2001 in chess
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Template:Year nav sports topic5 Events in chess during the year 2001:
Top players
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating – October 2001;[1]
- Garry Kasparov Script error: No such module "flag". 2838
- Vladimir Kramnik Script error: No such module "flag". 2809
- Viswanathan Anand Script error: No such module "flag". 2770
- Alexander Morozevich Script error: No such module "flag". 2742
- Peter Leko Script error: No such module "flag". 2739
- Veselin Topalov Script error: No such module "flag". 2733
- Michael Adams Script error: No such module "flag". 2731
- Vassily Ivanchuk Script error: No such module "flag". 2731
- Evgeny Bareev Script error: No such module "flag". 2719
- Loek van Wely Script error: No such module "flag". 2714
Tournaments
| Tournament | City | System | Dates | Players (2700+) | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corus Chess Tournament | Template:Flagicon Wijk aan Zee | Round robin | 13–28 Jan | 14 (10) | Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov | Template:Flagicon Viswanathan Anand |
| Corus Chess Tournament Group B | Template:Flagicon Wijk aan Zee | Round robin | 13–28 Jan | 14 (0) | Template:Flagicon Mikhail Gurevich | Template:Flagicon Teimour Radjabov |
| Women's World Chess Championship | Template:Flagicon Moscow | Knockout | 25 Nov – 14 Oct | 64 (0) | Template:Flagicon Zhu Chen | Template:Flagicon Alexandra Kosteniuk |
| FIDE World Chess Championship | Template:Flagicon Moscow | Knockout | 27 Nov – 23 Jan 2002 | 128 (11) | Template:Flagicon Ruslan Ponomariov | Template:Flagicon Vasyl Ivanchuk |
Deaths
- Alexei Suetin, Russian chess grandmaster and chess author – September 10
- Claude Bloodgood, controversial American chess player, died in prison – August 4
- Tony Miles, English chess Grandmaster – 12 November
References
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