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2008 in chess

List of years in chess (table)

Events in chess during the year 2008:

Events

(Top events in bold)

January

FIDE January 2008 Top Ten
Rank Prev Player Rating Chng
1 3 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2799 +14
2 1 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2799 -2
3 4 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2780 +11
4 6 Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2765 +10
5 12 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2763 +31
6 7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2760 +8
7 10 Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2755 +16
8 5 Peter Leko (HUN) 2753 −2
9 2 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2753 −36
10 9 Levon Aronian (ARM) 2739 −2

February

March

April

FIDE April 2008 Top Ten
Rank Prev Player Rating Chng
1 2 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2803 +4
2 1 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2788 −11
3 4 Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2774 +9
4 3 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2767 −13
5 13 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2765 +32
6 10 Levon Aronian (ARM) 2763 +24
7 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2752 −8
8 12 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2751 +16
9 5 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2746 −17
10 8 Peter Leko (HUN) 2741 −12

May

August

October

Titles awarded

Grandmaster

In 2008 FIDE awarded the title Grandmaster to the following players:

Woman Grandmaster

In 2008 FIDE awarded the title Woman Grandmaster to the following players:

Deaths

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