2009 in chess
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Below is a list of events in chess during the year 2009, as well as the men's and women's FIDE rankings of that year:
Events
- January 1 – Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) gains 5 rating points to remain at the head the FIDE top 100 players list at 2796. Viswanathan Anand (India) is second at 2791.[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3667-january-2009-fide-rating-list January 2009 FIDE Rating list]
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| Elo
!FIDE Top Ten Men !FIDE Top Ten Women !Elo |
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| 2796
|align="left"| {{flagathlete|Veselin Topalov|BGR}} |align="right"| {{flagathlete|Judit Polgár|HUN}} |2693 |
| 2791
|align="left"| {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}} |align="right"| {{flagathlete|Humpy Koneru|IND}} |2621 |
| 2779
|align="left"| {{flagathlete|Vassily Ivanchuk|UKR}} |align="right"| {{flagathlete|Hou Yifan|CHN}} |2571 |
| 2776
|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|NOR}} |align="right"| {{flagathlete|Antoaneta Stefanova|BUL}} |2557 |
| 2771
|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Alexander Morozevich|RUS}} |align="right"|{{flagathlete|Pia Cramling|SWE}} |2548 |
| 2761
|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Teimour Radjabov|AZE}} |align="right"|{{flagathlete|Anna Muzychuk|SLO}} |2540 |
| 2760
|align="left"| {{flagathlete|Dmitry Jakovenko|RUS}} |align="right"| {{flagathlete|Marie Sebag|FRA}} |2529 |
| 2759
|align="left"| {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|RUS}} |align="right"| {{flagathlete|Nana Dzagnidze|GEO}} |2518 |
| 2751
|align="left"| {{flagathlete|Peter Leko|HUN}} |align="right"| {{flagathlete|Maia Chiburdanidze|GEO}} |2516 |
| 2751
|align="left"| {{flagathlete|Sergei Movsesian|SVK}} |align="right"| {{flagathlete|Alexandra Kosteniuk|RUS}} |2516 |
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- December 8–15 – The inaugural London Chess Classic is played in London. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) wins ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and David Howell (England).
Titles awarded
=Grandmaster=
In 2009 FIDE awarded the title Grandmaster to the following players:
=Woman Grandmaster=
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Deaths
- 22 January : Héctor Rossetto
- 27 April : Miroslav Filip