1999–00 Pro Tour Season

The **1999–00 Pro Tour season** was the fifth Pro Tour season. It started on 3 September 1999 with Pro Tour Washington, D.C., and ended on 6 August 2000 with the conclusion of the 2000 World Championships.

## Pro Tour Washington, D.C.

3–5 September 1999 in Washington, D.C., United States.

## Grand Prix (September 1999)

**Date:** 11–12 September 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Higashino Masayuki
2.  Kazuyuki Momose
3.  Satoshi Nakamura
4.  Itaru Ishida
5.  Toshiki Tsukamoto
6.  Ayumi Hidaka
7.  Hiroshi Harada
8.  Yuichi Taguchi

**Date:** 18–19 September 1999
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Michael Pustilnik
2.  Mike Heffern
3.  Kyle Kloeckner
4.  Matthew Norton
5.  Adrian Sullivan
6.  David Jafari
7.  Ric Watts
8.  Matt Rauseo

**Date:** 25–26 September 1999
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Helder Coelho
2.  Paolo Cruz
3.  Stephane Gentric
4.  Rui Mariani
5.  Pedro Marcos
6.  Alex Shvartsman
7.  Kuniyoshi Ishii
8.  Hector Fuentes

## Pro Tour London

15–17 October 1999 in London, Great Britain.

## Grand Prix (October–November 1999)

**Date:** 30–31 October 1999
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Tadayoshi Komiya
2.  Eisaku Itadani
3.  Katsuhiro Mori
4.  Fumihiko Sano
5.  Masashiro Kuroda
6.  Masayuki Higashino
7.  Takuichi Harino
8.  Toshiki Tsukamoto

**Date:** 6–7 November 1999
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Ziga Fritz
2.  Raphael Gennari
3.  William Cavaglieri
4.  Mario Delucis
5.  Ivan Solaja
6.  Michael Schulte-Middelich
7.  Ivan Curina
8.  Sasha Zorc

**Date:** 6–7 November 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Rafael Assafi Alvarenga
2.  Douglas Maioli
3.  Carlos Mao
4.  Alex Shvartsman
5.  Carlos Romão
6.  Eduardo Simao Teixeira
7.  Fernando Moreira Bandeira
8.  Rodrigo Jose Constanza

**Date:** 20–21 November 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  William Jensen
2.  Gary Krakower
3.  David Williams
4.  Charles Kornblith
5.  Darwin Kastle
6.  John Yoo
7.  Trevor Blackwell
8.  Eric James

**Date:** 27–28 November 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Alex Shvartsman
2.  Nicolas Labarre
3.  Eric Vinh
4.  Franck Canu
5.  Christer Ljones
6.  Camille Gleizes
7.  Thomas Gundersen
8.  Svend Geertsen

## Pro Tour Chicago

3–5 December 1999 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

## Grand Prix (December 1999–January 2000)

**Date:** 4–5 December 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Christopher Parreñas
2.  Frederick Salazar
3.  Francis Robert Profeta
4.  Lawrence Lagman
5.  Au Yeung Hon Ming
6.  Andrew Buchanan
7.  Dino Eric Yu
8.  Ramon Allan Oca, Jr.

**Date:** 15–16 January 2000
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Bob Maher, Jr.
2.  Jeremy Brower
3.  Tim Kariel
4.  David Price
5.  Alex Shvartsman
6.  Jay Elarar
7.  Mike Hron
8.  David Weitz

**Date:** 29–30 January 2000
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Carlos Barrado
2.  Xavi Gonzales
3.  Alex Shvartsman
4.  Tony Dobson
5.  Olivier Ruel
6.  Alex Dominguez Ramos
7.  Rui Mariani
8.  Patrick Mello

## Pro Tour Los Angeles

4–6 February 2000 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

## Grand Prix (February–April 2000)

**Date:** 12–13 February 2000
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Tadayoshi Komiya
2.  Tsuyoshi Fujita
3.  Alex Shvartsman
4.  Jim Len
5.  Lucifar Sun
6.  Tzu Ching Kuo
7.  Satoshi Nakamura
8.  Tobey Tamber

**Date:** 19–20 February 2000
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Trey Van Cleave
2.  Britt Fitch
3.  Scott McCord
4.  John Marks
5.  William Jensen
6.  David Roderer
7.  Brad Swan
8.  Michael Bernat

**Date:** 26–27 February 2000
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Florent Jeudon
1.  Antoine Ruel
1.  Olivier Ruel
2.  Alex Shvartsman
2.  Bram Snepvangers
2.  Thomas Preyer
3.  Nicolas Labarre
3.  Manuel Bevand
3.  Marie Laure Saulnier
4.  Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
4.  William Jensen
4.  David Williams

**Date:** 4–5 March 2000
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Ryan Soh
2.  Tishen Tham
3.  Wai Kin Au Yong
4.  Tsuyoshi Ikeda
5.  Jun Nobushita
6.  Tsutomu Yamada
7.  Albertus Law
8.  Wei Ren Khoo

**Date:** 8–9 April 2000
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Jim Herold
1.  Sebastian Moises
1.  Gunnar Refsdal
2.  Martin Laznovsky
2.  Ivan Stanoev
2.  Libor Marek
3.  Jakub Slemr
3.  Ondřej Baudyš
3.  Tomas Kosicka
4.  Daniel Steinsdorfer
4.  Demir Sejdiu
4.  Patrick Jansen

## Pro Tour New York

14–16 April 2000 in New York, United States.

## Grand Prix (April–June 2000)

**Date:** 22–23 April 2000
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Alex Shvartsman
1.  Trevor Blackwell
1.  Nicholas Wong
2.  Goro Matsuo
2.  Jun Nobushita
2.  Tadayoshi Komiya
3.  Bob Maher, Jr.
3.  David Williams
3.  Mike Long
4.  Osamu Fujita
4.  Ayumi Hidaka
4.  Takayuki Nagaoka

**Date:** 13–14 May 2000
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
1.  Jon Finkel
1.  Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
2.  Rob Liszka
2.  Mike Heffern
2.  Aaron Estrin
3.  Darwin Kastle
3.  Rob Dougherty
3.  David Humpherys
4.  Ryan Carpenter
4.  Bryan Hubble
4.  Jason Opalka

**Date:** 17–18 June 2000
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Niels Sanders Jensen
2.  Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
3.  Franck Canu
4.  Noah Boeken
5.  Gottlieb Yeh
6.  Gunnar Refsdal
7.  Tom van de Logt
8.  Peter Gysemans

**Date:** 24–25 June 2000
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  William Jensen
1.  Ben Rubin
1.  Casey McCarrel
2.  Ray Tautic
2.  Brian Lynch
2.  Ben Halpren
3.  Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
3.  Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
3.  Jon Finkel
4.  Darwin Kastle
4.  Rob Dougherty
4.  Dave Humpherys

## 2000 World Championships

*Main article: 2000 World Championships*
2–6 August 2000 in Brussels, Belgium.