1999 in chess

List of years in chess (table)

Events of 1999 in chess include the list of top chess players and news.

Top players

FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - January 1999;

  1. Garry Kasparov  Russia 2812
  2. Viswanathan Anand  India 2781
  3. Vladimir Kramnik  Russia 2751
  4. Alexei Shirov  Spain 2726
  5. Alexander Morozevich  Russia 2723
  6. Michael Adams  England 2716
  7. Vasily Ivanchuk  Ukraine 2714
  8. Peter Svidler  Russia 2713
  9. Anatoly Karpov  Russia 2710
  10. Veselin Topalov  Bulgaria 2700

Chess news in brief

Deaths

Notes

  1. Crowther, Mark (15 March 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 227, retrieved 2008-06-08
  2. Crowther, Mark (19 July 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 245, retrieved 2008-06-15
  3. Crowther, Mark (1 February 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 221, retrieved 2008-06-08
  4. Crowther, Mark (5 July 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 243, retrieved 2008-06-15
  5. Crowther, Mark (22 March 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 228, retrieved 2008-06-08
  6. Crowther, Mark (11 January 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 218, retrieved 2008-06-08
  7. Crowther, Mark (4 January 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 217, retrieved 2008-06-08
  8. Crowther, Mark (24 May 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 237, retrieved 2008-06-08
  9. Crowther, Mark (25 January 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 220, retrieved 2008-06-08
  10. Crowther, Mark (3 May 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 234, retrieved 2008-06-08
  11. Crowther, Mark (6 September 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 252, retrieved 2008-06-15
  12. Crowther, Mark (25 October 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 259, retrieved 2008-06-15
  13. Crowther, Mark (4 October 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 256, retrieved 2008-06-15

References

  • Burgess, Graham (1999), Chess Highlights of the 20th Century, Gambit Publications, ISBN 1-901983-21-8, OCLC 44499274
  • Chess History & Chronology - Bill Wall (Archived 2009-10-20)
  • Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information
  • World Computer Chess Championship
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