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2000
2001
2002 2003
2004 2005
2006 2007
2008 2009
2010
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2000
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01/01
FIDE: Kasparov-2851, Anand-2771, Kramnik-2758, Shirov-2751.
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2000
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01/12
Sutovsky won the Hastings Congress.
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2000
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01/25
The Regulations of the 4th world
Universities Chess Championship
to be held in Varna, Bulgaria from 1 to 11
September 2000.
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2000
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01/27 Regulations approved and used for
the 1999 World Championship
will be used for the cycle 2000.
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2000
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01/30
Kasparov won Corus Wijk aan Zee.
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2000
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02/05
Koltanowski died in San Francisco.
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2000
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02/22 Memorandum on
the Commercialisation of FIDE.
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2000
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02/22 The FIDE President is presenting
this Memorandum on the
Commercialisation of FIDE.
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2000
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03/02
The Communique of the meeting of the first
quarter FIDE
Presidential Board in Marrakech.
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2000
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03/05
Daniel Yanofsky died at the age of 74.
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2000
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03/10
Kramnik and Kasparov won Linares.
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2000
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03/15 Details
of the recommendations of the
Presidential Board on
emorandum on Commercialisation of
FIDE.
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2000
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03/16
Introduction to The 2000 FIDE
Handbook; Circular letter on the
FIDE Handbook 2000.
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2000
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03/26 Message
of the FIDE President H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to the
participants of the Children's
Chess Olympiad held in Artek, Int'l
Children Centre at the Crimea,
Ukraine.
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2000
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03/28 Shirov won the
9th Amber Tournament.
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2000
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04/13
Aivars Gipslis died at the age of 63 in Berlin.
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2000
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04/25
Oleg Raikis, Russian sculptor made a
new Chess set design,
devoting it to the World Champion
Xie Jun, representative of China.
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2000
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05/02 Letter of Mr. Iclicki in respect
of the publication of the FIDE rapid
rating list.
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2000
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05/11 Smirin won the New York Open.
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2000
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05/17
Summary of decisions of FIDE Presidential Board at its
meeting at
Simpson's-in-the-Strand, London,
13-14 May 2000.
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2000
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05/31 IOC President received the
youngest WGM A.
Kosteniuk.
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2000
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06/26 publishing the proposed amendments to the Laws of
Chess as
submitted by the Rules Committee
Chairman Geurt Gijssen.
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2000
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06/27 Volkov won the 53rd Russian Championship.
|
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2000
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06/28 Circular letter in respect of the inaugural 2000 World Chess
Cup
and Women's World Chess Cup.
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2000
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06/29
Regulations for the World Chess Cup.
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2000
|
06/29 Circular Letter
on the information of the new
FIDE bank accounts.
|
|
2000
|
06/30
Letter to the qualifiers of the 2000
Women's World Chess Cup.
|
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2000
|
06/30 Player's undertaking for
participation in the 2000 Shenyang World
Chess Cup.
|
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2000
|
06/30
Istanbul has been chosen by FIDE as the Host City for the 34th
Chess Olympiad and 71st FIDE
Congress in the year of 2000.
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2000
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07/18 Deadline to register for the 34th Chess Olympiad.
|
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2000
|
07/21 Reply
of the FIDE Executive Director Emmanuel Omuku to the
open letter of GM Yasser Seirawan
dated 12 June 2000.
|
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2000
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07/22
Vladimir Bagirov died in Finland.
|
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2000
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07/30 Deadline for the Intermediate Rating List.
|
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2000
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08/07 2000
World Chess Cup.
|
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2000
|
08/07 Final list of the participants for the 2000 World Chess Cup.
|
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2000
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08/16
Rehabilitation of the grave of World Champion Alexander
Alekhine.
|
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2000
|
09/06 2000 World Chess Championship.
|
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2000
|
09/06
Women's World Chess Championship 2000.
|
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2000
|
09/15 The proposed amendments to the Laws of Chess as submitted by
the Rules Committee Chairman
Geurt Gijssen.
|
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2000
|
09/16 The
dates for the 2000 World Chess Championships were officially
confirmed today.
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2000
|
09/18 Accomodation and venue for the World Chess Championships
2000.
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2000
|
09/28 On 25
September in Sydney in the embassy of Slovenia took
place the presentation of the
Chess Olympiad 2002. The city of Bled
was selected the venue of the
Olympiad 2002.
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2000
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10/02 Lazaro won the World Junior Championship in Armenia.
|
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2000
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10/07 71st FIDE Congress. General Assembly Agenda.
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2000
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10/07 Benjamin, Shabalov, Seirawan won the US Ch, Seattle.
|
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2000
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10/30 Time
Control Proposal from GMA Sirov on the change of time
control.
|
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2000
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11/04 Kramnik beat Kasparov in the Braingames World Championship.
|
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2000
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11/12 34th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul. 1st-Russia; 2nd-Gemany; 3rd-
Ukraine.
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2000
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12/06 Titles awarded at 71st FIDE Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.
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2000
|
12/11 World
Chess Championship finals in Tehran, Iran.
|
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2000
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12/21 Chess can teach politicians how to resolve conflicts and
contradictions, thinks Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov.
|
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2000
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12/26 The
Chess Organisers Handbook' is now available from Stewart
Reuben, price $15.
|
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2000
|
12/26 Tehran Declaration on the World Chess Championship titles.
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2000
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12/27 Anand won the FIDE world Championship in Tehran.
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Year
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2000
2001
2002 2003
2004 2005
2006 2007
2008 2009
2010
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2001
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01/01 FIDE:
Kasparov-2849, Anand-2790, Kramnik-2772, Adams-2746.
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2001
|
01/07 Conquest and Sasikirin won 76th Hastings Congress.
|
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2001
|
01/08 New Laws of Chess coming into force on 1 July 2001, approved
in
the FIDE Congress in Istanbul.
|
|
2001
|
01/09
Explanation of the basis for the decision of the Presidential
Board
to introduce the new time
control.
|
|
2001
|
01/10 FIDE and Karpov settle.
Official press release on the decision
of
the Court of Arbitration for
Sport in respect of the Karpov vs. FIDE case.
|
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2001
|
01/12 Wijk
aan Zee gave data for the first ranking calculation!
|
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2001
|
01/23 The corrections to the Laws of Chess published 11 December
2000.
|
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2001
|
01/23 FIDE
Press release on the consent arbitral award by the Court of
Arbitration for Sports in Karpov
vs. FIDE.
|
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2001
|
01/25 FIDE Commerce International Ltd signed a contract with
Octagon
Sponsorship Consulting Ltd
Corporation.
|
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2001
|
01/28 Kasparov won Corus Wijk aan Zee.
|
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2001
|
02/05 FIDE
2001 Rapid rating list.
|
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2001
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02/22 Linares 2001 (02/22/2001 - 03/07/2001).
|
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2001
|
02/28 Anna-Maria Botsari played 1102 boards simulteneously in
Greece.
|
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2001
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03/04
Gerardo Barbero died. Argentina GM. Born Aug 21, 1961.
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2001
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03/07
Kasparov won Linares.
|
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2001
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03/11
Akopian and Zhang won the National Open.
|
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2001
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03/21
Topalov and Kramnik won 10th Amber Championship.
|
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2001
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03/22
Kosteniuk - Sebag Match, Cannes (FRA), 22-25 March 2001.
|
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2001
|
03/22 Nigel Short will encounter Alexander Khalifman for the first
FIDE.COM TROPHY.
|
|
2001
|
03/22 FIDE
COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL took a decision on
development and introduction of
Chess uniform.
|
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2001
|
03/23 World Cup of Rapid Chess, Cannes (FRA), 21-25 March 2001.
|
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2001
|
03/27 Nigel
Short wins the First FIDE.COM Trophy.
|
|
2001
|
03/27 Vasily Smyslov, the seventh World Chess Champion celebrates
his 80th birthday.
|
|
2001
|
04/01
Eugenio German died, age 70. First Brazilian IM.
|
|
2001
|
04/09 FIDE
Rating List of April, 2001.
|
|
2001
|
04/09 Alexandra Kosteniuk, 16. Twice the winner of the Russian
Women's Cup, European and World
Junior Champion, Grandmaster.
|
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2001
|
04/16
Samples of Chess uniform presented in Cannes during the World
Cup of rapid Chess, March 22 -
23.
|
|
2001
|
04/20 FIDE's response to the open letter of GMs A. Karpov, G.
Kasparov
and V. Kramnik.
|
|
2001
|
04/24 A.
Karpov, G. Kasparov and V. Kramnik declared war against
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. By IM
Vladimir Barskij, Kommersant, 21 April 2001.
|
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2001
|
04/26 Easter in Rethymno 2001 Chess Festival. Karpov-Kouvatsou
1-1.
The Greek Girl won the second
game!
|
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2001
|
04/29 Moscow
hosted a Chess fashion performance.
|
|
2001
|
04/29 Kramnik beats Kasparov again!
|
|
2001
|
04/30 54TH
Russian Chess Championship.
|
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2001
|
05/02 FIDE officially created the Medical Commission.
|
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2001
|
05/03 54th
Russian Mens Chess Championship Konstantin
Chernyshov
took lead after the third round
with 3 points out of 3.
|
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2001
|
05/04 72nd FIDE Congress.
|
|
2001
|
05/04 Nona
Gaprindashvili, the former women's world
Champion,
celebrates her 60th birthday!
|
|
2001
|
05/08 54th Russain Chess Championship Finals finished today in
Elista.
GM Alexander Motylev from Moscow
became a Champion of Russia.
GM Alexander Lastin
2nd and GM Andrey Kharlov
3rd.
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2001
|
05/11 The
World Junior and Girls U-20 Chess Championship is
scheduled to hold in Athens,
Greece (15-30 August 2001).
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2001
|
05/15 International Super Tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan.
|
|
2001
|
05/19 FIDE
COMMERCE releases Spanish and Russian versions of the
web site.
|
|
2001
|
05/22 Olympic Capital Young Masters Chess Tournament 2001.
|
|
2001
|
05/23 Anand
won the II Merida Tournament! The Tournament took
place 16th-22nd May with Anand,
Khalifman, Short and Hernndez.
|
|
2001
|
05/25 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, FIDE President, was awarded with the
Order
of Gold Fleece.
|
|
2001
|
05/30 The
Magnificent Ten Chess Players Of The 20th Century!
|
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2001
|
06/01 Olga Zimina wins Russian Women's Chess Championship. Julia
Demina and Ekaterina Korbut were
second and third.
|
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2001
|
06/01 Garry
Kasparov beats Vladimir Kramnik and becomes the winner
of Astana Supertournament.
|
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2001
|
06/02 2nd European Chess Championship. Ohrid, Macedonia.
June 1 -
15, 2001.
|
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2001
|
06/07 The
city of Leon, Spain, welcomes the International Grandmaster
Tournament "Ciudad de Leon"
(06/07/2001 - 06/11/2001).
|
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2001
|
06/11 Anand won Shirov in the final of the International
Grandmaster
Advanced Chess Tournament 'Ciudad
de Leon'.
|
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2001
|
06/13 Garry
Kasparov lost to 17 year old Hans Kristian Simonsen of
Faroe Islands.
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2001
|
06/16 Emil Sutovsky - a new Champion of
the Europe!
|
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2001
|
07/02 World
Chess Champion Anand beats Kramnik in rapid
Chess.
|
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2001
|
07/05 72nd FIDE Congress.
|
|
2001
|
07/05 World
Junior Championship 2001.
|
|
2001
|
07/08
Smirin, Onischuk, Yudasin, Goldin, Shulman, Benjamin, A Ivanov
won World Open.
|
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2001
|
07/11 International Chess Festival CZECH OPEN 2001 will start in
Pardubice on
Thursday July 12th.
|
|
2001
|
07/19 Dr.
Jacques Rogge of Belgium new IOC
President.
|
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2001
|
07/23 Leen Huissoon from New Zealand, the first winner of the WICC
tournament.
|
|
2001
|
08/04 Claude
Bloodgood died. Born July 14, 1924.
|
|
2001
|
08/10 Joseph
Gallagher won the British Championship.
|
|
2001
|
08/12
Wojtkiewicz, Benjamin, Doettling, Stripunsky won US Open,
Framington, MA.
|
|
2001
|
08/16
Carmine Nigro died at the age of 91.
|
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2001
|
08/23 Deep
Junior 7 won the 18th World Microcomputer Championship.
|
|
2001
|
08/29 Peter
Acs won the World Junior Championship in Athens, Greece.
|
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2001
|
08/30 World
Junior Chess Championship 2001.
|
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2001
|
08/31 WICC Nomination Awards.
|
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2001
|
09/01 A
special official Arbiters' Commission for the WICC 2001
tournament has been formed.
|
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2001
|
09/03
Ibragimov won the 123rd NY State Championship.
|
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2001
|
09/10 Alexei
Suetin died in Moscow. Born Nov 16, 1926.
|
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2001
|
09/14 Najdorf Memorial 2001, Buenos Aires (Arg.),
4-13 IX 2001 A. Karpov
is the winner of the Najdorf
Memorial tournament with 6.5 points of 9.
|
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2001
|
09/14
European Club
Cup, Crete (Gre.),
23-30 IX 2001.
|
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2001
|
09/21 The First Intercontinental Match Europe-Asia, Batumi (Geo.),
17-19
IX 2001.
|
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2001
|
10/10/
Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Postponed.
|
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2001
|
10/10 The 5th World Team Championship will be held October 12-20,
2001, in Yerevan, Armenia.
|
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2001
|
10/10 Former
World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia join the
World Championship organized by
FIDE.
|
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2001
|
10/13 Ponomariov wins Governor's Cup
Kramatorsk (Ukraine).
|
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2001
|
10/16
4th
World Junior Team Championships in Copacabana - Rio de
Janeiro.
|
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2001
|
10/16 GM Valerij Filippov wins The Final
tournament of 5th Russian
Cup.
|
|
2001
|
10/18
Online World Chess in Amsterdam.
|
|
2001
|
10/23 World Chess Hall of Fame Grand Opening Rescheduled for
December 16-17.
|
|
2001
|
10/28 Klovans won the World Senior Championship in Italy.
|
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2001
|
10/24 Sri
Lanka National Championship.
|
|
2001
|
11/12 Tony
Miles died.
|
|
2001
|
11/25 Khachian won the 37th American Open.
|
|
2001
|
11/26 Vladimir Putin's greeting speech to the participants and
guests of
the WCC 2001. Chess does make
the man wiser and clear-sighted,
Putin considers.
|
|
2001
|
11/27 Anand
beaten by the Internet Championship qualifier.
|
|
2001
|
11/28 Anand qualified, Karpov is out! The first day of World
Ch. 2001 in
Moscow started with a shocking
defeat by Anand.
|
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2001
|
12/01 PCA:
Kasparov-2798; Kramnik-2794; Anand-2733; Topolov-2706.
|
|
2001
|
12/02 John
Collins died at the age of 89. Born in 1912.
|
|
2001
|
12/14 Zhu
Chen is a new World Women Chess Champion.
|
|
2001
|
12/24 Traditional Corus Chess Tournament 2002 will take place in
Wijk
aan Zee 12-27 January.
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Year
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2000
2001
2002
2003 2004
2005 2006
2007
2008 2009
2010
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2002
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01/01 FIDE: Kasparov-2838; Kramnik-2809; Anand-2757; Adams-2742.
|
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2002
|
01/04 January 2002 FIDE rating list.
|
|
2002
|
01/06 Harikrishna and Barsov won 77th Hasting Congress.
|
|
2002
|
01/08 IOC
President, Dr. Jacques Rogge extends his
very best wishes for
the World Championship in Moscow.
|
|
2002
|
01/10 Final match of the World Chess
Championships between Vassily
Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomarev,
to start on 16 January 2002.
|
|
2002
|
01/13 De
Firmian and Christiansen won the US Championship, Seattle.
|
|
2002
|
01/16
2001-2002 World Chess Championship Final Began.
|
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2002
|
01/23 Ponomariov draws 7th game to clinch match and become 16th
World Champion.
|
|
2002
|
01/26 Ruslan Ponomariov beat Ivanchuk for FIDE world champion,
Moscow.
|
|
2002
|
01/27 Bareev won Corus, Wijk aan Zee.
|
|
2002
|
01/28 Corus
Chess Tournament 2002, Wijk aan Zee (Ned.)
January 12-27.
|
|
2002
|
02/04 The International Open Chess
Festival "Aeroflot Open 2002" is
held in
Moscow from 4 February (the day of arrival) to 11 February 2002.
|
|
2002
|
02/11
Ponomariov will participate in Linares tournament.
|
|
2002
|
02/13 Edmar
Mednis died. Born Mar 22, 1937.
|
|
2002
|
02/14 2nd World Cup in Mumbai (India).
|
|
2002
|
02/20 This
year the famous tournament in Linares will be held 22nd
February - 10th March 2002.
|
|
2002
|
02/22 Florencio Campomanes, the Honorary President of FIDE,
celebrate his birthday today.
|
|
2002
|
03/04
V.Topalov and B.Gelfand are the winners of the NAO Chess
Masters tournament with 6 points
of 9.
|
|
2002
|
03/11 Garry Kasparov is the winner of the Linares 2002 with 8
points of
12.
|
|
2002
|
03/11
Yermolinsky and Browne won the National Open, Las Vegas.
|
|
2002
|
03/27 FIDE
releases the new Rapid Rating List.
|
|
2002
|
03/28
Morozevich won the Amber Tournament in Monaco.
|
|
2002
|
03/28 Weekly Cup of FIDE Tournament Zone.
|
|
2002
|
03/29
Alexander Morozevich is the winner of the Amber Blindfold and
Rapid Chess Tournament with 15
points of 22.
|
|
2002
|
04/03 Womens world Champion Zhu Chen
defeated the current World
Champion and top seed Ruslan
Ponamariov.
|
|
2002
|
04/05 Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov the President of FIDE and President of the
Republic of Kalmykia, celebrates
his 40th birthday today.
|
|
2002
|
04/08 The first Weekly Cup is over. The next tournament starts
April 13.
Mitin Andrey winner.
|
|
2002
|
04/10 25th
Asian Junior Chess Championship 2002 Marawila, Sri Lanka.
|
|
2002
|
04/10 April 2002 FIDE Rating list.
|
|
2002
|
04/10 Peter
Leko is the highest ranked Chess player
in the 2002 FIDE
Grand Prix series having
collected 1176 ranking points.
|
|
2002
|
04/24 Alexander Golshchapov is the winner of the 4th Dubai Open
Chess Championship.
|
|
2002
|
04/24
Eurotel World Chess Trophy (Cze.), 28 IV
- 5 V, 2002.
|
|
2002
|
05/05 Viswanathan Anand is the winner of the Eurotel World Chess
Trophy.
|
|
2002
|
05/13 125th
anniversary of the German Chess Federation.
|
|
2002
|
05/31 Proposal for the Unification and Post-Unification World
Chess
Championships.
|
|
2002
|
06/05 Garry
Kasparov, the winner of 2002 Moscow Grand Prix.
|
|
2002
|
06/07 Ponomariov challenges Anand.
|
|
2002
|
06/13 Match
of the century: Russia vs World.
|
|
2002
|
06/19 World Youth Chess Championships 2002.
|
|
2002
|
06/19 David Garcia Ilundain, Spanish GM, died at the age of 31.
|
|
2002
|
06/26 25th
Asian Junior Chess Championship 2002.
|
|
2002
|
07/07 Milton
won the 30th World Open.
|
|
2002
|
08/04
Zaitshik and Najer won the US Open in Cherry Hill, NJ.
|
|
2002
|
08/10 Ramesh
won the British Championship.
|
|
2002
|
08/20 Mainz, August 18: Vishy Anand beats the acting World Chess
Champion Ruslan Ponomariov.
|
|
2002
|
08/20 Sergej
Karjakin is GM at 12 years, 7 months. Youngest GM ever
(beating Bu Xiangxhi). Born Jan 12, 1990.
|
|
2002
|
08/28 Before
it started the match Russia vs. World has already been
named Historical.
|
|
2002
|
09/02 Benjamin, Stripunsky, Rohde, and Pixton won the 124th NY Ch.
|
|
2002
|
09/03 World Number 1 rated
player Gary Kasparov of Russia visited
the
FIDE Rating Office in Elista on
Sunday, September 1st.
|
|
2002
|
09/04 Lastin won the 55th Russian Championship.
|
|
2002
|
09/05
Address of the Russian President V. Putin to the participants of
'Russia vs. World' match.
|
|
2002
|
09/08 Michel
Roos, former French champ, died in Strasbourg. Born Aug.
27, 1932.
|
|
2002
|
09/08 Humy
Koneru becomes a GM at 15 years, 1 month, 27 days.
Youngest female GM.
|
|
2002
|
09/10
Grandmaster Larry
Christiansen, will play Chessmaster 9000 in a
four game match played over two
days via live Internet broadcast.
|
|
2002
|
09/11 Rest of the
World beat Russia in the Match of the New Century,
Moscow.
|
|
2002
|
09/20
Botvinnik Memorial.
The participants are all either rivals or
pupils of Botvinnik, whose career
spanned five decades.
|
|
2002
|
09/23
Eduard Gufeld died in
Los Angeles. Born on March 19, 1936.
|
|
2002
|
09/26 Ricardo
Calvo died in Madrid. Born October 22, 1943. IM 1973.
|
|
2002
|
Chessmaster 9000 defeated reigning US Chess Champion
GM Larry
Christiansen,
2.5 to 1.5 in a four game match
played September 28-29.
|
|
2002
|
10/03
Live Webcast of the
Kramnik-Deep Fritz Match! The first game
will
be broadcasted at 7:30 am Eastern
Time in the US on October 4.
|
|
2002
|
10/10
The match
of former world
Champion Garry Kasparov against
the
Deep Junior
Chess program has been delayed until December 1, 2002.
|
|
2002
|
FIDE
Champion Ponomariov
claims unification
matches favor
Kasparov.
|
|
2002
|
10/15
Fritz
defeats Kramnik
again at "Brains in
Bahrain"
in Round "6". |
|
2002
|
10/20 Anand Wins 2nd FIDE World
Cup. Hyderabad,
Viswanathan Anand
(2755) vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov
(2653). |
|
2002
|
10/22 Kramnik draws with Deep Fritz in
Bahrain. 2 wins, 2 losses, 4
draws. |
|
2002
|
11/02 Petkevich won the 12th World
Senior Open. |
|
2002
|
11/11 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled.
1st-Russia; 2nd-Hungary; 3rd-
Armenia. |
|
2002
|
12/01 35th Blatny and Shulam won the
38th American Open. |
|
2002
|
12/20 Karpov beat Kasparov in a Rapid
Match in New York. 2 wins, 1
loss, 1 draw. |
|
2002
|
12/21 Aronian won 41st World Junior
Championship. |
|
2002
|
12/22 Victor Batirnsky, head of Karpov's
team, died. Born June 27, 1914. |
|
Year
|
2000
2001
2002
2003 2004
2005 2006
2007
2008 2009
2010
|
|
2003
|
01/01 PCA: Kasparov-2805; Kramnik-2789;
Topalov-2712; Anand-2698. |
|
2003
|
01/01
FIDE: Kasparov-2847; Kramnik-2807;
Anand-2753; Topalov-2743. |
|
2003
|
01/05 Peter Nielsen won 78th Hastings
Congress. |
|
2003
|
01/18 Shabalov won the 2003 US Chess
Championship, in Seattle. |
|
2003
|
01/26 Anand won 65th Corus Wijk aan Zee. |
|
2003
|
02/07 Kasparov drew with Deep Junior in
New York. 1 win, 1 loss, 4
draws. |
|
2003
|
03/06 Ludek Pachman died in Passau,
Germany. Born May 11, 1924. IM
1950. GM 1954. |
|
2003
|
03/08 Lim Kok Ann, former FIDE General
Secretary, died. Bon Jan 27,
1920. |
|
2003
|
03/09 Leko and Kramnik win Linares. |
|
2003
|
03/15 Cambridge beat Oxford in the 121st
varisty match. |
|
2003
|
03/27 Anand wins 12th Amber tournament. |
|
2003
|
05/10 Milan Vukcevich died in Cleveland.
Born March 11, 1937. |
|
2003
|
05/16 Bogdan Sliwa of Poland died at age
81. Born in 1922. IM in 1953.
GM in 1987. |
|
2003
|
05/19 Orlov won 28th Paul Keres
Memorial, Vancouver, Canada. |
|
2003
|
06/21 Alvise Zichichi, former Italian
Champion, died in Rome. Born in
1938. |
|
2003
|
07/03 Mamedyarov won the 42nd World
Junior Championship. |
|
2003
|
07/06 Ehlvest won the 31st World Open. |
|
2003
|
07/08 Attila Schneider, International
Master, died. |
|
2003
|
07/11 Ken Whyld died. Age 77. |
|
2003
|
07/24 Gulko won the US Senior Open,
Wilmington, Delaware. |
|
2003
|
07/26 Harold Schonberg died in New York,
age 87. |
|
2003
|
08/02 Kunte won the British
Championship. |
|
2003
|
08/15 Shabalov won the US Open, Los
Angeles, CA. |
|
2003
|
09/01 Donaldson and Langer won the 22nd
North American Open. |
|
2003
|
09/01 Ehlvest and Ibragimov won the
125th New York State
Championship. |
|
2003
|
09/12 Svidler won the 56th Russian
Championship. |
|
2003
|
11/18 Kasparov draws with Fritz X3D in
New York; 1 win, 1 loss, 2 draws. |
|
2003
|
11/29 Shabanov won the 13th World
Championship for seniors. |
|
2003
|
11/30 Shredder won the 19th world
computer Chess Championship,
Graz. |
|
2003
|
11/30 Akobian, Atilik, Blatny won the
39th American Open. |
|
2003
|
12/15 Ehlvest won the 87th Marshall
Chess Club Championship. |
|
2003
|
12/15 Shabalov won the North American
Open in Las Vegas, Nev. |
|
Year
|
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 2006
2007
2008 2009
2010
|
|
2004
|
01/01 PCA: Kasparov-2786; Kramnik-2730;
Anand-2713; Svidler-2701. |
|
2004
|
01/01 FIDE: Kasparov-2831; Kramnik-2777;
Anand-2766; Svidler-2747. |
|
2004
|
01/05 Rowson and Kotronius won 79th
Hastings 2003/04. |
|
2004
|
01/15 Tunc Hamarat of Austria won the
16th World Correspondence Ch. |
|
2004
|
01/25 Anand wins 66th Corus Wijk aan
Zee. |
|
2004
|
02/21 Martin sets record of playing 321
Chess players at the same time. |
|
2004
|
03/05 Kramnik wins Linares; Cat 20 (2731
rating average). |
|
2004
|
06/08 Stefanova wins FIDE Women's
Championship in Elista. |
|
2004
|
06/20 Yermolinsky wins US Open in Las
Vegas. |
|
2004
|
07/06 Akobian wins 32nd World Open. |
|
2004
|
07/12 Deep Junior wins 12th World
Computer Championship in Israel. |
|
2004
|
07/13 Kasimdzhanov wins FIDE World
Championship in Tripoli. |
|
2004
|
07/13 Bobby Fischer arrested in Tokyo,
Japan. |
|
2004
|
07/20 Milman wins US Junior
Championship, Kansas. |
|
2004
|
08/15 Seven way tie in US Open, Fort
Lauderale. |
|
2004
|
08/22 Aseev, Konstantin died. GM. Born
in 1960. Died at age 43. |
|
2004
|
10/18 Kramnik draws with Leko in
Switzerland to remain Classical
World Champion. |
|
2004
|
10/31 36th Chess Olympiad at Mallorca.
1st-Ukraine; 2nd-Russia;3rd-
Armenia. |
|
2004
|
11/27 Kasparov wins Russian
Championship. |
|
2004
|
12/01 Harikrishna wins World Jr.
Championship in India. |
|
2004
|
12/05 Nakamura wins US Championship in
San Diego, CA. |
|
Year
|
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 2006
2007
2008 2009
2010
|
|
2005
|
01/01 FIDE: Kasparov-2804; Anand-2786;
Topalov-2757; Kramnik-2754. |
|
2005
|
01/02 Arnold Denker died in Ft
Lauderdale at age 94. Honorary GM in
1981. Born in 1914. |
|
2005
|
01/08 Jaime Emma died. IM (1978) from
Argentina. |
|
2005
|
01/09 Vladimir Belov wins Hastings
Christmas Congress. |
|
2005
|
01/16 Victor Frias died. Born in 1956.
Chilian IM. |
|
2005
|
01/30 Leko wins Corus Wijk aan Zee (cat
19-2721). |
|
2005
|
02/15 Joop van Oosterom wins 18th World
Corr. Championship (+8=6-0)
Corr GM in 1993. |
|
2005
|
03/05 Cambridge beat Oxford in the 123rd
varsity match. Cambridge has
won 55, lost 50, drew 18. |
|
2005
|
03/14 Simon Webb murdered by his son. He
was 55. Born in 1949. IM
1977. Corr. GM. |
|
2005
|
03/17 Kasparov and Topalov win Linares
2005 (cat 20- 2743). Garry
Kasparov retires. |
|
2005
|
03/24 Bobby Fischer arrives in Iceland.
He was detained 253 days in
Japan. |
|
2005
|
03/31 Anand wins 14th Amber Blindfold
and Rapid Chess Tournament in
Monte Carlo. |
|
2005
|
04/05 Dragoljub Minic died of a heart
attack, age 69. Born on 4/5/1936.
Yugoslav GM in 1991. |
|
2005
|
04/09 Teimour Radjabov wins 13th Dos
Hermanas International. |
|
2005
|
04/22 Leonid Shamkovich died at age 81.
Born in 1923. IM 1962; GM
1965. |
|
2005
|
05/15 Vladimir Savon died. Born in 1940. |
|
2005
|
05/22 Topalov wins the Mtel Masters in
Sofia, Bulgaria. |
|
2005
|
05/22 Zviad Izoria wins the HB Global
Chess Challenge in Minneapolis. |
|
2005
|
06/12 Dmitry Gurevich wins National Open
in Las Vegas. |
|
2005
|
06/27 Hydra beats Michael Adams (2737)
with 5 wins and 1 draw in
London. |
|
2005
|
07/01 FIDE: Kasparov-2812; Anand-2788;
Topalov-2788; Leko-2763;
Ivanchuk-2752. |
|
2005
|
07/04 Egod Ditt died. Born in 1931. FIDE
VP from 1990 to 1994. |
|
2005
|
07/04 Kamil Milton wins the World Open
in Philadelphia. He beat
Magesh Panchanathan in play-off. |
|
2005
|
07/17 Arkadij Naiditsch wins Dortmund
2005. |
|
2005
|
07/29 Ildar Khairullin wins the World
Youth Chess Ch in Belfort, France. |
|
2005
|
07/29 Andrei Volokitin and Boris Gelfand
win Biel GM tournament. |
|
2005
|
08/01 Susan Polgar played 326 simul
games; 1,131 consecutive games;
96.93% winning percentage. |
|
2005
|
08/13 Jonathan Rowson wins British Chess
Ch at the Isle of Man. |
|
2005
|
08/14 Vadim Milov and Joel Benjamin wins
the US Open in Phoenix.
455 players. |
|
2005
|
08/14
Anand beat Grischuk at the Chess
Classic Mainz. |
|
2005
|
08/16
Lazaro Bruzon wins the American
Continental Championship in
Buenos Aires. |
|
2005
|
08/21
The program Zappa wins the 13th
World Computer Chess
Championship in Reykjavik. |
|
2005
|
09/05
GM Gata Kamsky wins 127th New York
State Championship. |
|
2005
|
09/27
GM start of the FIDE Championship in
San Luis, Argentina. |
|
2005
|
10/01
Roman Toran, age 73, died in Madrid;
President of the Spanish
Chess Federation; FIDE VP from 1982-1990. |
|
2005
|
10/10
GM Liuben Spassov wins 15th World
Seniors Championship in
Italy. |
|
2005
|
10/10
David Jacobs wins US Armed Forces
Championship; Army won
the service competition. |
|
2005
|
10/16
GM Veselin Topalov wins FIDE World
Championship in San Luis,
Argentina; Svilder and Anand took 2nd-3rd. |
|
2005
|
11/11
Russia won the World Team
Championship in Beer-Sheva, Israel;
China took 2nd. |
|
2005
|
11/12
GM Dragutin Sahovic (born Aug 8,
1940) died in Belgrade. |
|
2005
|
11/17
GM Igor Ivanov (born in 1947) died
in St. George, Utah; GM in
2005. |
|
2005
|
11/22
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the World
Jr Championship in
Istanbul; Elisabeth Paehtz won the girls title. |
|
2005
|
11/27
IM Vladimir Mezentsev wins the 41st
American Open in Los
Angeles, CA. |
|
2005
|
12/15
IM Enrico Paoli born in 1908, died;
HGM in 1996; Italian Champion
in 1951, 1957, 1968; IM in 1951. |
|
2005
|
12/18
Levon Aronian won the FIDE World
Chess Cup in Khanty
Mansyisk, Russia; Ponomariov took 2nd. |
|
2005
|
12/18
Leonid Yudasin wins the Marshall
Chess Club Championship. |
|
2005
|
12/30
Sergey Rublevsky wins the Russian
Championship. |
|
Year
|
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 2009
2010
|
|
2006
|
01/01 FIDE ratings: Kasparov 2812,
Topalov 2801, Anand 2792, Svidler
2765, Aronian 2752, Kramnik 2741.
|
|
2006
|
01/06 Valerij Neverov wins 2005-06
Hastings Chess Congress.
|
|
2006
|
01/19 Anand and Topalov win Corus Wijk
aan Zee.
|
|
2006
|
02/18 Ratmir Kholmov dies at the age of
80. Born 5/13/1925. |
|
2006
|
02/23 Gary Abram dies. Born in 1930.
ICCF IM. |
|
2006
|
02/26 Levon Aronian wins Linares; cat 20
(2732). |
|
2006
|
03/11 Oxford wins 124th Oxford vs
Cambridge Varsity match. |
|
2006
|
03/12 Alexander Onischuk wins US
Championship in San Diego. Anna
Zatonskih wins women's final. |
|
2006
|
03/25 Xu Yuhua (2502) wins Women's World
Chess Ch. in Russia. |
|
2006
|
03/30 15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold
Tournament; won by Morozevich
and Anand. |
|
2006
|
04/20 Wolfgang Unzicker died. Born
6/26/1925. German GM. |
|
2006
|
05/01 Topalov wins Chess Oscar. |
|
2006
|
05/13 Burt Hochbrg dies. Born in 1933.
Former Chess Life editor. |
|
2006
|
06/01 Deep Junior wins 14th World
Computer Chess Ch. in Turin. |
|
2006
|
06/01 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov re-elected FIDE
President. |
|
2006
|
06/04 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin;
1st-Armenia; 2nd-China; 3rd-USA. |
|
2006
|
06/19 37th Wojtkiewicz wins National
Open in Las Vegas, Nev. |
|
2006
|
07/04 Gata Kamsky wins 34th World Open
in Philadelphia. |
|
2006
|
07/14 Aleksander Wojtkiewicz dies in
Baltimore. Born 1/15/1963. |
|
2006
|
07/20 Robert Hess wins US Junior
Invitational in Dallas. |
|
2006
|
07/23 Rudolf Teschner dies at the age of
84. He was born on Feb 16,
1922. 1951 German Champion. |
|
2006
|
08/04 Alexander Morozevich wins 39th
Biel International Festival. |
|
2006
|
08/13 Yuri Shulman wins the 107th US
Open in Chicago. |
|
2006
|
08/19 Jonathan Rowson wins the 93rd
British Championship in
Swansea. |
|
2006
|
08/20 Anand wins Chess Classic Mainz. |
|
2006
|
09/04 Idar Ibragimov and Joel Benjamin
win the 128th NY State
Championship in Albany. |
|
2006
|
09/07 Alexander Grischuk wins World
Blitz Championship in Israel. |
|
2006
|
09/22 Korchnoi wins World Senior
Championship in Italy. |
|
2006
|
10/01 FIDE raings: Topalov-2813;
Anand-2779; Kramnik-2750; Svidler-
2750; Morozevich-2747. |
|
2006
|
10/13 Vladimir Kramnik wins world
Championship reunification match
against Topalov in Elista. |
|
2006
|
10/17 Zaven Andriasian wins World Under
20 Ch. in Yerevan, Armenia. |
|
2006
|
10/19 Vladimir Berlinsky wins world
blind Championship in Goa, India. |
|
2006
|
10/29 Braun Arik wins World Youth Ch.
under 18 in Batumi, Georgia. |
|
2006
|
11/27 Hikaru Nakamura wins 36th National
Chess Congress in
Philadelphia. |
|
2006
|
11/29 David Pruess and Melikset
Khachiyan win American Open. |
|
2006
|
12/05 Kramnik (2750)-Deep Fritz computer
match, played on Bonn,
Germany. Computer wins match by 4:2. |
|
2006
|
12/05 David Bronstein died in Minsk.
Born Feb 19, 1924. |
|
2006
|
12/07 Ivanchuk (2741) wins 41st
Capablanca Memorial in Havana. Cat 17
tournament. |
|
2006
|
12/15 India wins the Gold medal in Chess
at the Asian Games in Doha,
Qatar. |
|
Year
|
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 2009
2010
|
|
2007
|
05/23 Alexander Shabalov wins 51st US
Championship in Stillwater,
OK. |
|
2007
|
05/26 Start of the FIDE Candidates in
Elista; 16 GM's playing; top 4
qualify for World Championship in Mexico. |
|
2007
|
06/18 Rybka wins 15th World Computer
Chess Championship. |
|
2007
|
07/04 Varuzhan Akobian wins World Open
in tb over Alex Stripunsky;
held in King of Prussia, PA. |
|
2007
|
07/20 Irina Krush wins US Women's Chess
Championship. |
|
2007
|
08/04 Magnus Carlsen wins 40th
International Chess Festival in Biel. |
|
2007
|
09/11 World Chess Championship in
Mexico; Anand wins. |
|
2007
|
09/28 Algimantas Butorius wins 17th
Chess Senior World Championship
in Mexico City. |
|
2007
|
10/15 Anand is highest rated in FIDE
(2801), followed by Ivanchuk (2787),
and Kramnik (2785). |
|
2007
|
11/22 Start of the World Chess Cup in
Khany-Mansiysk - won by Kamsky. |
|
2007
|
11/25 43rd American Open in Los Angeles;
won by Alex Yrmolinsky. |
|
2007
|
12/18 Kamsky wins Chess World Cup. |
|
2007
|
12/30 Morozevich wins Russian
Championship. |
|
Year
|
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009 2010
|
|
2008
|
01/01
Anand and Kramnik are rated 2799. |
|
2008
|
01/17
Bobby Fischer dies of kidney failure
at the age of 64 in Reykjavik,
Iceland. |
|
2008
|
03/27
Levon Aronian wins 17th Amber
Blindfold/Rapid tourney in Nice. |
|
2008
|
05/08
Anand presented 2007 Chess Oscar. |
|
2008
|
05/21 Yuri Shulman wins US Championship,
held in Tulsa. Anna
Zatonskih win women's US Championship in Tulsa. |
|
2008
|
07/08 Evgeny Najer wins 36th World Open
in Philadelphia on tb over
Negi, Ftacnik, and Moiseenko. |
|
2008
|
08/09 Stuart Conquest won the 95th
British Ch, held in Liverpool. |
|
2008
|
08/10 GM Igor Zakharevich of Russia
died. Born July 14, 1963. GM in
2000. |
|
2008
|
08/10 Enrico Sevillano, Alexander
Shabalov and Rad Milovanovic win
the 109th US Open in Dallas. |
|
2008
|
08/15 Abhijeet Gupta of India wins world
junior Ch, held in Turkey. |
|
2008
|
09/18 Alexandra Kosteniuk wins world
women's Ch. in Nalchik, Russia. |
|
2008
|
10/28 Svidler wins 61st Russian
Championship for 5th time. |
|
2008
|
10/29 Anand defeats Kramnik in Bonn for
the world Chess
Championship. |
|
2008
|
11/08 Leinier Dominguez Perez wins world
blitz Championship in
Kazakhstan. |
|
2008
|
11/12 Start of the Chess Olympiad in
Dresden. |
|
2008
|
11/25 Armenia wins gold in Chess
olympiad, followed by Israel (silver)
and USA (bronze). |
|
2008
|
11/29 Bob Wade died at age 86. IM. Born
April 10, 1921. |
|
2008
|
12/09 Mark Diesen died at age 51. Former
World Junior Champion
(1976) died in Conroe, TX. |
|
2008
|
12/22 Topalov wins Pearl Spring SuperGM
tournament in Nanjing,
China. |
|
2008
|
12/24 Hugh Myers died in Davenport, Iowa
at age 78. Chess author
(Myers Opening Bulletin). |
|
2008
|
12/29 Radjabov, Javkovenko, and Grischuk
tie at Elista Grand Prix. |
|
2008
|
12/31 Ratings: Topalov is 2796, Anand is
2791, Ivanchuk is 2779, Carlsen
is 2776. |
|
Year
|
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009 2010
|
|
2009
|
01/05 Igor Kurnosov wins Hastings Chess
Congress. |
|
2009
|
02/01 Igor Sergey Karjakin wins Wijk aan
Zee. |
|
2009
|
02/26 Topalov beats Kamsky to challenge
Anand for world Ch title. |
|
2009
|
03/26 Aronian wins Amber blindfold/rapid
tourney for the 2nd time in a
row. |
|
2009
|
04/01 Topalov 2812; Anand 2783; Carlsen
2770; Kramnik 2759; Radjabov
2756; Aronian 2754. |
|
2009
|
04/29 Aronian wins 4th FIDE Grand Prix
tournament in Nalchik. |
|
2009
|
05/17 Hikaru Nakamura, age 21, wins the
US Championship in St. Louis;
won in 2004; won $40,000. |
|
2009
|
05/18 Rybka wins 17th World Computer
Championship in Pamplona. |
|
2009
|
05/23 Shirov wins 5th M-Tel Masters in
Sofia. |
|
2009
|
05/24 Gelfand wins 3rd ACP World Rapid
Cup in Odessa. |
|
2009
|
06/07 Akobian and Sevillano tie for 1st
in the National Open in Las
Vegas, Nevada. |
|
2009
|
07/01 FIDE rating: Topalov 2813; Anand 2788; Carlsen
2772; Aronian
2768; Jakovenko 2760; Kramnik 2759. |
|
2009
|
07/05 Hikaru Nakamura and Evgeny Najer
(won on tiebreak) tie for 1st in
World Open in Philadelphia. |
|
2009
|
07/12 Kramnik wins Dortmund tournament
for the 9th time. |
|
2009
|
07/16 Ray Robson wins US Junior Closed
Championship in Milwaukee. |
|
2009
|
08/08 David Howell wins 96th British
Championship, held in Torquay. |
|
2009
|
08/09 Lenderman, Kudrin, Yermolinsky,
Stopa, Kraai,Gurevich (won on
tiebreak) tie at 110th US Open in Indianapolis. |
|
2009
|
12/03 Milikset Khachiyan wins American
Open. |
|
Year
|
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 2009
2010
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|
2010
|
00/00 Chess Olympics in Khanty-Mansiysk |
