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

Round 5 Men (Quarter Finals 8 players) Women (Semi-Finals 4 players) 9th-11th December 2000

Men's Quarter Finals
Top Half

Anand, Viswanathan    (IND)  * vs.   Khalifman, Alexander  (RUS) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2
Adams, Michael        (ENG)  * vs.   Topalov, Veselin      (BUL) 1-0 1/2

Bottom Half

Grischuk, Alexander   (RUS)  * vs.   Tkachiev, Vladislav   (FRA) 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0
Bareev, Evgeny        (RUS)    vs. * Shirov,Alexei         (ESP) 1-0 0-1 0-1 1/2
 
Women's Semi-Finals

Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina(RUS)   vs. * Xie, Jun              (CHN) 1/2 1/2 0-1 1/2
Qin, Kanying          (CHN)  * vs.   Maric, Alisa          (YUG) 1-0 1/2