2000 in chess

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Events in chess during the year 2000:

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

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-up
Corus Chess TournamentNetherlands Wijk aan ZeeRound robin15–30 Jan14 (6)Russia Garry KasparovRussia Vladimir Kramnik
Hungary Peter Leko
India Viswanathan Anand
Corus Chess Tournament Group BNetherlands Wijk aan ZeeRound robin18–30 Jan12 (0)Netherlands Sergei Tiviakov
UkraineAlexander Onischuk
Israel Boris Avrukh
Chess World CupChina ShenyangGroup/Knockout1 – 13 Sep24 (4)India Viswanathan AnandRussia Evgeny Bareev
FIDE World Chess ChampionshipIndia New Delhi
Iran Tehran		Knockout27 Nov – 4 Oct100 (9)India Viswanathan AnandSpain Alexei Shirov
Classical World Chess ChampionshipUnited Kingdom LondonMatch8 Oct – 24 Dec2 (2)Russia Vladimir KramnikRussia Garry Kasparov

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