2001 in chess
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Events in chess during the year 2001:
Top players
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating – October 2001;[1]
- Garry Kasparov
Russia 2838 - Vladimir Kramnik
Russia 2809 - Viswanathan Anand
India 2770 - Alexander Morozevich
Russia 2742 - Peter Leko
Hungary 2739 - Veselin Topalov
Bulgaria 2733 - Michael Adams
England 2731 - Vassily Ivanchuk
Ukraine 2731 - Evgeny Bareev
Russia 2719 - Loek van Wely
Netherlands 2714
Deaths
- Alexei Suetin, Russian chess grandmaster and chess author – September 10
- Claude Bloodgood, controversial American chess player, died in prison – August 4
- Tony Miles, English chess Grandmaster – 12 November
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