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2009 In Chess
Below is a list of events in chess during the year 2009, as well as the men's and women's FIDE rankings of that year: Events * January 1 – Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) gains 5 Elo rating system, rating points to remain at the head the FIDE top 100 players list at 2796. Viswanathan Anand (India) is second at 2791. * December 8–15 – The inaugural London Chess Classic is played in London. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) wins ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and David Howell (chess player), David Howell (England). Titles awarded Grandmaster In 2009 FIDE awarded the title Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster to the following players: Woman Grandmaster Deaths * 22 January : Héctor Rossetto * 27 April : Miroslav Filip References {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 In Chess 2009 in chess, 21st century in chess Chess by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
