Great Britain)
June, 1, 1965Participated in the Candidates’ matches in 1988 the winner of the world championship cycle in 1991—92 | 2682 (18) |
 | Judit Polgar (Hungary)
July 23, 1976Participated in FIDE World Championships in 1997, 1999, 2001 | 2681 (19) |
 | Ilia Smirin (Israel)
January 21, 1968Participated in all FIDE World Championships from 1997 till 2001 | 2676 (21) |
 | Teimur Radjabov (Azerbaijan)
March 13, 1987Participated in the FIDE World Championship in 2001 Second place finisher of the second stage of the FIDE Grand Prix | 2618 (72) |
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 | Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)
December 7, 1971Junior World Champion 1991 Participated in all FIDE World Championships from 1997 till 2000 Finalist of the FIDE World Championship in 1999 | 2689 (16) |
 | Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia)
March 16, 1960Participated in all FIDE World Championships from 1997 till 2001 | 2676 (23) |
