2000 in chess
Top players
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - July 2000;[1]
- Garry Kasparov
Russia 2849
- Vladimir Kramnik
Russia 2770
- Viswanathan Anand
India 2762
- Alexander Morozevich
Russia 2756
- Michael Adams
England 2755
- Alexei Shirov
Spain 2746
- Peter Leko
Hungary 2743
- Vassily Ivanchuk
Ukraine 2719
- Veselin Topalov
Bulgaria 2707
- Michał Krasenkow
Poland 2702
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
References
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