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2009 in chess

List of years in chess (table)

Events in chess during the year 2009:

Events

Elo FIDE Top Ten Men FIDE Top Ten Women Elo
2796 Veselin Topalov (BGR) Judit Polgár (HUN) 2693
2791 Viswanathan Anand (IND) Humpy Koneru (IND) 2621
2779 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) Hou Yifan (CHN) 2571
2776 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) 2557
2771 Alexander Morozevich (RUS) Pia Cramling (SWE) 2548
2761 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) Anna Muzychuk (SLO) 2540
2760 Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) Marie Sebag (FRA) 2529
2759 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) 2518
2751 Peter Leko (HUN) Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO) 2516
2751 Sergei Movsesian (SVK) Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) 2516

Titles awarded

Grandmaster

In 2009 FIDE awarded the title Grandmaster to the following players:

Woman Grandmaster

Deaths

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