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; [1]

Contents

  1. Garry Kasparov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2838
  2. Vladimir Kramnik Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2809
  3. Viswanathan Anand Flag of India.svg  India 2770
  4. Alexander Morozevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2742
  5. Peter Leko Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2739
  6. Veselin Topalov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2733
  7. Michael Adams Flag of England.svg  England 2731
  8. Vassily Ivanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2731
  9. Evgeny Bareev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2719
  10. Loek van Wely Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2714

Tournaments

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-up
Corus Chess Tournament Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wijk aan Zee Round robin13–28 Jan14 (10) Flag of Russia.svg Garry Kasparov Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
Corus Chess Tournament Group B Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wijk aan Zee Round robin13–28 Jan14 (0) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mikhail Gurevich Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Teimour Radjabov
Women's World Chess Championship Flag of Russia.svg Moscow Knockout25 Nov – 14 Oct64 (0) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Chen Flag of Russia.svg Alexandra Kosteniuk
FIDE World Chess Championship Flag of Russia.svg Moscow Knockout27 Nov – 23 Jan 2002128 (11) Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov Flag of Ukraine.svg Vasyl Ivanchuk

Deaths

References

  1. Top 100 FIDE players 2001