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2000 in chess

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Events in chess during the year 2000:

Top players

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FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - July 2000;[1]

  1. Garry Kasparov  Russia 2849
  2. Vladimir Kramnik  Russia 2770
  3. Viswanathan Anand  India 2762
  4. Alexander Morozevich  Russia 2756
  5. Michael Adams  England 2755
  6. Alexei Shirov  Spain 2746
  7. Peter Leko  Hungary 2743
  8. Vassily Ivanchuk  Ukraine 2719
  9. Veselin Topalov  Bulgaria 2707
  10. Michał Krasenkow  Poland 2702

Tournaments

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Tournament City System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up
Corus Chess Tournament Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 15–30 Jan 14 (6) Russia Garry Kasparov Russia Vladimir Kramnik
Hungary Peter Leko
India Viswanathan Anand
Corus Chess Tournament Group B Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 18–30 Jan 12 (0) Netherlands Sergei Tiviakov
UkraineAlexander Onischuk
Israel Boris Avrukh
Chess World Cup China Shenyang Group/Knockout 1 – 13 Sep 24 (4) India Viswanathan Anand Russia Evgeny Bareev
FIDE World Chess Championship India New Delhi
Iran Tehran
Knockout 27 Nov – 4 Oct 100 (9) India Viswanathan Anand Spain Alexei Shirov
Classical World Chess Championship United Kingdom London Match 8 Oct – 24 Dec 2 (2) Russia Vladimir Kramnik Russia Garry Kasparov

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Top 100 FIDE players 2000
  2. ^ "Zhansaya Abdumalik". chess.com. World chess federation. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Gunay Mammadzada". chess.com. World Chess federation.
  4. ^ "Parham Maghsoodloo". chess.com. World Chess Federation.