The The FIDE World Chess Championships take place in New Delhi, India and Tehran, Iran, 25 November - 27 December 2000.

Round 4 Men (16 players) Women (Quarter Finals 8 players) 6th-8th December 2000.

Men's Draw
Top Half

Macieja, Bartlomiej    (POL)   vs.  * Anand, Viswanathan    (IND) 1/2 0-1
Leitao, Rafael         (BRA)   vs.  * Khalifman, Alexander  (RUS) 1/2 0-1

Svidler, Peter        (RUS)    vs.  * Adams, Michael        (ENG) 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1
Dreev, Alexei          (RUS)   vs.  * Topalov, Veselin      (BUL) 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1

Bottom Half

Morozevich, Alexander  (RUS)   vs.  * Tkachiev, Vladislav   (FRA) 1/2 0-1
Ehlvest, Jaan          (EST)   vs.  * Grischuk, Alexander   (RUS) 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2

Shirov,Alexei          (ESP) * vs.    Gelfand, Boris        (ISR) 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2
Bareev, Evgeny         (RUS) * vs.    Gulko, Boris F        (USA) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
 
Women's Round 4 Pairings

Top half

Xie, Jun              (CHN)  * vs.   Zhukova, Natalia      (UKR)   1-0 1/2 
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina(RUS) * vs.   Peng, Zhaoqin         (NED)   1-0 1/2

Bottom half 

Qin, Kanying          (CHN)  * vs.   Peptan, Corina        (ROM)   1/2 1/2 1-0 1-0
Maric, Alisa          (YUG)  * vs.   Skripchenko-Lautier,A (MDA)   1/2 1/2 1-0 1-0