2009 in chess

none 2009 chess sports Below is a list of events in chess during the year 2009, as well as the men's and women's FIDE rankings of that year: Events January 1 – Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) gains 5 rating points to remain at the head the FIDE top 100 players list at 2796. Viswanathan Anand (India) is second at 2791.January 2009 FIDE Rating list EloFIDE Top Ten MenFIDE Top Ten WomenElo2796 Veselin Topalov BGR Judit Polgár HUN26932791 Viswanathan Anand IND Humpy Koneru IND26212779 Vassily Ivanchuk UKR Hou Yifan CHN25712776Magnus Carlsen NOR Antoaneta Stefanova BUL25572771Alexander Morozevich RUSPia Cramling SWE25482761Teimour Radjabov AZEAnna Muzychuk SLO25402760 Dmitry Jakovenko RUS Marie Sebag FRA25292759 Vladimir Kramnik RUS Nana Dzagnidze GEO25182751 Peter Leko HUN Maia Chiburdanidze GEO25162751 Sergei Movsesian SVK Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS2516 December 8–15 – The inaugural London Chess Classic is played in London. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) wins ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and David Howell (England). Titles awarded Grandmaster In 2009 FIDE awarded the title Grandmaster to the following players: Woman Grandmaster January 2011 Deaths 22 January : Héctor Rossetto 27 April : Miroslav Filip References Category:21st century in chess Category:Chess by year