In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 in Tripoli, Libya, Kasimdzhanov unexpectedly made his way through to the final, winning mini-matches against Alejandro Ramírez, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Vasily Ivanchuk, Zoltán Almási, Alexander Grischuk and Veselin Topalov to meet Michael Adams to play for the title and the right to face world number one Garry Kasparov in a match.
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The 2004 championship also earned him one of sixteen places in the Candidates Tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007.
Rustam Zaman | Mohd Ali Rustam | Rustam Mustafayev | Rustam Minnikhanov | Mardi Rustam |