Estonia, Tallinn, July 1995 (07-31 - 08-07), RIF rule
The Qualification system had changed a bit compared to last World Championship. Now there were 5 A-final seats given to the best Qualification Tournament players. Although the new system was so generous and offered 5 A-final seats to Qualification Tournament players, the QT itself was really poor - probably the weakest QT in the history. Only 8 players took part. Therefore, to get into top 5 was quite easy job for the advanced players. So it happened. The strongest players got their deserved places and entered the A-final. The only disappointment was perhaps the performance of Margus Tuvikene who probably played the worst tournament of his life. Before the beginning of the QT, Tuvikene was considered to be a sure player in top 5, but history proved otherwise. Petter Gardstr�m from Sweden won the Qualification Tournament confidently without losing any games!
There was one day for those 5 best players to take a rest, and then the tough A-final began.