2001 in chess
Events in chess during the year 2001:
Top players
[edit]FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating – October 2001;[1]
- Garry Kasparov
Russia 2838
- Vladimir Kramnik
Russia 2809
- Viswanathan Anand
India 2770
- Alexander Morozevich
Russia 2742
- Peter Leko
Hungary 2739
- Veselin Topalov
Bulgaria 2733
- Michael Adams
England 2731
- Vassily Ivanchuk
Ukraine 2731
- Evgeny Bareev
Russia 2719
- Loek van Wely
Netherlands 2714
Tournaments
[edit]Tournament | City | System | Dates | Players (2700+) | Winner | Runner-up |
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Corus Chess Tournament | ![]() | Round robin | 13–28 Jan | 14 (10) | ![]() | ![]() |
Corus Chess Tournament Group B | ![]() | Round robin | 13–28 Jan | 14 (0) | ![]() | ![]() |
Women's World Chess Championship | ![]() | Knockout | 25 Nov – 14 Oct | 64 (0) | ![]() | ![]() |
FIDE World Chess Championship | ![]() | Knockout | 27 Nov – 23 Jan 2002 | 128 (11) | ![]() | ![]() |
Deaths
[edit]- Alexei Suetin, Russian chess grandmaster and chess author – September 10
- Claude Bloodgood, controversial American chess player, died in prison – August 4
- Tony Miles, English chess Grandmaster – 12 November