2011 in chess

none 2011 chess sports Below is a list of events in chess during the year 2011: Events January + FIDE January 2011 Top Ten Rank Prev Player Rating Chng 1 2 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2814 +12 2 1 Viswanathan Anand IND 2810 +6 3 3 Levon Aronian ARM 2805 +4 4 4 Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2784 -7 5 9 Sergey Karjakin RUS 2776 +16 6 5 Veselin Topalov BUL 2775 -11 7 6 Alexander Grischuk RUS 2773 +2 8 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2772 +9 9 7 Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2764 0 10 15 Hikaru Nakamura USA 2751 +10 January 1 – Magnus Carlsen (NOR) reclaims the top position in the FIDE world rankings with an Elo rating of 2814.https://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=181 Top 100 Players January 2011 FIDE Top players archive Ratings.fide.com 2015-08-30 2016-11-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20161118031633/http://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=181 dead Viswanathan Anand (IND) falls to second with a rating of 2810. Sergey Karjakin (RUS) has the greatest rating change among the top 10, improving 16 points from 2760 to 2776. Hikaru Nakamura (USA) appears in the world top 10 for the first time with a rating of 2751, displacing Wang Yue (CHN). January 5 – Deep Sengupta (IND) and Arghyadip Das (IND) split first at the Hastings International Chess Congress.http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic844.html The Week in Chess 844 Theweekinchess.com 2015-08-30 Soumya Swaminathan (IND) wins the Indian Women's Championship. Yannick Pelletier (SUI) wins the Basel Hilton Open at the Basel Chess Festival. January 6 – Vugar Gashimov (AZE) wins the 53rd Reggio Emilia tournament with a score of 6/9. January 9 – Alexei Shirov (ESP) wins the Paul Keres Memorial Tournament. Loek van Wely (NED) wins the Berkeley International. January 15 – Stewart Haslinger (ENG) wins the 36th Seville Open with a score of 7.5/9.http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic845.html The Week in Chess 845 Theweekinchess.com 2015-08-30 January 16 – Alexander Areshchenko (UKR) wins the 9th Delhi Parsvnath International Open. January 20 – The free chess engine Houdini defeats reigning world computer chess champion Rybka in the Thoresen Chess Engines Competition.McClain Dylan Loeb It Was Houdini Over Rybka in Computer Chess Challenge http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/it-was-houdini-over-rybka-in-computer-chess-challenge/ 29 August 2015 New York Times January 22, 2011 January 25 – Rafael Leitão (BRA) wins the Antonio Rocha Memorial Tournament with a score of 10/11. January 26 – Martyn Kravtsiv (UKR) wins the 3rd Chennai Open Tournament. January 30 – Hikaru Nakamura wins the newly renamedCorus Chess Tournament is Tata Steel Chess Tournament http://www.tatasteelchess.com/news/view/id/648/c/Corus_Chess_Tournament_wordt_Tata_Steel_Chess_Tournament tatasteelchess.com Corus Chess Press 28 August 2015 73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament with a score of 9/13, half a point ahead of runner-up Viswanathan Anand.http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic847.html The Week in Chess 847 Theweekinchess.com 2015-08-30 This is Nakamura's first ever win at a super-GM event. January 31 – Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS) qualifies for the Chess World Cup 2011 by winning the Oceana Zonal.http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/Zonal2011/entries.html Oceania Zonal, Rotorua 2011 Newzealandchess.co.nz 2015-08-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20160129034607/http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/Zonal2011/entries.html 2016-01-29 dead February February 3 – Vassily Ivanchuk wins the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival with a score of 9/10.http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic848.html The Week in Chess 848 Theweekinchess.com 2015-08-30 Archaeologists discover chess pieces that once belonged to James Madison at the President's Montpelier estate.James Madison chess pieces unearthed at US estate https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8301887/James-Madison-chess-pieces-unearthed-at-US-estate.html 29 August 2015 The Telegraph February 3, 2011 February 6 – Atanas Kolev (BUL) wins the 33rd Bulgarian Open. February 7 – Vladimir Belous, an untitled 18 year old, takes first place at the Moscow Open. February 19 – Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) wins the 10th Aeroflot Open in Moscow.http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic850.html The Week in Chess 850 Theweekinchess.com 2015-08-30 February 22 – Alexei Fedorov (BLR) wins the 9th Khazar Cup in Iran. February 23 – Gawain Jones (ENG) wins the Bunratty Chess Festival.http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic851.html The Week in Chess 851 Theweekinchess.com 2015-08-30 March + FIDE March 2011 Top Ten Rank Prev Player Rating Chng 1 2 Viswanathan Anand IND 2817 +7 2 1 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2815 +1 3 3 Levon Aronian ARM 2808 +3 4 4 Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2785 +1 5 9 Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2779 +15 6 5 Sergey Karjakin RUS 2776 0 7 6 Veselin Topalov BUL 2775 0 8 10 Hikaru Nakamura USA 2774 +23 9 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2772 0 10 7 Alexander Grischuk RUS 2747 -26 March 1 – Viswanathan Anand retakes the top spot in the FIDE World Rankings with an Elo rating of 2817.https://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=185 Top 100 Players March 2011 FIDE Top players archive Ratings.fide.com 2015-08-30 2011-03-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20110301125314/https://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=185 dead Hikaru Nakamura has the greatest rating increase, gaining 23 points to reach a rating of 2774. Alexander Grischuk (RUS) has the greatest rating decline, losing 26 points and falling to 2747. March 5 – Humpy Koneru (IND) wins the 6th FIDE Women's Grand Prix tournament, qualifying for the Women's World Chess Championship match with Hou Yifan (CHN).The Week in Chess 852 http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic852.html#2 Theweekinchess.com 31 August 2015 March 6 – Jan Smeets (NED) wins the 71st Noteboom Memorial tournament. March 7 – Sergei Tiviakov (NED) wins the 19th Fajr Open in Iran. March 9 – Gregory Kaidanov (USA) wins the Saint Louis Invitational, qualifying for the 2011 US Championship.The Week in Chess 853 http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic853.html Theweekinchess.com 1 September 2015 Ray Robson (USA) finishes second, also qualifying. March 11 – Levon Aronian wins the Amber chess tournament in Monaco.The Week in Chess 855 http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic855.html Theweekinchess.com 5 November 2015 March 14 – Irina Chelushkina (SRB) wins the 43rd Belgrade Women's International tournament. March 16 – Yuriy Kuzubov (UKR) wins the Reykjavik Open.The Week in Chess 854 http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic854.html#4 Theweekinchess.com 1 September 2015 March 19 – The chess team from the University of Texas – Dallas competes against six invited Grandmasters. The GM team wins the match by a score of 42.5-29.5. March 27 – Tigran L. Petrosian (ARM) wins the 5th George Agzamov Memorial tournament. April May + FIDE May 2011 Top Ten Rank Prev Player Rating Chng 1 1 Viswanathan Anand IND 2817 0 2 2 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2815 0 3 3 Levon Aronian ARM 2808 0 4 4 Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2785 0 5 5 Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2776 -3 6 6 Sergey Karjakin RUS 2776 0 7 7 Veselin Topalov BUL 2775 0 8 8 Hikaru Nakamura USA 2774 0 9 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2772 0 10 11 Vugar Gashimov AZE 2760 +14 May 1 – Viswanathan Anand remains the world number one.https://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=189 Top 100 Players May 2011 FIDE Top players archive Ratings.fide.com 2015-08-30 Alexander Grischuk falls out of the top 10, and is replaced by Vugar Gashimov (AZE). June July + FIDE July 2011 Top Ten Rank Prev Player Rating Chng 1 2 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2821 +6 2 1 Viswanathan Anand IND 2817 0 3 3 Levon Aronian ARM 2805 -3 4 6 Sergey Karjakin RUS 2788 +12 5 4 Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2781 -4 6 8 Hikaru Nakamura USA 2770 -4 7 5 Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2768 -8 8 7 Veselin Topalov BUL 2768 -7 9 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2765 -7 10 11 Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2764 +10 July 1 – Magnus Carlsen is again the world number one.https://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=193 Top 100 Players July 2011 FIDE Top players archive Ratings.fide.com 2015-08-30 2011-07-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20110704060415/https://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=193 dead Vugar Gashimov falls out of the top 10, and is replaced by Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR). August September + FIDE September 2011 Top Ten Rank Prev Player Rating Chng 1 1 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2823 +2 2 2 Viswanathan Anand IND 2817 0 3 3 Levon Aronian ARM 2807 +2 4 5 Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2791 +10 5 4 Sergey Karjakin RUS 2772 -16 6 8 Veselin Topalov BUL 2768 0 7 7 Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2765 -3 8 10 Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2758 -6 9 13 Alexander Grischuk RUS 2757 +9 10 15 Gata Kamsky USA 2756 +15 September 1 – Magnus Carlsen remains the world number one.https://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=197 Top 100 Players September 2011 FIDE Top players archive Ratings.fide.com 2015-08-30 Hikaru Nakamura and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov fall out of the top 10, and are replaced by Alexander Grischuk and Gata Kamsky (USA). October November + FIDE November 2011 Top Ten Rank Prev Player Rating Chng 1 1 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2826 +3 2 2 Viswanathan Anand IND 2811 -6 3 3 Levon Aronian ARM 2802 -5 4 4 Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2800 +9 5 13 Teimour Radjabov AZE 2781 +29 6 7 Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2775 +10 7 6 Veselin Topalov BUL 2768 0 8 5 Sergey Karjakin RUS 2763 -9 9 17 Alexander Morozevich RUS 2762 +25 10 12 Hikaru Nakamura USA 2758 +5 November 1 – Magnus Carlsen is again the world number one.https://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=201 Top 100 Players November 2011 FIDE Top players archive Ratings.fide.com 2015-08-30 2019-03-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20190327135724/https://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=201 dead Teimour Radjabov (AZE) surges from 13th to 5th with a ratings gain of 29 points. Alexander Morozevich (RUS) also makes a big leap, going from 17th to 9th with a ratings gain of 25 points. Hikaru Nakamura reenters the top 10. Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Grischuk, and Gata Kamsky fall out of the top 10. December National champions Armenia Men's – Robert Hovhannisyan Women's – Siranush Andriasianhttp://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic846.html The Week in Chess 846 Theweekinchess.com 2015-08-30 Azerbaijan Men's – Nidjat Mamedov Belarus Men's – Andrey Zhigalko Women's – Anna Sharevichhttp://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic849.html The Week in Chess 849 Theweekinchess.com 2015-08-30 Bulgaria Women's – Darena Sikova Chile Men's – Alvaro Valdes Escobar Croatia Men's – Ante Brkić Women's – Borka Franciskovic Georgia Women's – Maia Lomineishvili Poland Men's – Mateusz Bartel Women's – Jolante Zawadzka Romania Men's – Constantin Lupulescu Women's – Cristina Adela Foișor Serbia Men's – Ivan Ivanišević Turkey Men's – Emre Can United States Men's – Gata KamskyKlein Mike Kamsky Reigns Supreme, Women Head to Tiebreak http://saintlouischessclub.org/news/2011-04-28/kamsky-reigns-supreme-women-head-tiebreak 30 August 2015 St. Louis Chess Club & Scholastic Center April 28, 2011 2015-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113316/http://saintlouischessclub.org/news/2011-04-28/kamsky-reigns-supreme-women-head-tiebreak dead Women's – Anna ZatonskihUngar-Sargon Batya A Passionate Rivalry Between Two Women – On the Chess Board and Everywhere Else http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/150595/chess-rivalry-jewish-women 30 August 2015 Tablet Magazine October 30, 2013 Deaths February 12 – Mato Damjanović, Croatian and Yugoslav Grandmaster, dies at the age of 83.Grandmaster Mato Damjanović dies at 83 http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/grandmaster-mato-damjanovic-dies-at-83 Chess Vibes 30 August 2015 References 30em Category:21st century in chess Category:Chess by year