|  | 1997 FIDE World Chess Championship
 Men  - Fourth Section - Bottom Half
| FIRST ROUND 
 
 | SECOND ROUND 
 
 | THIRD ROUND 
 
 | FOURTH ROUND 
 
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| Bye | Anand Viswanathan
 
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 Anand
 
 
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 Anand
 
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 Anand
 
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| Bye | Predrag Nikolic
 
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| Glek 
 Friso Nijboer
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  Nijboer
 
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 Khalifman
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| Bye | Alexander Khalifman 
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| Bye | 
 Artur Yusupov
 
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 Yusupov
 
 
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 Almasi
 
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| Gretarsson 
 Miguel Illescas Cordoba
 |  Gretarsson
 
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| Bye | 
 Judit Polgar
 
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 Almasi
 
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| Peng 
 Zoltan Almasi
 |  Almasi
 
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