2009 in chess

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Events in chess during the year 2009:

Events

• January 1 - Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) gains 5 rating points to remain at the head the FIDE top 100 players list at 2796. Viswanathan Anand (India) is second at 2791.

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

• December 8-15 - The inaugural London Chess Classic is played in London. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) wins ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and David Howell (England).

Titles awarded

Grandmaster

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

Woman Grandmaster

Deaths

• 22 January : Héctor Rossetto
• 27 April : Miroslav Filip

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