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
rating points to remain at the head the FIDE top 100 players list at 2796.
Viswanathan Anand (India) is second at 2791.
January 2009 FIDE Rating list
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* December 8–15 – The inaugural London Chess Classic is played in London. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) wins ahead of Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Cha ...
(Russia) and David Howell (England).
Titles awarded
Grandmaster
In 2009 FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...
awarded the title Grandmaster to the following players:
Woman Grandmaster
Deaths
* 22 January : Héctor Rossetto
* 27 April : Miroslav Filip
References
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