2000 in chess
Overview of the events of 2000 in chess
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Events in chess during the year 2000:
Top players
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - July 2000;[1]
- Garry Kasparov
Russia 2849
- Vladimir Kramnik
Russia 2770
- Viswanathan Anand
India 2762
- Alexander Morozevich
Russia 2756
- Michael Adams
England 2755
- Alexei Shirov
Spain 2746
- Peter Leko
Hungary 2743
- Vassily Ivanchuk
Ukraine 2719
- Veselin Topalov
Bulgaria 2707
- Michał Krasenkow
Poland 2702
Tournaments
Tournament | City | System | Dates | Players (2700+) | Winner | Runner-up |
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Corus Chess Tournament | ![]() | Round robin | 15–30 Jan | 14 (6) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Corus Chess Tournament Group B | ![]() | Round robin | 18–30 Jan | 12 (0) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Chess World Cup | ![]() | Group/Knockout | 1 – 13 Sep | 24 (4) | ![]() | ![]() |
FIDE World Chess Championship | ![]() ![]() | Knockout | 27 Nov – 4 Oct | 100 (9) | ![]() | ![]() |
Classical World Chess Championship | ![]() | Match | 8 Oct – 24 Dec | 2 (2) | ![]() | ![]() |
Births
- 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
- 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
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