2009 in chess

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. ^[1]

Elo FIDE Top Ten Men FIDE Top Ten Women Elo 2796   Veselin Topalov  (BGR)   Judit Polgár  (HUN) 2693 2791   Viswanathan Anand  (IND)   Humpy Koneru  (IND) 2621 2779   Vassily Ivanchuk  (UKR)   Hou Yifan  (CHN) 2571 2776   Magnus Carlsen  (NOR)   Antoaneta Stefanova  (BUL) 2557 2771   Alexander Morozevich  (RUS)   Pia Cramling  (SWE) 2548 2761   Teimour Radjabov  (AZE)   Anna Muzychuk  (SLO) 2540 2760   Dmitry Jakovenko  (RUS)   Marie Sebag  (FRA) 2529 2759   Vladimir Kramnik  (RUS)   Nana Dzagnidze  (GEO) 2518 2751   Peter Leko  (HUN)   Maia Chiburdanidze  (GEO) 2516 2751   Sergei Movsesian  (SVK)   Alexandra Kosteniuk  (RUS) 2516

• 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:

Deaths

• 22 January : Héctor Rossetto
• 27 April : Miroslav Filip

References

1. January 2009 FIDE Rating list