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Below is a list of events in chess during the year 2007:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vladimir Kramnik</span> Russian chess grandmaster (born 1975)

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007. He has won three team gold medals and three individual medals at Chess Olympiads.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viswanathan Anand</span> Indian chess grandmaster (born 1969)

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former five-time World Chess Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of 2800, a feat he first achieved in 2006. In 2022, he was elected the deputy president of FIDE.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Veselin Topalov</span> Bulgarian chess grandmaster (born 1975)

Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Adams (chess player)</span> British chess Grandmaster (born 1971)

Michael Adams is an English chess grandmaster and is a seven-time British Chess Champion. His highest ranking is world No. 4, achieved several times from October 2000 to October 2002. His peak Elo rating is 2761, the highest achieved by an English chess player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alexei Shirov</span> Latvian-Spanish chess player (born 1972)

Alexei Shirov is a Latvian and Spanish chess player. Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magnus Carlsen</span> Norwegian chess grandmaster (born 1990)

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the reigning five-time World Chess Champion, four-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and six-time World Blitz Chess Champion. Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. His peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history. He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gata Kamsky</span> American chess player

Gata Kamsky is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Levon Aronian</span> Armenian chess grandmaster (born 1982)

Levon Grigori Aronian is an Armenian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster in 2000, at age 17. He is a former world rapid and blitz champion and has held the No. 2 position in the March 2014 FIDE world chess rankings with a rating of 2830, becoming the fourth-highest rated player in history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FIDE World Chess Championship 2005</span>

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 took place in Potrero de los Funes, San Luis Province in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. It was won by Veselin Topalov.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting</span>

The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany. Dortmund is an invite-only event, with the exception that one slot at Dortmund is awarded to the winner of the annual Aeroflot Open in Moscow.

Mtel Masters was an annual super-GM chess tournament held between 2005 and 2009 in Sofia, Bulgaria, sponsored and organized by the Bulgarian mobile network operator, M-Tel. The tournament was held as a double round-robin at the five-star Grand Hotel Sofia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Chess Championship 2007</span>

The World Chess Championship 2007 was held in Mexico City, from 12 September 2007 to 30 September 2007 to decide the world champion of the game of chess. It was an eight-player, double round robin tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Radosław Wojtaszek</span> Polish chess player

Radosław Wojtaszek is a Polish chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Polish champion.

Below is a list of events in chess during the year 2008, and a list of the top ten players during that year:

Events of 1999 in chess include the list of top chess players and news.

Below is a list of events in chess in 1998, as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players in July of that year.

Below is a list of events in chess in 1997, as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players at the start of that year.

Below is a list of events in chess in 1996, as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evgeniy Najer</span>

Evgeniy Yuryevich Najer is a Russian chess grandmaster and the European champion of 2015. He is also one of the coaches of the Russian women's national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bilbao Chess Masters Final</span> Annual chess tournament

The Bilbao Chess Masters Final is an annual chess tournament which between 2008-12 brought together the strongest players from the previous year's "Grand Slam" events. Series organisers Grand Slam Chess Association (GSCA) became defunct in 2012 due to the demise of the Grand Slam hosts and scheduling problems but the Bilbao Masters continued as an annual invitational event until 2016.

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