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;[http://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=1 Top 100 FIDE players 2000]
- Garry Kasparov {{RUS}} 2849
- Vladimir Kramnik {{RUS}} 2770
- Viswanathan Anand {{IND}} 2762
- Alexander Morozevich {{RUS}} 2756
- Michael Adams {{ENG}} 2755
- Alexei Shirov {{ESP}} 2746
- Peter Leko {{HUN}} 2743
- Vassily Ivanchuk {{UKR}} 2719
- Veselin Topalov {{BUL}} 2707
- Michał Krasenkow {{POL}} 2702
Tournaments
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| Tournament | City | System | Dates | Players (2700+) | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corus Chess Tournament | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Wijk aan Zee | Round robin | 15–30 Jan | 14 (6) | {{flagicon|Russia}} Garry Kasparov | {{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Kramnik {{flagicon|Hungary}} Peter Leko {{flagicon|India}} Viswanathan Anand |
| Corus Chess Tournament Group B | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Wijk aan Zee | Round robin | 18–30 Jan | 12 (0) | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Sergei Tiviakov {{flagicon|Ukraine}}Alexander Onischuk {{flagicon|Israel}} Boris Avrukh | |
| Chess World Cup | {{flagicon|China}} Shenyang | Group/Knockout | 1 – 13 Sep | 24 (4) | {{flagicon|India}} Viswanathan Anand | {{flagicon|Russia}} Evgeny Bareev |
| FIDE World Chess Championship | {{flagicon|India}} New Delhi {{flagicon|Iran}} Tehran | Knockout | 27 Nov – 4 Oct | 100 (9) | {{flagicon|India}} Viswanathan Anand | {{flagicon|Spain}} Alexei Shirov |
| Classical World Chess Championship | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} London | Match | 8 Oct – 24 Dec | 2 (2) | {{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Kramnik | {{flagicon|Russia}} Garry Kasparov |
Births
- Zhansaya Abdumalik, Kazakhstani chess player - 12 January{{cite web |title=Zhansaya Abdumalik |url=https://www.chess.com/players/zhansaya-abdumalik |website=chess.com |publisher=World chess federation |access-date=5 June 2021}}
- Alexey Sarana - 26 January
- Max Warmerdam - 30 March
- Gunay Mammadzada - 19 June{{cite web |title=Gunay Mammadzada |url=https://www.chess.com/players/gunay-mammadzada |website=chess.com |publisher=World Chess federation}}
- Haik M. Martirosyan - 14 July
- Temur Kuybokarov - 22 July
- Parham Maghsoodloo - 11 August{{cite web |title=Parham Maghsoodloo |url=https://www.chess.com/players/maghsoodloo-parham |website=chess.com |publisher=World Chess Federation}}
- 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