Events in chess during the year 2000:
Top players
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - July 2000;Top 100 FIDE players 2000
Garry Kasparov 2849 Vladimir Kramnik 2770 Viswanathan Anand 2762 Alexander Morozevich 2756 Michael Adams 2755 Alexei Shirov 2746 Peter Leko 2743 Vassily Ivanchuk 2719 Veselin Topalov 2707 Michał Krasenkow 2702
Tournaments Tournament City System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up Corus Chess Tournament Wijk aan Zee Round robin 15–30 Jan 14 (6) Garry Kasparov Vladimir Kramnik Peter Leko Viswanathan Anand Corus Chess Tournament Group B Wijk aan Zee Round robin 18–30 Jan 12 (0) Sergei TiviakovAlexander Onischuk Boris Avrukh Chess World Cup Shenyang Group/Knockout 1 – 13 Sep 24 (4) Viswanathan Anand Evgeny Bareev FIDE World Chess Championship New Delhi Tehran Knockout 27 Nov – 4 Oct 100 (9) Viswanathan Anand Alexei Shirov Classical World Chess Championship London Match 8 Oct – 24 Dec 2 (2) Vladimir Kramnik Garry Kasparov
Births
Zhansaya Abdumalik, Kazakhstani chess player - 12 January Alexey Sarana - 26 January Max Warmerdam - 30 March Gunay Mammadzada - 19 June Haik M. Martirosyan - 14 July Temur Kuybokarov - 22 July Parham Maghsoodloo - 11 August Jeffery Xiong - 30 October Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera - 26 December Samuel Sevian - 26 December
Deaths Daniel Yanofsky, Canada's first chess Grandmaster - March 5 Aivars Gipslis, Latvian Grandmaster and chess writer - April 13 Arthur Dake, American chess master - April 28 Vladimir Bagirov, Grandmaster, chess author, and chess trainer - died of a heart attack while playing chess in Finland - July 21 George Koltanowski, record holder for most games won blindfolded simultaneously - September 17 Karl Robatsch, Australian chess player and botanist - September 19
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