 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvichakadaro, FIDE yakanga yasarudza kubvisa Interzonal uye Candidates system, pachinzvimbo chekuva nemutambo mukuru wekurova umo nhamba huru yevatambi vakakwikwidza mitambo mipfupi kune mumwe nemumwe mukati memavhiki mashoma ona FIDE World Chess Championship 1998. Mitambo inokurumidza uye inopenya yaishandiswa kugadzirisa zvisungo pakupera kwega kwega kutenderera, fomati iyo vamwe vakafunga kuti haina kuziva mutambo wemhando yepamusoro: Kasparov akaramba kutora chikamu muzviitiko izvi, sezvakaitwa naKramnik mushure mekunge akunda zita reClassical muna 2000. Muchiitiko chokutanga chezviitiko izvi muna 1998, shasha Karpov akaiswa zvakananga kumagumo, asi gare gare shasha yaifanira kukwanisa kufanana nevamwe vatambi. Karpov akadzivirira zita rake mumutambo wokutanga wemakwikwi aya muna 1998, asi akasiya zita rake achipikisa mitemo mitsva muna 1999. Alexander Khalifman akakunda FIDE World Championship muna 1999, Anand muna 2000, Ruslan Ponomariov muna 2002, uye Rustam Kasimdzhanov muna 2004. 