2000 in chess
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Events in chess during the year 2000:
Top players
[edit | edit source]FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - July 2000;[1]
- Garry Kasparov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2849
- Vladimir Kramnik File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2770
- Viswanathan Anand File:Flag of India.svg India 2762
- Alexander Morozevich File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2756
- Michael Adams File:Flag of England.svg England 2755
- Alexei Shirov File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2746
- Peter Leko File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 2743
- Vassily Ivanchuk File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 2719
- Veselin Topalov File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 2707
- Michał Krasenkow File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 2702
Tournaments
[edit | edit source]| Tournament | City | System | Dates | Players (2700+) | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corus Chess Tournament | Netherlands Wijk aan Zee | Round robin | 15–30 Jan | 14 (6) | Russia Garry Kasparov | Russia Vladimir Kramnik Hungary Peter Leko India Viswanathan Anand |
| Corus Chess Tournament Group B | Netherlands Wijk aan Zee | Round robin | 18–30 Jan | 12 (0) | Netherlands Sergei Tiviakov UkraineAlexander Onischuk Israel Boris Avrukh |
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| Chess World Cup | China Shenyang | Group/Knockout | 1 – 13 Sep | 24 (4) | India Viswanathan Anand | Russia Evgeny Bareev |
| FIDE World Chess Championship | India New Delhi Iran Tehran |
Knockout | 27 Nov – 4 Oct | 100 (9) | India Viswanathan Anand | Spain Alexei Shirov |
| Classical World Chess Championship | United Kingdom London | Match | 8 Oct – 24 Dec | 2 (2) | Russia Vladimir Kramnik | Russia Garry Kasparov |
Births
[edit | edit source]- Zhansaya Abdumalik, Kazakhstani chess player - 12 January[2]
- Alexey Sarana - 26 January
- Max Warmerdam - 30 March
- Gunay Mammadzada - 19 June[3]
- Haik M. Martirosyan - 14 July
- Temur Kuybokarov - 22 July
- Parham Maghsoodloo - 11 August[4]
- Jeffery Xiong - 30 October
- Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera - 26 December
- Samuel Sevian - 26 December
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- Daniel Yanofsky, Canada's first chess Grandmaster - March 5
- Aivars Gipslis, Latvian Grandmaster and chess writer - April 13
- Arthur Dake, American chess master - April 28
- Vladimir Bagirov, Grandmaster, chess author, and chess trainer - died of a heart attack while playing chess in Finland - July 21
- George Koltanowski, record holder for most games won blindfolded simultaneously - September 17
- Karl Robatsch, Australian chess player and botanist - September 19
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Top 100 FIDE players 2000
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