2001 in chess

List of years in chess (table)

Events in chess during the year 2001:

Top players

FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating – October 2001;[1]

  1. Garry Kasparov  Russia 2838
  2. Vladimir Kramnik  Russia 2809
  3. Viswanathan Anand  India 2770
  4. Alexander Morozevich  Russia 2742
  5. Peter Leko  Hungary 2739
  6. Veselin Topalov  Bulgaria 2733
  7. Michael Adams  England 2731
  8. Vassily Ivanchuk  Ukraine 2731
  9. Evgeny Bareev  Russia 2719
  10. Loek van Wely  Netherlands 2714

Deaths

References

  1. Top 100 FIDE players 2001
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