2013 in chess

none 2013 chess sports This article features a list of events in chess during the year 2013, as well as the FIDE top ten ranked players in September of that year. 2013 tournaments This is a list of significant 2013 chess tournaments: Tournament Dates Players Winner Runner-up Third 2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament 12–27 January 14 NOR Magnus Carlsen ARM Levon Aronian IND Viswanathan Anand 2013 Zurich Chess Challenge 23 February – 1 March 4 ITA Fabiano Caruana IND Viswanathan Anand RUS Vladimir Kramnik 2013 Candidates Tournament 15 March – 1 April 8 NOR Magnus Carlsen RUS Vladimir Kramnik RUS Peter Svidler 2013 Zurich Grand Prix 17 April – 1 May 12 BUL Veselin Topalov USA Hikaru Nakamura UKR Ruslan Ponomariov 2013 Alekhine Memorial 20 April – 1 May 10 ARM Levon Aronian ISR Boris Gelfand IND Viswanathan Anand 2013 Norway Chess 7–18 May 10 RUS Sergey Karjakin NOR Magnus Carlsen USA Hikaru Nakamura 2013 Thessaloniki Grand Prix 21 May – 4 June 12 CUB Leinier Domínguez ITA Fabiano Caruana USA Gata Kamsky 2013 Tal Memorial 12–23 June 10 ISR Boris Gelfand NOR Magnus Carlsen ITA Fabiano Caruana 2013 Beijing Grand Prix 3–17 July 12 AZE Shakhriyar Mamedyarov RUS Alexander Grischuk BUL Veselin Topalov 2013 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 26 July – 4 August 10 ENG Michael Adams RUS Vladimir Kramnik GER Arkadij Naiditsch 2013 Chess World Cup 10 August – 4 September 128 RUS Vladimir Kramnik RUS Dmitry Andreikin RUS Evgeny TomashevskyFRA Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2013 Sinquefield Cup 9–15 September 4 NOR Magnus Carlsen USA Hikaru Nakamura ARM Levon Aronian 2013 Women's World Chess Championship 10–27 September 2 CHN Hou Yifan UKR Anna Ushenina – 2013 Paris Grand Prix 21 September – 5 October 12 ITA Fabiano Caruana ISR Boris Gelfand USA Hikaru Nakamura 2013 Bilbao Chess Masters Final 7–12 October 4 ARM Levon Aronian ENG Michael Adams FRA Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2013 World Chess Championship 6–26 November 2 NOR Magnus Carlsen IND Viswanathan Anand – 2013 London Chess Classic 7–15 December 16 USA Hikaru Nakamura ISR Boris Gelfand ENG Michael AdamsRUS Vladimir Kramnik Key dates 1 April – Magnus Carlsen wins the right to challenge Viswanathan Anand for the 2013 World Chess Championship after winning the Candidates Tournament on tiebreaks. FIDE World Rankings The FIDE World Rankings as of September 2013 were:FIDE: Top 100 Players RankPlayerRating1NOR Magnus Carlsen28622ARM Levon Aronian28133RUS Vladimir Kramnik27944RUS Alexander Grischuk27855ITA Fabiano Caruana27796IND Viswanathan Anand27757AZE Shakhriyar Mamedyarov27758RUS Sergey Karjakin27729USA Hikaru Nakamura277210BUL Veselin Topalov276911ISR Boris Gelfand276412ENG Michael Adams276113CUB Leinier Domínguez275714UKR Ruslan Ponomariov275615RUS Peter Svidler274616USA Gata Kamsky274117HUN Peter Leko274018RUS Alexander Morozevich273919NED Anish Giri273720CHN Wang Hao2736 References Category:21st century in chess Category:Chess by year