2000 in chess

none 2000 chess sports Events in chess during the year 2000: Top players FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - July 2000;Top 100 FIDE players 2000 Garry Kasparov 2849 Vladimir Kramnik 2770 Viswanathan Anand 2762 Alexander Morozevich 2756 Michael Adams 2755 Alexei Shirov 2746 Peter Leko 2743 Vassily Ivanchuk 2719 Veselin Topalov 2707 Michał Krasenkow 2702 Tournaments Tournament City System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up Corus Chess Tournament Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 15–30 Jan 14 (6) Russia Garry Kasparov Russia Vladimir KramnikHungary Peter LekoIndia Viswanathan Anand Corus Chess Tournament Group B Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 18–30 Jan 12 (0) Netherlands Sergei TiviakovUkraineAlexander OnischukIsrael Boris Avrukh Chess World Cup China Shenyang Group/Knockout 1 – 13 Sep 24 (4) India Viswanathan Anand Russia Evgeny Bareev FIDE World Chess Championship India New DelhiIran Tehran Knockout 27 Nov – 4 Oct 100 (9) India Viswanathan Anand Spain Alexei Shirov Classical World Chess Championship United Kingdom London Match 8 Oct – 24 Dec 2 (2) Russia Vladimir Kramnik Russia Garry Kasparov Births Zhansaya Abdumalik, Kazakhstani chess player - 12 JanuaryZhansaya Abdumalik https://www.chess.com/players/zhansaya-abdumalik chess.com World chess federation 5 June 2021 Alexey Sarana - 26 January Max Warmerdam - 30 March Gunay Mammadzada - 19 JuneGunay Mammadzada https://www.chess.com/players/gunay-mammadzada chess.com World Chess federation Haik M. Martirosyan - 14 July Temur Kuybokarov - 22 July Parham Maghsoodloo - 11 AugustParham Maghsoodloo https://www.chess.com/players/maghsoodloo-parham chess.com World Chess Federation Jeffery Xiong - 30 October Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera - 26 December Samuel Sevian - 26 December 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 Category:20th century in chess Category:Chess by year