The main Events of last FIDE Decade

1995

• Kirsan was elected FIDE President
• at the Presidential Board Meeting in Singapore Kirsan introduced the knock-out system for the World Championships.

1996

• the Women's World Championship Final in Jaen, Spain. Zsuzsa Polgar (Hungary) vs. Xie Jun (China). Winner — Polgar
• the World Championship Final in Elista, Kalmykia ( Russia). Anatoly Karpov(Russia) vs. Gata Kamsky (USA). Winner — Karpov
• the 32nd World Chess Olympiad and the 67th FIDE Congress in Erevan, Armenia. Kirsan was reelected FIDE President.

1997

• the World Team Championship in Lucerne, Switzerland
• the 68th FIDE Congress in Chisinau, Moldova
• the World Championship in Groningen, Netherlands.

1998

• the World Championship Final in Lausanne, Switzerland. Vishy Anand (India) vs. Anatoly Karpov (Russia). Winner — Karpov
• the President's Cup Super Tournament in Elista, Kalmykia (Russia)
• the 33rd World Chess Olympiad and the 69th FIDE Congress in Elista, Kalmykia (Russia). Kirsan was reelected FIDE President.

1999

• Chess was recognized as a sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• the World Championship in Las Vegas, USA. Winner — Alexander Khalifman (Russia)
• the Women's World Championship Final. Alisa Galliamova (Russia) vs. Xie Jun (China) in Kazan, Russia and Shenyan, China. Winner — Xie Jun
• the 70th FIDE Congress in Doha, Quatar.

2000

• the 34th World Chess Olympiad and the 71st FIDE Congress in Istanbul, Turkey
• the World Championship in New Delhi, India. Women's Championship Winner — Xie Jun (China)
• the World Championship Final in Teheran, Iran. Vishy Anand (India) vs. Alexey Shirov (Spain). Winner — Anand.

2001

• the 72nd FIDE Congress in Khalkidhiki, Greece
• the World Team Championship in Erevan, Armenia
• the World Championship in Moscow, Russia. Women's Championship Winner — Zhu Chen (China)

2002

• the World Championship Final in Moscow, Russia. Ruslan Ponomariev (Ukraine) vs. Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine). Winner — Ponomariev
• the Prague Agreement
• 35th World Chess Olympiad and the 73d FIDE Congress in Bled (Slovenia). Kirsan was reelected FIDE President.

2003

• 74th FIDE Congress in Khalkidhiki, Greece

2004

• the Women's World Championship in Elista, Kalmykia (Russia). Winner — Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria)
• the 36th World Chess Olympiad and the 75th FIDE Congress in Calvia, Spain
• the World Championship in Tripoli, Libya. Winner — Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan)

2005

• the World Championship in San Luis, Argentina.Winner — Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)
• the 76th FIDE Congress in Dresden, Germany
• the World Team Championship in Beersheba, Israel
• the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

2006

• the Women's World Championship in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Winner — Xu Yuhua (China)