2008 in chess

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

Contents

Events

(Top events in bold)

January

FIDE January 2008 Top Ten
RankPrevPlayerRatingChng
13Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Kramnik  (RUS)2799+14
21Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (IND)2799–2
34Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Veselin Topalov  (BUL)2780+11
46Flag of Russia.svg  Alexander Morozevich  (RUS)2765+10
512Flag of Russia.svg  Peter Svidler  (RUS)2763+31
67Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (AZE)2760+8
710Flag of Spain.svg  Alexei Shirov  (ESP)2755+16
85Flag of Hungary.svg  Peter Leko  (HUN)2753−2
92Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vassily Ivanchuk  (UKR)2753−36
109Flag of Armenia.svg  Levon Aronian  (ARM)2739−2

February

March

April

FIDE April 2008 Top Ten
RankPrevPlayerRatingChng
12Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (IND)2803+4
21Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Kramnik  (RUS)2788−11
34Flag of Russia.svg  Alexander Morozevich  (RUS)2774+9
43Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Veselin Topalov  (BUL)2767−13
513Flag of Norway.svg  Magnus Carlsen  (NOR)2765+32
610Flag of Armenia.svg  Levon Aronian  (ARM)2763+24
76Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (AZE)2752−8
812Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Teimour Radjabov  (AZE)2751+16
95Flag of Russia.svg  Peter Svidler  (RUS)2746−17
108Flag of Hungary.svg  Peter Leko  (HUN)2741−12

May

August

October

Titles awarded

Grandmaster

In 2008 FIDE awarded the title Grandmaster to the following players: [37] [38]

Woman Grandmaster

In 2008 FIDE awarded the title Woman Grandmaster to the following players: [37] [38]

Deaths

References

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  4. Savinov, Misha (8 January 2008), "Radjabov wins ACP World Rapid Cup in Odesa", Chessbase News
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  10. Friedel, Frederic (2 February 2008), "Nakamura beats Bu, wins Gibtel 2008", ChessBase News, retrieved 2008-02-08
  11. Asik, Josip (6 February 2008), "To Gligoric with Love – a legend turns 85", ChessBase News, retrieved 2008-02-08
  12. Atarov, Eugene (10 February 2008), "Artyom Timofeev wins Moscow Open 2008", ChessBase News, retrieved 2008-02-15
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  31. "Jan Smeets wins the Dutch Championship 2008", ChessBase News, 13 April 2008, retrieved 2008-04-17
  32. "Michael Adams wins Second Ruy López International in Mérida", ChessBase News, 13 April 2008, retrieved 2008-04-14
  33. "Russian Team Championships 2008 in Sochi", ChessBase News, 17 April 2008, retrieved 2008-04-17
  34. Kumar, Ravi (17 April 2008), "Wesley So wins Dubai Open, player disqualified for cheating", ChessBase News, retrieved 2008-04-17
  35. "Topalov Wins Dos Hermanas Rapid", ChessBase News, 21 April 2008, retrieved 2008-04-21
  36. The first international mind sports games “IMSA Cup” FIDE
  37. 1 2 List of Titles Approved by the 2nd quarter FIDE Presidential Board 2008 from fide.com
  38. 1 2 List of titles approved by the 3rd quarter FIDE Presidential Board 2008
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