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]

  1. Garry Kasparov {{RUS}} 2849
  2. Vladimir Kramnik {{RUS}} 2770
  3. Viswanathan Anand {{IND}} 2762
  4. Alexander Morozevich {{RUS}} 2756
  5. Michael Adams {{ENG}} 2755
  6. Alexei Shirov {{ESP}} 2746
  7. Peter Leko {{HUN}} 2743
  8. Vassily Ivanchuk {{UKR}} 2719
  9. Veselin Topalov {{BUL}} 2707
  10. Michał Krasenkow {{POL}} 2702

Tournaments

class="wikitable"
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-up
Corus Chess Tournament{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Wijk aan ZeeRound robin15–30 Jan14 (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 ZeeRound robin18–30 Jan12 (0){{flagicon|Netherlands}} Sergei Tiviakov
{{flagicon|Ukraine}}Alexander Onischuk
{{flagicon|Israel}} Boris Avrukh
Chess World Cup{{flagicon|China}} ShenyangGroup/Knockout1 – 13 Sep24 (4){{flagicon|India}} Viswanathan Anand{{flagicon|Russia}} Evgeny Bareev
FIDE World Chess Championship{{flagicon|India}} New Delhi
{{flagicon|Iran}} Tehran
Knockout27 Nov – 4 Oct100 (9){{flagicon|India}} Viswanathan Anand{{flagicon|Spain}} Alexei Shirov
Classical World Chess Championship{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} LondonMatch8 Oct – 24 Dec2 (2){{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Kramnik{{flagicon|Russia}} Garry Kasparov

Births

Deaths

References