2001 in chess
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Events in chess during the year 2001:
Top players
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating – October 2001;[http://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=21 Top 100 FIDE players 2001]
- Garry Kasparov {{RUS}} 2838
- Vladimir Kramnik {{RUS}} 2809
- Viswanathan Anand {{IND}} 2770
- Alexander Morozevich {{RUS}} 2742
- Peter Leko {{HUN}} 2739
- Veselin Topalov {{BUL}} 2733
- Michael Adams {{ENG}} 2731
- Vassily Ivanchuk {{UKR}} 2731
- Evgeny Bareev {{RUS}} 2719
- Loek van Wely {{NED}} 2714
Tournaments
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| Tournament | City | System | Dates | Players (2700+) | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corus Chess Tournament | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Wijk aan Zee | Round robin | 13–28 Jan | 14 (10) | {{flagicon|Russia}} Garry Kasparov | {{flagicon|India}} Viswanathan Anand |
| Corus Chess Tournament Group B | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Wijk aan Zee | Round robin | 13–28 Jan | 14 (0) | {{flagicon|Belgium}} Mikhail Gurevich | {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Teimour Radjabov |
| Women's World Chess Championship | {{flagicon|Russia}} Moscow | Knockout | 25 Nov – 14 Oct | 64 (0) | {{flagicon|China}} Zhu Chen | {{flagicon|Russia}} Alexandra Kosteniuk |
| FIDE World Chess Championship | {{flagicon|Russia}} Moscow | Knockout | 27 Nov – 23 Jan 2002 | 128 (11) | {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Ruslan Ponomariov | {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Vasyl Ivanchuk |
Deaths
- 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